Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 3, 1 March 1987 — Kulahalaha [ARTICLE]

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By R. Lokomaika'iokalani Snakenberg Hope Pelekikena, 'Ahahui 'Olelo Hawai'i (News of the 'Ahahui 'Olelo Hawai'i)

Aloha pumehana kakou, na makamaka heluhelu o "Ka Wai Ola O OHA!" 'O keia ka mo'olelo mau a ka 'Ahahui 'Olelo Hawai'i e ho'olaha aku nei i keia nupepa ma ka 'olelo makuahine o keia pae'aina. Mahalo aku na luna o ka 'Ahahui ia Kenny Haina, ka Luna Ho'oponopono. E ho'olaha ana ka 'Ahahui i ka makou mea hou i ka lehulehu. The president of the 'Ahahui 'Olelo Hawai'i, Naomi Noelanioko'olau Losch, and the other officers are most grateful to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for this monthly eolumn to let the Hawaiian community know what is happening among teachers and students of the Hawaiian language. The biggest news is that Apr. 5-11 will be celebrated throughout the state as Hawaiian Language Week. More details will be forthcoming in various media. The week will begin with a Hawaiian language spiritual serviee, probably at Mauna Ala, and end with the Hawaiian language day, La Kukahekahe, at St. Louis School on Saturday, Apr 11. See story about La Kukahekahe elsewhere in this issue. Ua maika'i loa ka La Ho'oulu 'Olelo Hawai'i ma Kaua'i i ka la umikumaha o Pepeluali. Ua akoakoa ho'okahi hanele me kanahakumaha haumana, kumu, makua a me kupuna i ke Kula Nui 'o Kaua'i ma Puhi. Nui ka le'ale'a a me ka hana ho'ona'auao i laila. Mahalo aku ia Moke Ke'ale a me kona po'e hana no ka maika'i loa o kela la. Mai poina 'oukou i ka La Kukahekahe i Hilo, Hawaiima ka la'ehiku o Malaki i ke Kula Nui o Hawai'i ma Hilo. About 70 teachers and students from such schools as Moloka'i, Kalani, Kailua, Kaua'i, St. Louis and University High gathered at eamp Erdman in Mokule'ia for a fantastic Hawaiian language immersion weekend eamp at the end of January. Games, discussions, demonstrations and entertainment flowed through in the Hawaiian language and a big mahalo hui loa goes to Makalapua Ka'awa and her students of Kailua High School for putting it all together. Aloha a hui hou kakou i keia mahina a'e!