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k'oundatlon of the Search for Wisdom
Hawaii County Council rnw.nm~ w'.uaw
Planning Committee Meeting Mikahala Roy, Executive Director
County Council Chambers
101 pan. j St
Hire, Hawaii %720
Kona county council Officc
Testimony Ronde"
RC- Hawaii County Council Resolution 404-06
August 21, 2006
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Aloha Kakon. I am Mlkalula Roy, Preeldem of Kulana Hrtli Hnnoa, pnundation ofthe Search for Wisdom.
501-C3, with our north Kona office at 75-5660 Paton Road Katlua-Kona, Hawaii. 1 tun here representing
my organisation in hearty support of Communications document No. %9 that transmits Resolution No.
404-06 introduced by Hawaii County Council Co-Clair MsMirginia Isbell.
T will enclose with my written testimony today, a page in synopsis of the purposes of our organization
which has been in service to Kona and Hawaii since 1999. 'the founding presmeni 1br Kulana Hull Hunua
was the late David K. Roy, Jr., my fltther. He along with chews of Hawaiian men reacted KameJwnehs
the (;rent's personal Haim Ahu'ena Heise here at Kamakahorm in 1975, Hildou at Kapukapu (or
Kealakekua Bay) and Ku'oroaoa Men at Kahaluit, Kona. Forty percent of the warts of this organization is
advocacy and protection of Hawaiian sacred sites; forty percent of our work is in I-h waiisn education based
in Hawaiian Language, history and lore: and twenty nascent of the work is in the promotion of land based
archives in Kona and elsewhere on Hawaii island.
'[hose po'e 'otwi or Hawaiian fuck who demonstrated the kind of cxpatiso and respocelbility for can in
restoration of sacred sites in the modern era have bean extremely few, in fact, this very Hchit
Kaunlra'ietkeols, on this coessline was we that was restored in the 1940's by my relatives, Nalushine
Ka'opua, Henry Kekabuna and Homer Hayes. It is of high importance to Hawaii past, prewar and 0ttue.
Through resources provided by the library, of David le Roy, such information may become the corpus for
new work in the Hawaii present Such work is extremely important for Hawaiians and for the world. What
wayfmding is to the seafarers of present taught by treasure Mau Pia lug, restoration of Heiau is to 'Oiwi of
the land who, like the sea sojourners yearn to know their origins and their own history. They, we, have
been imtructed by treasure, David K. Roy, Jr.
We urge that you pass this resolution that would keep this valuable 12.5acre complex at Punpuea 11 as a
part of m freesare amat for the fitturc. Our organization's resources stand by to assist in this effort. I invite
your calls of inquiry for any questions you may have in your deliberations.
O Wau Iho (1 am humbly).
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P.O. Box 596 • Kailua-Kona. HI 96745.0596
(808) 327-0123 • (608) 327-9791 F'ux • www,kulma.org
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Kulana Huli Honua is a group that formed in June, 1999 and whose non-profit status as an
organization was established with the State of Hawai'i in March, 2000, becoming a 501-0
organization in early 2001. individuals initially involved with the 1975 restoration and others
came together to practice their Hawaiian culture and to serve the community iii connection with
the care of Ahu'ena Heiau, Hawaiian Sacred Site and National Historic Landmark at
Kamakaltonu, Kona, Hawaii.
This is a non-profit organization with an old mission which is two-fold:
Kulana kluli Ilona shall:
T. Guide and support the life and care of Ahu'ens ITeiau and its
surrounding environment at Kamakahonu, Hawai'i through work with the
adjacent land owner, government and non-government entities. Guide
and support the life and care of other cultural treasures.
]1. Promote the practice, study, education and preservation of Hawaiian,
Culture through means including the establishment of Archive Libraries
to contain the history auti wisdom of Hawai'i's ancients for the native
Hawaiian people in their Homeland and for the communities of Ilawai't.
The restoration of Ahu'ena Heiau is an isolated case of the restoration of
celebrated and sacred places ofHawai'i in the modem em. Nut since Henry Kekahuna.
Naluabine Ka'opua and Homer Hayes performed such work at Ka•ua-kn'ra-ke-ola Heise
in Puapua'u 11, North Kona in 1946 has restoration to this extent been seta. Moreover, it
is an example. of hnw collaborative effort from the cultural, business, government and
scientific communities may result in progress toward integrity of knowledge in the lands of
kiacwai'i.
(Catrtahahuuu wA1 the first capital o£I lawai'i as ICamchamchu the Great
established residency there in 1812 entertaining visitors and conducting affairs for a newly
unified kingdom The restoration of Ahu'ena Heiau provides a strong reminder to future
generations that such work is important. On a Hawaii island that bears evidence of
imbalanced and detrimental development of lands over time, the example of this Flciau
restoration and wort: toward itc perpat,W rare takes on deeper meaning.
Ahu'ena is a site that is both on dry land and in the sea. The lands at
Kamakahonu wmte adversely affected when a pier was erected in times when
ulcle was no advuwa y run its idcntificavoo of Hawaiian historic sitos and work
toward their preservation. Such work provides valued precident toward stating
the case for future generations that alternatives exist for land use in Hawat'i.
Such alternatives would promote the concept of"aloha'aina", "love of the land."
Further, that "ka' imi `oia'i'o", "the search of truth" in knowledge of the islands
of lluwri'i in of high importance and is a realistic expectation.
Plcusc visit the Kuluna Room
iu ws luwv at die
King Karuchamcha's Kona Beach Ilolcl
75-5660 Palm Road
Knilua•Konu. nil 96740
For more informadou. will (808) 327.0123 / (808) 327-9791 (r)
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