PAYING THE THIEVES TO PARK ON VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`I'S FUTURE
In case anyone missed it, the Hawaiian Government reclaimed `Iolani Palace grounds in Honolulu this last week while the whole world watched.
Media covered the event both across the US and around the world.
But now, the illegal US occupying force through the Hawai`i state Department of Land and Natural Resources is attempting to nickel and dime those brave Hawaiian Government patriots – literally.
They’ve been informed starting tomorrow they’ll need to feed parking meters or be ticketed and must have a permit in order to assemble on Palace grounds lawn.
Come again? You steal my home and then not only try to charge me rent but tell me I need your permission to sit on my own lawn?
What’s wrong with this picture? Try everything.
`Iolani Palace is not a museum, as the US would want you to believe.
Rather it’s the seat of government of the Hawaiian Nation, regardless of lies and denials uttered by those who currently administer the Palace for US occupiers.
While Hawaiian government officials say they want to negotiate space in the adjoining Kanaina building for a one-room office, the opposite should really be the result.
It’s the US that should have that small back office temporarily while it packs its bags to get out.
Fortunately it looks like this was just the first of many more events to come by Hawai`i Nationals to let the US know they’ve worn out their welcome.
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We’ve got some great shows for you this week and a brand new day Voices Of Truth airs on Maui – Mondays at 6:30 PM on Akaku, channel 53.
People who care about the future of Hawai`i – you’ll find them everywhere – from reclaiming `Iolani Palace to our guests this week on Voices Of Truth - One-On-One With Hawai`i's Future.
MONDAY, May 5th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, May 12th At 5:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
MONDAY, MAY 5th At 6:30 PM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
“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.”
THURSDAY, May 8th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, May 9th At 8:30 AM – Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52
“Hidden In The Forest – A Visit With Dr. Baron Kaho`ola Ching”
Deep in a rain forest in Nu`uanu Valley sits one of the most remarkable sites in all Hawai`i.
Imagine a place lost in time and space to the modern world – Kaniakapupu.
A palatial summer residence for Kauikeaoli, Kamehameha III, Kaniakapupu was built over one hundred seventy years ago spanning twenty thousand acres.
Ka La Ho`i Ho`i Ea, Sovereignty Restoration Day, was celebrated on the site in 1843 with over ten thousand guests attending.
Several key documents in Hawaiian history were drafted there and many of Hawai`i’s future rulers visited the residence as children.
Then time swallowed up and forgot Kaniakapupu until one day a few years back Baron cut through thick bamboo forests to rediscover it for himself.
What he saw stopped him in his tracks.
Since then, Baron has overseen the caretaking of this astounding place that time forgot.
Whatever you do, don’t miss our visit with Baron to Kaniakapupu. One of the most unique places in all of Hawai`i, you’ll go with us hiking through dense rain forest as we come face to face ourselves with the ancient residence and artifacts left untouched for almost two centuries in this incredible voyage of rediscovery that is sure to take your breath away.
SATURDAY, May 10th At 8:00 PM – O`ahu - `Olelo, Channel 53
“Out Of The Box – A Visit With Hinaleimoana Wong”
Since she was last on Voices Of Truth Hina Wong has been, well, busy.
An educator at two charter schools in Hawai`i, Hina delivers the kind of education students crave – and can get virtually nowhere else.
“You don’t have to go far from home to be successful,” is the message she gives her students at Halau Lokahi charter school on O`ahu and another one on the island of Kaua`i.
Teaching Hawaiian cultural values, she helps her students answer the question, who are we as Hawaiians?
Yet don’t for a minute think it’s only native Hawaiians, as students of all ethnicities attend because, as Hina reminds us, her schools mirror the multicultural population of the independent Hawaiian nation before it was illegally overthrown.
The impact her curriculum has had on her students is both profound and lasting. For the first time they see they don’t have to assimilate to be successful.
Bring your entire `ohana together and watch our visit with Hina as she reminds us the children of Hawai`i really don’t have to go and live somewhere else to make it economically. As she herself says, “we want our people to live and thrive right here.”
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