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(Zhui mdlama <br /> i ke ala `ulili <br /> e h0'oMAU i ke kuamo`o pono <br /> January 23, 2026 <br /> Trust for Public Land <br /> 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1512 <br /> Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 <br /> Re: Support for the protection and purchase of Ka`alaiki Kula, Ka`alaiki, Ka`u, <br /> Hawaii Island <br /> To Whom it May Concern, <br /> I, Haley Kailiehu, strongly supports the Ka`u community, Edith Kanaka`ole Foundation, <br /> and Trust for Public Land's effort to purchase and protect Ka`alaiki Kula (approximately <br /> 1,600 acres) in Ka`alaiki, Ka`u, Hawaii Island. <br /> Ka`alaiki Kula runs between highway 11 on the makai side and Ka`alaiki Road on the <br /> mauka side. Protecting the kula lands would ensure the entire ahupua`a is preserved, <br /> allowing this area to serve as a cultural educational site demonstrating the importance <br /> of ahupua`a land management practices as well as protecting significant cultural and <br /> archaeological sites including a railroad trestle and `Imakakaloa Heiau, one of two intact <br /> hula heiau in the Hawaiian Islands. <br /> Edith Kanaka`ole Foundation is a Hawaiian cultural-based non-profit 501(c)(3) <br /> organization established in 1990 to maintain and perpetuate the teachings, beliefs, <br /> practices, philosophies, and traditions of the late Luka and Edith Kanaka`ole. EKF's <br /> mission is to elevate Hawaiian intelligence through cultural education founded on the <br /> teachings and traditional practices of Edith and Luka Kanaka`ole. EKF possess a high <br /> level of Hawaiian cultural knowledge and skills relating to land and resource practices <br /> as well as cultural site restoration, protocol, and ritual. <br /> As the Director of Creative Development for Hui Malama i ke Ala Ulili, a non profit <br /> organization based in Koholalele, Hamakua on Hawaii island. Our mission is to <br /> Sugg.26-05 <br />