EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER - HAWAI`I VERSION - ON VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`I'S FUTURE
A big mahalo to everyone who submitted testimony or turned out yesterday at the Hawai`i legislature to protest the attempted give away of valuable ceded lands to the “state” government by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
This travesty is outrageous for two reasons.
First, the lands they would give up are worth millions, and they never consulted the Hawaiian community before secretly negotiating the deal behind closed doors.
Second, it’s not their land to give away.
How can one bunch of US bureaucrats give something to another bunch of US bureaucrats if it’s stolen property to begin with?
Stay tuned to Free Hawai`i TV for breaking news. We’ll keep you posted on what you can do to kokua – to help stop this theft in it’s tracks.
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Mahalo nui also to everyone who let us know how much you enjoyed our new show with Ke`eaumoku Kapu.
We continue this week with yet another new Voices Of Truth, and it’s one we’ve wanted to bring you for some time.
Soli Niheu, a long-time activist who lives on Hawai`i island, needed a new house and got one.
But this wasn’t your typical home makeover. He wanted and got the one thing he felt was missing in Hawai`i – a hale halawai.
See for yourself why we’re so pleased to bring you Soli’s story, and why he’s such an inspiration for us all this week on Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.
MONDAY, February 11th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, February 15th At 5:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
TUESDAY, February 12th At 6:30 PM & WEDNESDAY, February 13th At 6:30 AM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
THURSDAY, February 14th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, February 15th At 8:30 AM – Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52
“Modern Konohiki – A Visit With Ke`eaumoku Kapu”
“What is the destiny in your life?
“What is the history of this place and is there a place suitable for me?”
These are questions that drive the spirit of Ke`eaumoku Kapu, modern day warrior and protector of the `aina.
A former construction worker building houses and highways, Ke`eaumoku’s first awakening came during the 1993 Onipa`a March in Honolulu.
The second occurred when he found himself actually making concrete parts for the H-3 freeway, which eventually caused the desecration of ancient sites in Halawa Valley on O`ahu.
Needing to earn money to feed his family, he kept asking himself, “Is what I’m doing pono, is it just? Is the knowledge I’m acquiring through the corporate system legitimate, based on my life as an island person and Kanaka Maoli?”
Soon thereafter he walked in, quit his job and dedicated the rest of his life to answering the question, “Is there a way to create just with the unjust?”
Today he and his wife run no less than five associations dedicated to serving those threatened with losing their family land to corporate development.
Don’t miss Ke`eaumoku as he leads us through his own awakening that took him from someone whose life was run by US corporations to the warrior he is today who sits on the County of Maui Cultural Resources Commission and the Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council. See for yourself how he realized the “contemporary management system has nothing to do with our upbringing as Kanaka Maoli,” and the words he lives by – “we must do whatever we can because our land is at stake.”
SATURDAY, February 16th At 8:00 PM – O`ahu - `Olelo, Channel 53
“Hale Halawai – Monument To Activists – A Visit With Soli Papakihei Niheu”
People were concerned about longtime Hawaiian political activist Soli Papakihei Niheu.
In poor health and living in an old one-room structure in Waimea, his friends knew he needed something better.
So they decided to act. They collected contributions, both money and materials, and soon had enough resources to build him a new house.
That’s when Soli stepped forward to let them know he didn’t want a house.
Instead he wanted the one thing missing in Hawai`i that’s common throughout most other islands in the Pacific - a hale halawai.
Similar to the Maori marae in Aotearoa, (New Zealand,) hale halawai is a formal meeting place to receive and host visitors from far and wide, through Hawaiian protocol and hospitality.
Soli saw his hale halawai as a place to host sovereignty movement activists from all over Te Moana Nui – The Polynesian Triangle.
Because Soli had dedicated his life to serving others, they knew they now had to do the same thing for him.
So they built it for him.
In our moving and highly inspirational visit with Soli, you’ll hear him tell his story and see the pictures for yourself of how his hale halawai became reality. Surviving two earthquakes and many other challenges, Soli persevered in his vision of having both a monument to his heroes, the early pioneers of the sovereignty movement, as well as a place for today to teach the young.
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