Saturday, July 24, 2021

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - JULY 2021 

Keeping in touch and updated on activities regarding the restoration of Ke Aupuni o Hawai`i, the Hawaiian Kingdom. Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka `Aina I Ka Pono.







 

 

Invasion!

It was a shock! Suddenly the State of Hawaii threw open the floodgates of tourism and we realized... we have a big problem. Before the Covid shutdown, our islands hosted 10 million visitors a year. It had built up slowly for over a century and even though we complained and wished it were better managed and not so obtrusive, it was what it was. It was the norm we accepted like the proverbial slow-boiling of the frog.

But during the Covid hiatus, we got a glimpse of the Hawaii of our grandparents. During the 15-month-long shutdown, we came to realize what it was like without 12 or so million visitors traipsing through our islands. The ʻāina started to recover and breathe and though times were tough, the pressure of working the tourism plantation and the commercial rat-race began to lift...
 
Now tourism is roaring back with a vengeance and itʻs worse than before. Virtually nothing was done by the State and the visitor industry to fix the glaring pre-pandemic problems. So now, not only are we being inundated, but many of these post-pandemic visitors are acting like spoiled brats... rude, pushy, disrespectful. It is alarming to even the visitor industry that brought them here, and who is straining to find ways to stop their cash cows from straying out of the designated corrals and overrunning our neighborhoods and sacred places. Itʻs a mess, but...
 
This is an opportunity for our Lāhui to take note of the crisis and develop solutions and policies that will ensure the future well-being of our nation... What can we do to protect our homes and communities from being trampled by unruly visitors now and in the future? And how we must do it in the spirit Kapu Aloha. Itʻs time to expand Kū Kiaʻi Mauna into... Kū Kiaʻi ‘Aina!

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The U.S. presence in the Hawaiian Islands is neither legitimate nor immutable.

The more we stand as a nation; the more we assert the Hawaiian Kingdom is alive and kicking; the more others will begin to see a Free Hawaii emerge.
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Sign these petitions…
 
Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! They told us we were adopted but then we found out we had been kidnapped! To honor the abductor as if he’s a hero is creepy and bizarre. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! - TinyURL.com/AlohaOeMckinley
 
Let Hawaii Have an Olympic Team! Surfing has been added to the Olympic Games, but Hawaii is not being allowed to participate as a nation. That means Hawaii’s surfers will be forced to surf for the USA instead of for Hawaii, like they normally do. We are working to change that. Sign the Hawaii in the Olympics petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! - Change.org/p/the-international-olympic-committee-let-hawaii-have-an-olympic-team
 
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Please Send Kokua
Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort...To contribute, go to:
 
GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII
 
PayPal – use account email: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
 
To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, professional services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
 
Also...
Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at...
http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c8/Support_Human_Rights.html
All proceeds are used to help the cause.
 

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Malama Pono, 

Leon Siu 

Hawaiian National