Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 19, Number 3, 1 April 2002 — OHA board actions [ARTICLE]

OHA board actions

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs held in Honolulu March 20, the following actions were taken: • Approved nominees for OHA's Ke Kukui Mālamalama award for excellence in Hawaiian education: The 2002 honorees are Mālia Craver, Kahu David Ka'upu, Darrow Kanakanui Aiona and Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele. • Approved appointments to OHA's Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council: Henry Irvine Kaleimomi "Butch" Richards, Charles Pe'ape'a Makawalu "Chuck" Burrows and Frank Kawehi Ryder. • Approved OHA positions on 26 legislative mea-

sures as recommended by the Legislative and Govemmental Affairs Committee. Bills supportedby OHA cover such topics as charter schools, Moloka'i irrigation, Hawaiian Home Lands, hānai/adoptions, immersion bussing, Wai'anae Coast Comprehensive Healīh Center, dmg prescription, Moloka'i General Hospital, Hawaiian culture and arts, Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, anti shark feeding, vital statistics, Kīkala-Keōkea and taro research. OHAintroduced bills are also supported relating to interim revenue for OHA, and OHA procurement and grants. • Approved the support of the state and federal reauthorization of Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary and management plan for a 5-year period. • Approved the hire of Attomey Sherry Broder as OHA counsel specifically for Arak,aki, et al. v. Cayetano, et al, Civil No. 02-001 3 9, SOM KSC. ■