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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Court in the Kohanahihi/PASH case. Second, the Kona Hawaiian Civic Club also initiated <br /> <br /> discussion groups and public information programs. Third, Ka Lahui Hawai'i also filed an amicus <br /> <br /> curiae brief in the Kohanaiki/PASH case and, likewise, initiated discussion groups and public <br /> <br /> information programs. <br /> I am not sure of the specific time, but Protect Kohanaiki Ohana, the third entity with <br /> <br /> comprises the Coalition, also joined in these efforts, working through its own organization and <br /> <br /> network. <br /> <br /> Eventually, these combined efforts led toward an expandea'discussion of finding ways to <br /> <br /> accommodate the interests of government regulators, private landowners, native Hawaiians and <br /> the public at large in the land use process. Among the suggestions were better legislation and <br /> <br /> better increased clarification amongst all players on the subject of native rights or cultural <br /> <br /> resources and on the procedures to identify, assess and evaluate the same. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Q Do you recall the events leading to the contested case in the Land Use Commission docket <br /> <br /> for the boundary amendment of Kaupulehu from the Conservation District to the Urban District? <br /> <br /> <br /> A Yes. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Q Can you explain what led the Coalition to intervene in that proceeding? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A Certainly. The entities, or some of them, and their members know more of the details than <br /> I do. Each of the entities filed requests to intervene in the proceeding, which seemed to be a <br /> <br /> natural consequence of their earlier efforts to help provide a better definition of native Hawaiian <br /> <br /> rights or cultural resources and a better methodology by which those rights and resources can be <br /> <br /> <br /> 3 <br />