Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 5, 1 May 2007 — Wise Guys [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Kimo Kaho'ōno and Brickwood Galuteria reunite to bring fresh insight and charisma to the morning airwaves on OHA's Hawaiianissues radio show, 'Nō 'Ōiwi 'Ōlino' ('People Seeking Wisdom')

By Manu Buyd | Public lnfnrmatinn Directnr Longtime Hawaiian personalities Kimo Kaho'āno and Brickwood Galuteria are reunited after more than a dozen years of working apart. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs brought the popular duo back together as co-hosts of "Nā 'Ōiwi 'Ōlino" (People Seeking Wisdom), a Hawaiian-issues morning drive show sponsored by OHA on KKNE AM 940, a Cox Radio affiliate. In this "homecoming" of sorts, the duo brings charisma, important infonnation and bit of humor to the airwaves and are sure to augment the mana of the show, whieh has been growing by leaps and bounds in popularity. "I'm really pleased that Brick and Kimo are back together K. again," said Mike Kelly, vice president and general manager of Cox Radio Hawai'i. "Kimo started here with Skylark, Krash Kealoha and Brother Kelly on KCCN 1420, and Brickwood started a short time later, so these two have great history here. "I think Brick and Kimo have unique talents that will help 'Nā 'Ōiwi 'Ōlino' succeed in

infonning the loeal connnunity about OHA initiatives and Hawaiian issues," Kelly said. "Both of them have vast experience in our connnunity that includes entertainment, radio, TV, politics and loeal business. Brick and Kimo are successful entrepreneurs and both are of Hawaiian ancestry." Since last lune, "Nā 'Ōiwi 'Ōlino" has filled the ears and minds of a largely 0'ahu-based listenership from 7 to 9 eaeh weekday morning, but more and more folks are also enjoying the broadcast online at www.am940hawaii.com. Callers from points across the U.S. continent, including New York, Florida, Arizona and California - and from throughout Hawai'i - are dialing in to chat with Kimo and Brick, along with a host of OHA staffers who regularly appear on the show to discuss the agency's programs and issues of interest to Native Hawaiians and the coimnunity at large. Since the April 9 kick-off of the reformatted OHA program, a series of live and phone-in guests have participated. Claire Hughes, a regular columnist in Ka Wai Ola, shared information on diet and nutrition, and offered listeners valuable tips on improving their heahh and well-being. Lilikalā Kame'eleihiwa and Keali'i'olu'olu Gora informed listeners about the upeoming United Nations Indigenous Forum - an annual trek that they and haumāna from the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies have done several times to date. OHA managers also participate by sharing information on their programs, including Tamar de Fries, director of Hawaiian Governance; lohn Alamodin, director of Heahh, Human Services and Housing; and Hau'oli Akaka, director of Education. AM 940 is the "sister station" to KINE FM 105.1 - "the Hawaiian music station" as their jingle goes - but the AM affiliate I is known for its ultra-traditional Hawaiian fare, including such artists as Linda Dela Cruz (also an OHA trustee until her recent passing), the Kahauanu Lake Trio, Mahi Beamer and the Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club. Fielding phone calls and running the technical end of Nā 'Ōiwi 'Ōlino is Chase Ka'iuwailani, a Cox employee. Chase also programs music selected by the hosts and OHA staffers, sometnnes tying in mele with the discussion subject matter. "Nā 'Ōiwi 'Ōlino" is a name given to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in 2002 by revered kupuna Aunty Mālia Kawaiho'ouluohā'ao Craver. "People seeking wisdom" is an interpretation of that name that also centers on the traditional value of acquiring knowledge and See WISE GUYS on pagE 22

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CūntinuEd fram page 12 infonnation. With that name, explains Aunty Mālia, comes the expectation that you will always strive for the highest. 'Ōiwi means native, and 'ōlino means brilliant or dazzling. More and more people are tuning in, ealling in and sending emails. Nā 'Ōiwi 'Ōlino is picking up steam, and is an interesting, entertaining way to leam about what's happening at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the myriad of programs and events in the Native Hawaiian community. E ho'olohe mai 'oukou. Listen eaeh weekday morning from 7 to 9 o'eloek on KKNE AM 940, or log on to www. am940hawaii.com. Call in and join the discussion at 808-526-0940, or toll-free at 1-866-940-0940. ^