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going to be able to sleep at night, knowing that you guys were part of that process, because it’s
<br />detrimental. It’s just the future – we’ve got to think about our keiki and our ohana after we
<br />leave, you know. We cannot think about the here-and-now. We’ve got to think the way our
<br />kupuna thought; they thought way in advance than we have, more than I can even comprehend.
<br />And I keep on repeating kupuna, kupuna, because if it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t be here
<br />today. And I want to acknowledge them because there is mana, there is mana in this area, and
<br />you know. Because, look across the street, you see any houses over there? No more nothing.
<br />And it’s not only here, it’s the entire Ali‘i Drive, all the ahupua‘a from the bottom all way up to
<br />the mountain, they get iwi all in that area. And I know because some of my kupuna is buried
<br />there. And to be, as a lineal descendant and have ohana that’s buried there, I just speak on behalf
<br />of my kupuna there and the burial sites there that, you know, enough is enough. And we need to,
<br />you know, you guys sit here and you guys are going to make a very big and important decision
<br />and, you know, we have to go with what you guys go by because you guys make the final
<br />decision. But I hope that, you know, you guys can take into, regard everyone’s mana‘o and
<br />thoughts of what they think about this plans being passed. And just mahalo for your folks’ time
<br />and for being here and allowing me to give a testimony. Mahalo.
<br />HOUSEL: Thank you. Excuse me, could you give your address, please?
<br />KIPAPA: I just moved, so I don’t really know my address. I’ll give you my Hilo address but
<br />not my Kona one. But I just moved like two weeks ago, so -.
<br />HOUSEL: Okay, if you could give your Hilo address, that would be good.
<br />KIPAPA: Okay, 179 Krauss Avenue, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720.
<br />HOUSEL: Thank you.
<br />NAVAS-LOA: Aloha mai kakou. Aloha e n kupuna a me n ‘aumkua a me n mea a pau.
<br />Aloha. My name is Leinani Navas-Loa. I reside at 84-5108 Painted Church Road down in
<br />Hnaunau. And I actually never know I had the testimony today until I went drive by and this
<br />tita went stop me on the side of the road and I went hold signs with her. But anyway, like in any
<br />place that you go to, you know, in Hawai‘i, we’re all fighting for the same thing. I’m a cultural
<br />practitioner. I’m an educator, a Hawaiian educator. I teach young children about the ‘ina,
<br />about the kahakai. And when I heard about this development, I was, like, you’ve got to be
<br />kidding me, because we are all there trying to educate our children for the future and to become
<br />strong leaders; but when they see these kinds of development that’s going up, it kind of makes
<br />them feel like, oh, should we even try to fight? And basically, what my point is is that we need
<br />to keep these wahipana and these sacred places sacred. Do you folks realize the area that you are
<br />in, you folks are in Kekealaniwahine’s complex? And Kekealaniwahine’s complex is not only
<br />where it is that you see on the map; it’s the whole area, and when you disturb her, you disturb the
<br />whole place and the Keolonhihi complex as well. A lot of people, you know, from the
<br />mainland think that, okay, this is your place, this little spot right here; but we are talking about a
<br />whole area. The sacredness of these places need to be protected and need to be kept for our
<br />future generations. So, yes, we are against this development, and we are actually against any
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