Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 1, 1 January 2005 — E Hoʻā i ka Lamakū Awakea [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

E Hoʻā i ka Lamakū

Awakea

Light the torch at mid-day

The theme of the 2004 OHA trustee investiture ceremony alludes to the fire burning kapu inherited by both the Kamehameha and Kalākaua families through their ancestor, Iwi-kau-i-ka-ua, a 16th-century Hawai'i ruler and great-great-grandson of 'Umi-a-Līloa. We symbolically light the torch at mid-day, calling upon the mana and wisdom of our kūpuna kahiko to shed light on our collective path. E ola nā mamo a Hāloa ē!

"We thank you for joining us in this cultural ceremony celebrating the responsibility taken on by these trustees, your elected representatives, and in offering our heartfelt gratitude for their service and commitment. We humbly ask that the trustees always be guided by the highest of powers and that wisdom and courage be granted to them in all of their future deliberations." - OHA Administrator Clyde Nāmu'o

"As we move forward in this century, we are going to need the support of everybody if we are going to achieve nationhood. So I ask for your support and your blessings upon eaeh of us as we move forward, because we cannot move forward without you. But if we move forward together, we ean build a nation." -Trustee Rowena Akana "The feather lei is the s3mibol of office for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees. The lei hulu is a treasured symbol of the Hawaiian culture. It connects us to our rich heritage and is also an illustration of the no'eau, the artistic skill, of the feather worker. In traditional times, the lei hulu represented not only the care and aloha placed in their making, but also the values of lōkahi, mālama and lokomaika'i. The lei hulu illustrates the rich cultural heritage that is ours to preserve, protect and perpetuate, the mandate for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. It is also a symbol of the responsibility we all share to ensure the future of our culture and of our people." — Kai Markell, emeee

"May our interpretation of our world be filled with the values inspired by our kūpuna. May we exercise cooperation and not competition. May pono rule our lives and not conflict. Together, let us dream a world where our children are inspired to make knowledge joyful. Together, let us dream a Hawai'i where our environment and her resources are protected and properly managed, as our kūpuna have demonstrated they ean be. And together, let us know and live aloha as an intelligence with whieh we meet life. May we never stop dreaming, for together we have a sacred obligation to mālama - to protect,

enneh and pass on to future generations the vast inheritance that we have received from our kūpuna. May the torch burn brightly with knowledge and wisdom, and may we never S forget the prophecy given to us by our kūpuna that at the turn of the new dawn, a I wisdom will rise from this land, born of pono and humility, calling our people to ho'i, to return to our source. And as we return to that plaee from whenee we eome, we will remember who we are, and we will rise again." - Dr. Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey Buyers, keynote speaker

"As a community, mueh work still lies ahead of us. We ask every Hawaiian to step forward and play a part in building our nahon and helping to secure a better future for Hawaiians and all of Hawai'i's people." - Chairperson Haimani Apoliona

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