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He Inoa No Keli`ihelemauna, written in honor of my father who was chairman of the Kamoa <br /> Point Commission and several other works to protect these very lands that these good people are <br /> standing along with myself to urge protected. Obviously, my testimony is absolutely against this <br /> particular development, and for all the reasons that have been well stated before here. If an <br /> application is complete, it's done, and it should be finished there, no longer brought forward to <br /> take people's time. Again, I say I would like to be free to express, and I am free to express my <br /> being as Lamaku, Kahu of Ahu`ena Heiau. <br /> In 2010, I had the discussion and heard of the story of the finding of these iwi that Simmy and <br /> others have talked about and newspapers have carried at Keolonahihi, at, rather, the Holualoa <br /> area, `cause we're talking about this very sacred area in the mid-Ali`i Drive. But, this area—and <br /> in keeping with our oral traditions, little did she know that up the hill, I was composing a mele <br /> that goes . I'd like to give this mele in a bit, but before I do, it also gives, before I do, I would <br /> like to also say that at Kamakahonu, this is the capitol through time, the respected capitol, first <br /> capitol of the Kingdom in Hawaii, respected as the first capitol of Hawaii nei. I reconfirmed <br /> that this is the capitol of Kamehameha the Great in his stand as Alii, as ka ma'!of Hawaii nei. <br /> Hawaii nei is occupied by the United States of America. As Kahu of Ahu`ena Heiau, I stand to <br /> confirm what the ancestors have delivered to me. Lamaku is the term that I'm schooled by my <br /> ancestors, was a station that was held by esteemed people of our culture, of our lives. These are <br /> people who served Most High God. Lamaku is a station of authority and by this gift that I was <br /> born with and now that reveals itself in time, I receive information. <br /> In 2010, I began to hear from the ancestors when a developer said they owned Ahu`ena Heiau. <br /> I said Akua owns all heiau, and all of Hawaii by the way, and Akua owns the world by the <br /> way. No, you don't. Twenty-ten, actions of a development and a developer in the way of a <br /> modern-day business closed a business at that time, Kulana Huli Honua for myself, foundation of <br /> the search for wisdom. They say that when some doors close, others open. What opened for me <br /> in 2010 was the wealth of heaven, and often I would tell people as I would walk there, I search <br /> for the channel made fragrant by the maile. These words would come from my na`au, as often <br /> we all do, we speak from our hearts. Na`au means heart. Another word that's of our language is <br /> kulaiwi. This means our land. Kulaiwi means the plain of the bones. How many bones are <br /> here? They're all throughout Hawaii nei. They do not belong to the United States. They <br /> belong to the lineages of the kupa of these lands, who are living in peace here. Who dwell in <br /> peace and want peace. They want guidance from the One. <br /> In 2010, these, these messages began to come. Much as Kamehameha the Second when he was <br /> praised for his wisdom. His response was, "Who would not be wise on a path so well-travelled <br /> by my ancestors?" He reflected what our people were accustomed to, but this is utterly sublimed <br /> and amazing. This is life-changing information that I give you today. That I stand here before <br /> you, and in this testimony, I will say to you, before I conduct my oli, I will tell you that in a very <br /> related way I received a visit from Most High. An `io, in 2015 on Mother's Day, a call came in <br /> to me in the noon hour. A woman had been told on the highway she had received the <br /> information that an `io was reaching to her. She found that bird, the `io. It had lost its life. She <br /> picked him up. This woman lived on the other side of the island. In her love for animals, she <br /> kept this being with her. She returned, and this call came to me and when this came, I went into <br /> communications and received a great, a great conveyance as I call them, from Akua. In this <br /> 25 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />