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yet had an opportunity to testify who would care to come forward? If you could please sign in with the staff? Aloha mai. MALEY:Aloha mai. Madam Chair, members of the Council. My name Kepa Maley. SPRINGER:We need to swear you in first, please. MALEY:Oh, yes, thank you. SPRINGER:Please raise your right hand. MALEY:Yes. SPRINGER:Good. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? MALEY:I do. SPRINGER:Thank you. If you could please read your name or give your name and address, for the record. MALEY:Thank you. My name is Kepa Maley. IÓm at 554 Keonauna St in Hilo, Hawaii 96720. I first, respectfully to Kupuna Billy Paris, who IÓve had the privilege of interviewing on a number of occasions, and to many who are native blood of Kekaha. I only raise this point because the history is so dynamic. By the way, IÓm sorry, I did the ethnography, the detailed historical documentary, research and detailed oral history interviews for Kekaha or Kekaha Kai State Park under contract to the State of Hawaii. I was the primary documentation of which you participated as a lineal descendant, other family members who are tied to the lands that are encompassed now within the park; and, so, I bring this up. Interestingly, I translated John Waley Hermosa Isaac Kaouhahalaeokauwena KuhiwiekolukiheÓs original Hawaiian text which your kupuna translated in, summarized in the account that Uncle Billy Paris recounted for us this afternoon. That account was originally published, and IÓm going off of memory now because I didnÓt come prepared to speak on this point today, but in the 1919s or by early 1920s. Maniniowali is the traditional name of the ahupuaa. It is a storied and significant place on the landscape of Kekaha. What we find, though, is that in the 1880s, when the Kingdom was originally conducting the detailed surveys of the land area that is now the region of Kekaha, that the place name Kua, like Uluweoweo, Kahawaliwali, Kaakapa, these oth mentioned by Uncle Billy Paris, Kua was also a named the longed landscape fronting Maniniowali. So my only encouragement and yo discussion among yourselves about this is that we not throw away a part of the heritage or tradition of the land. 18