Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 3, 1 March 2013 — OHA WELCOMES VISITORS FROM NEW ZEALAND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA WELCOMES VISITORS FROM NEW ZEALAND

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs welcomed three health professionals from New Zealand's University of Auckland in an effort to share and discuss strategies for improving the health of Polynesians. OHA Ka Pouhana (CE0) Kamana'opono Crabbe, his executive team and OHA staff on Feb. 5 welcomed Everdina Fuli, business manager of Te Whare Kura, a large research project that is focused on strategic priorities similar to 0HA's; Vili Nosa, senior lecturer of Pacific Health in the School of Populahon Health, whose interest is Niuean men's health; and Jemaima Tiatia, Health and Research Council post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Pacific Studies. The welcoming ceremony included oli by OHA's Kalani Akana, Mehana Hind and Ka Pouhana. One by one, OHA staff shared their aloha with our visitors as OHA's Keola Akana played "Ka Na'i Aupuni" on the 'ukulele. The trio was accompanied on their visit to OHA by Keaweaimoku Kaholokula, chair of the University of Hawai'i Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Here, Vili Nosa, left, and OHA Chief Financial Officer Hawley lona greet eaeh other with honi, a traditional Polynesian greeting. - Photo:Alice Silbanuz

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