PEOPLE POWER = OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AUDIT ON VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`I'S FUTURE
A big mahalo to all who expressed your outrage this last week at the Ceded Lands Settlement swindle the Office Of Hawaiian Affairs tried its best to pull off.
Good news - the Hawai`i legislature has listened.
As a result, two things have happened as a direct result of making your voices heard.
First, the Ceded Lands bill appears dead.
Second, the bill to give OHA trustees pay raises we recently warned you about on Free Hawai`i TV was reformulated this week by legislators to actually call for a forensic audit of OHA instead!
If there’s ever an agency in Hawai`i that needs to be called to account for its actions, it’s the Office Of Hawaiian Affairs.
We’ve said it before – your influence counts – use it!
Stay tuned to Free Hawai`i TV all this week for updates to this fast developing story.
And by the way, if you support our issues on the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network, please email this to a friend and see below how you can help us continue our work.
We present a brand new Voices Of Truth show in our remarkable visit with Earl Louis on Hawai`i Island.
His one-man quest to preserve the entire eighty-mile Ka`u coastline is an amazing commitment.
But once you see and hear Earl, you’ll understand not only why it must be done, but also why he’s just the person to do it.
Everyday people making extraordinary differences right here on Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.
MONDAY, March 31st At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, April 4th At 5:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
TUESDAY, April 1st At 6:30 PM & WEDNESDAY, April 2nd At 6:30 AM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
THURSDAY, April 3rd At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, April 4th At 8:30 AM –
Kaua`i - Ho`ike, Channel 52
“Eyes Of The Kupuna – A Visit With Aunty Pele Hanoa”
Imagine living next to a beautiful black sands beach, a place you’ve lived your entire life.
Nature is at your door. The ocean, the beach, endangered turtles use the area coming ashore to breed.
Now also imagine tour buses pulling up next to your home and brining one thousand tourists a day. That’s right, one thousand tourists every single day.
Tourists who harass the turtles, steal the sand for souvenirs, leave litter, and behave obnoxiously.
How would you like to put up with that every day of your life?
Aunty Pele does.
Born and raised in Punalu`u, she’s a prime example of old Hawai`i - staying on the land where you were born, because you were taught from an early age to malama the `aina – care for your ancestral land.
All around her things are changing – and not for the better. Multi-national corporations building developments on the shore and then stealing the water from agricultural lands for their projects.
Yet none of this stops her.
Be sure and catch our visit with Aunty Pele. You’ll be as inspired as we were by this remarkable kupuna who stops at nothing and whose message is one you’ll long remember – “We accepted everyone who came to Hawai`i. Now they should reciprocate by protecting and caring for what we have.”
SATURDAY, April 5th At 8:00 PM – O`ahu - `Olelo, Channel 53
“Continuing The Quest – A Visit With Earl Louis”
Living his entire life of 43 years in Punalu`u, on Hawai`i Island, Earl has seen a lot of changes.
Located in the district of Ka`u, he tells us Punalu`u sees more development and tourists practically every day.
A fierce advocate for preserving the last uninhabited coastline on Hawai`i Island, Earl knows both the good and bad news - Punalu`u is not only beautiful but easily accessible.
“Why should we cater to people who want to destroy this land with more resorts and condominiums?”
That’s the question Earl confronts on a daily basis.
Fertilizers from resort golf courses flow to the ocean, killing off the limu (seaweed) that is food for both the fish and Hawksbill turtle that come to nest on Punalu`u beaches and lay their eggs.
Earl’s mission of trying to save the entire eighty-mile coastline might seem daunting to some.
To him, it’s simply what must be done.
Join us in our amazing visit with Earl and you’ll experience what we did - a humble man whose words stay with you a very long time - “This is what the ancestors left for us thousands of years ago. We need to educate our visitors. They don’t know how special and sacred this `aina is. Development is not the only answer.”
Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants in the hopes of inspiring viewers to do the same.
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