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GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Anthony. ANTHONY:You have questions? Excuse me, are there any questions? OÓTOOLE:No, I just wanted to inform you that under the Commissio that a request for a contested case is supposed to be made seven CommissionÓs first meeting on the matter. ANTHONY:Well, we can take it to the courts if you want. IÓm unfamiliar with the Commission rules. I donÓt believe that this was properly, any notice was given to Native Tenants about this meeting and the condemnation of their rights. So as far as IÓm concerned, none of these hearings over here had sufficient notice to the Native Tenants about the condemnation of their rights. So put a notice in the paper, and weÓll make proper application at that time. Are there any other questions? GALDONES:Commissioners? Thank you, Mr. Anthony. You may be excused. Thank you. I would like to call upon the individuals who have signed up to testify. Claudia Woodward-Rice, Harvey Keliikoa, Elizabeth Logsdon, Kihei Soli Niheu and Claudia Rohr. Could you please raise your right hands, all of you, please. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS:I do. GALDONES:Okay. Sir, we will begin with you. Please speak into state your name, your residence address and you may begin your t NIHEU:I thought we were going to follow protocol; and it falls in my custom that beauty before age. So if the ladies would allow me to be first, then IÓll be more than happy to start this dog and pony show going. ItÓs all right? GALDONES:Yes. NIHEU:Ohanalei welu kiheaka aheloa. Mai puu kapu mai moku o keawe. For the record, my address is P.O. Box 6575 and I live in the ahupuaa of Puukapu. Commissioner Hannah Springer, aloha mai. My name is Kihei Soli Niheu. I represent the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific. I sit on the executive board representing Region 6, which encompasses Rapanui and Kapa Aina O Hawaii Nei. We have eight regions throughout this world and our main office is in Suva, Fuji. And since 1975, our purpose and our mission is to restore the rights of indigenous people within their homeland, whether they be in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Philippines, French- occupied Polynesia, Kanaki or New Hebrides. And what we are doing is, right now one of our five-star campaigns is to initiate the process to have Hawaii reinstated or 11