Mai Ke Aka Mai: ʻŌʻili ʻOkoʻa Kahi Hui Waiwai Hoʻopuka ʻOle I Ka Maka Lehulehu
Ke hoʻopuka mai nei ʻo Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement ma ke ʻano he hui ʻoihana a he hui politika ma Ჹɲʻ nei.
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Ke mālama ko Ჹɲʻ Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement i kāna ma kēia Pōʻalua, e hōʻike ana kēlā hanana i kahi manawa koʻikoʻi no ka hui — he pāʻina piha makahiki 21 no ka hui waiwai hoʻopuka ʻole i hoʻomaka me kekahi nuʻukia haʻahaʻa penei, e hui pū ʻia nā hui paipai no nā Kānaka Maoli.
ʻĀnō, ma kahi hōʻike ʻana i kona ikaika e ulu ana, ke hoʻomākaukau nei ka ʻaha e mālama i kekahi o nā hanana politika kaulana o ke kau koho balota nei, ʻo ia nā paio kālaimanaʻo a nā moho nui no ke kūlana he kiaʻāina a he hope kiaʻāina, a e hoʻolele kīwī ʻia kēia ma ke ahiahi o ka Pōʻahā.
Ma kahi lanakila ʻē aʻe, ʻaneʻane mākaukau ka ʻaha e hoʻolilo i ko Ჹɲʻ palapala ʻaelike mākeke no ʻAmelika, ʻo ia ka ʻoi kelakela o ka hōʻumeʻume malihini ʻana no ka mokuʻāina, a he $34 miliona ka waiwai ma o ʻelua mau makahiki. Ua hoʻonohonoho ka ʻaha i hui me nā hui lima no ka hoʻomākeke, ka noiʻi, a me ka pāpaho, a ʻo ko lākou kāʻili akula nō ia i ka palapala ʻaelike mai ka hui kaulana ʻo Ჹɲʻ Visitors and Convention Bureau, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻomākeke iā Ჹɲʻ no hoʻokahi kenekulia a ʻoi.
“Ma ke ʻano laulā, he manawa koʻikoʻi kēia, ʻaʻole no nā Kānaka Maoli wale nō, pēlā hoʻi no kahi hui waiwai hoʻopuka ʻole e hana nei no ko Oʻahu a me Ჹɲʻ,” wahi a Esther Kiaʻāina, he lālā papa ʻaha ma mua e hana nei ma ka Honolulu City Council.
He paʻakikī ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i ka hana a ka ʻaha, wahi a Colin Moore, he polopeka ʻike politika ma ke Kulanui o Ჹɲʻ ma Mānoa a ʻo ia ke alakaʻi o ko UH Kikowaena Kulekele Lehulehu.
“ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka paio kālaimanaʻo, he hōʻailona ia i ko lākou hoʻāʻo ʻana e ʻike ʻia, ma kahi o ka noho ʻana me he hui lawelawe ma hope loa o nā mea e holo nei,” wahi a Moore. “Noʻu, ke hōʻoiʻoi nui nei lākou i ka hōʻoi ʻia ʻana o ko lākou kākoʻo ʻana i nā Kānaka Maoli, a ʻaʻole kēlā he mea ʻino.”
ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Kuhio Lewis, ʻo ia ka luna hoʻokō o ka ʻaha, ma o ka hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻana o ka ʻaha hoʻokuʻikahi mai kona lā kuʻuna ma ʻOkakopa i ke kauwela, lana ka manaʻo o ka ʻaha, e hōʻeuʻeu ʻia ka poʻe ma mua o ke koho wae moho.
“ʻAʻohe kuhihewa ma ka noho ʻana o kā mākou ʻaha ma Iulai,” wahi a Lewis ma kahi nīnauele. “He koʻikoʻi ka hoʻopili sivila ʻana o mākou a me ka poʻe i nā wahi e koʻikoʻi ai nā mea.”
Ma kēlā ʻano, e mālama ʻia ana ka ʻaha ʻehā lā i nā kūkākūkā pānela i nā pilikia i pili i nā poʻe ma waho o nā Kānaka Maoli. Eia hoʻi, e mālama ʻia kahi kūkākūkā e pili i ka pilikia wai ma Kapūkakī me nā mea pānela mai ka Sierra Club, Board of Water Supply a me ka U.S. Navy. E hoʻohui pū kekahi pānela ʻē aʻe no ka hoʻokipa malihini i nā meia ʻelima a pau no kēlā me kēia mokupuni.
ʻO nā mea kākoʻo, ʻo ia ka nui o ko Ჹɲʻ mau hui ʻoihana a me nā hui waiwai hoʻopuka ʻole, e laʻa ʻo Hawaiian Airlines, First Hawaiian Bank, Bank of Ჹɲʻ, Hawaiian Electric, The Queen’s Health System, a me ka Ჹɲʻ Community Foundation, a komo pū nā hui ʻoihana aupuni ʻo AT&T lāua ʻo Amazon.
Me ke kau ʻia o nā inoa he 1,500 no ka hele ʻaha ʻana, ʻo ko kēia makahiki ʻaha ka nui loa, wahi a Lewis.
ʻO kekahi poʻomanaʻo hoʻokuʻikahi penei, “ʻo ke ʻano a ka Ჹɲʻ e mālama aku ai iā Ჹɲʻ,” wahi a Lewis.
“ʻAʻole kēia i pili i nā Ჹɲʻ wale nō, ua pili i ka hoʻōla ʻana iā Ჹɲʻ,” wahi a Lewis.
ʻO Ka Hoʻōla ʻAna I Ka Ჹɲʻ A Me Ჹɲʻ
ʻO ka hoʻōla ʻana i nā Kānaka Maoli a me ke kaiāulu, ʻo ia mau nō ka nuʻukia o ka ʻaha, wahi a Robin Danner, ʻo ia ka hoʻokumu o ka ʻaha, a nāna e mālama i kahi hui hou ma Wakinekona, D.C. Ma ka hoʻomaka ʻia ʻana o ka ʻaha ma ka makahiki 2000, ua manaʻo ʻia, e lilo ia mea i māmalu no nā hui Ჹɲʻ ʻē aʻe e hana ana i ka hoʻomohala kaiāulu ʻana, wahi a Danner.
Ua ʻauamo koke ka ʻaha i kahi kuleana paʻa ma ka hoʻomohala hoʻokele waiwai ma o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi palapala hōʻoiaʻiʻo no ke kūlana pekelala he Ma o ka mālama ʻia ʻana e ka Waihona Kālā ʻAmelika, hāʻawi kālā ka polokalamu mai ka wā a Clinton e pelekikena ana i nā hālau kālā kūikawā e lawelawe ana i nā kaiāulu i hiki ʻole ke hana pū me nā panakō maʻamau a me ke kumu waiwai.
No ka ʻaha, ua pili kēia i nā kānaka hōʻaiʻē, e laʻa nā kānaka e makeʻe ana i ka hoʻolimalima hale me ka Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. ʻOiai, e hoʻokahu ʻia ka ʻāina o DHHL no ka poʻe Ჹɲʻ, a hiki ke hoʻolimalima wale ʻia nō nā hale a ʻaʻole e ʻona ʻia e nā kānaka i loaʻa ka palapala hoʻolimalima hale iā lākou, ua kānalua nō nā panakō molaki i ka hāʻawi kālā ʻana i nā mea hoʻolimalima hale no ke kūkulu hale ʻana. Ua lilo ka ʻaha i mea hāʻawi kālā hope loa no nā mea i hoʻokahu ʻia ma lalo o DHHL me ka hāʻawi pū ʻana i ke aʻo uku pono me ka hōʻaiʻē ʻana.
Ma ko Lewis lilo ʻana i luna no ka polokalamu ʻo CDFI ma ka makahi 2018, ua loaʻa i ka hui ka waihona kālā he $3.5 miliona. Ua ulu aʻe i $10 miliona, wahi āna. Ua hāʻawi kālā ʻia ka hui he $15 miliona o nā hōʻaiʻē mai ko CDFI kinohi.
Ma o ka hana pū ʻana me nā mea hōʻaiʻē, e hoʻokō ʻia ka uku hoʻi pono ʻana o lākou i kā lākou lako ʻaiʻē ponoʻī, wahi a Lewis. He 2% ko ka polokalamu helu lawehala, wahi āna. Ua kūkulu nā mea hōʻaiʻē he nui i kā lākou helu kumu ʻāiʻē i kahi e hiki ai i ka ʻaha ke hoʻolilo i nā hōʻaiʻē ma CNHA i nā panakō kuʻuna, a ʻo ia ka mea e nui aʻe ai ke kālā a CNHA a hiki ke hāʻāwi ʻia i nā kānaka hōʻaiʻē ʻē aʻe.
Ua kūkulu hoʻi ka hui i nā mea ʻē aʻe, e laʻa nā polokalamu no ka hoʻomohala limahana a me ka hōʻaiʻē no nā hui ʻoihana liʻiliʻi.
Ua hoʻomākaukau kēia mau mea a pau i ka hui no kahi kūlana ulu nui ma ka wā i pā mai ai ka wā maʻi ahulau.
Ma kahi laʻana ʻē aʻe no ke ʻano hana wikiwiki o CNHA, ua kōkua ka hui i nā hui ʻoihana kamaʻāina me nā ukana i kūʻai ʻole ʻia aku ma hope o ke kāpae ʻia ʻana o Mele Manaka ma ka makahiki 2020 ma muli o ka wā maʻi ahulau.
ʻO kā CNHA “Pop-Up Mākeke,” ʻo ia kai mālama akula i mākeke no nā hui kūʻai i kūʻai ʻole ma o ka pūnaewele ma mua. ʻĀnō, mai Iune o ka makahiki 2020, ua kūʻai akula ka hui i nā mea kūʻai he 300,000 a ʻoi ma o ka pūnaewele, wahi a Lewis.
He keu ka lanakila o ka mākele, wahi āna, no laila, ke kūʻai nui mai nei ka ʻaha i nā mea mai nā hui kūʻai Kanaka Maoli a kūʻai hou aku lākou ma ke kumukūʻai liʻiliʻi.
Akā, ʻaʻole ka mākeke wale nō kekahi mea i hiki maila ma ka wā maʻi ahulau.
Hōʻike pono maila ko CNHA mau palapala kālā i kahi mea kupahana ma o nā makahiki i hala, ʻo ia ka ulu ʻana aʻe o nā haʻawina kālā mai ka nui he $1 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka makahiki 2018 i $70 miliona i ka makahiki 2021.
Eia hoʻi, ʻo ka palapala hoʻi ʻauhau pekelala no ka makahiki i hoʻopau ʻia i Kepakemapa 2019, hōʻike ua palapala nei i ko ka hui hāʻawi ʻia ʻana mai i $1.9 miliona i kēlā makahiki, a he $1.1 miliona ka nui ma ka makahiki ma mua.
Ma ka makahiki ma hope aku — ma ka wā e pā ana ka maʻi ahulau a e kōkua ana hoʻi ʻo CNHA i ka mālama ʻana i nā kālā hoʻēmi pilikia — ua hoʻonui ʻia nā haʻawina kālā i $10.9 miliona. Ma ka makahiki 2021, ua hōʻike ka ʻaha, he $70.4 miliona a lākou kālā ma o nā haʻawina kālā aupuni a me nā palapala ʻaelike.
ʻAʻole kēia ke kālā no CDFI wale nō, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ke kālā maʻi kolona no ke kōkua uku noho hale, a ʻo ia ka mea a ka ʻaha i mālama aku ai me ka hana pū ʻana me
Wehewehe ʻo Lewis, he mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa ka hana a CNHA i hana aku ai ma ka wā maʻi ahulau. ʻO CNHA kekahi o nā hui like ʻole ma Ჹɲʻ a me ʻAmelika i hāʻawi kālā kōkua i ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka wā maʻi ahulau. He minamina nō naʻe ko laila, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe palapala ʻāina no ke kūkulu koke ʻana i kēlā ʻano mau polokalamu. I mea e kūkulu ʻia ai nā ʻōnaehana ʻenehana ʻikepili, ua ʻōlelo akula ʻo Lewis, ua huli ʻo CNHA i nā wilikī pūnaewele i hana me nā hui e like me Queen’s Health Systems lāua ʻo Hawaiian Electric.
“ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua kūkulu akula mākou mai lalo lilo aʻe,” wahi āna. A hana lākou ma ka wā i paʻa ʻino loa ai ko Ჹɲʻ hoʻokele waiwai, ʻoiai, ua hopohopo a pilikia loa nā home a me nā hui ʻoihana.
“Pēlā me lākou, pēlā pū hoʻi me mākou, he wā hulihia nō ia,” wahi āna.
ʻIke ʻo Lewis i nā pilikia kekahi. Ma ke ʻano he luna ʻo ia o ka hui, ua lohe akula ʻo ia i nā moʻolelo kaumaha mai nā kamaʻāina hopohopo loa mai, ua hoʻomakaʻu ʻia kekahi e ka hakuʻāina, a makemake lākou e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia kālā me ka wikiwiki loa.
Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo akula ʻo Lewis, ua hāʻawi ʻo CNHA i ke kālā kōkua i nā hale he 15,000.
A ʻo ka piʻi aʻela nō ia o CNHA i pae hou aʻe. Ua hāʻawi ka hui i ka nui haʻawina kālā ma ka wā maʻi ahulau i kohu like me ka nui e hāʻawi ʻia i ʻekolu a ʻeha mau makahi.
Ke hoʻohui ʻia nā mea a pau, ua loaʻa mai i ka hui ka nui kālā he $150 miliona ma o nā palapala ʻaelike, a ua hāʻawi ʻia akula he $110 miliona i kēia manawa.
ʻĀnō, ke kū mākaukau nei ʻo CNHA e hana i kekahi mea nui aʻe. ʻO kā palapala hoʻomākeke hou, hiki maila ua palapala nei i kahi wā hulihia no ka hoʻokipa malihini ma Ჹɲʻ. Ma ka hoʻoponopono ʻia ʻana o ka ʻoihana mai nā lā ʻino o ka wā maʻi ahulau, ʻo ia ka wā i kāpae ʻia ai ka hoʻokipa malihini, ke hoʻāʻo aku nei ʻo HTA e hoʻoponopono pū i nā pilikia ma o nā kamaʻāina e ʻōlelo ana, he keu ka nui malihini ma ka mokuʻāina.
Ua hōʻike kahi noiʻi ma ka makahi 2021 na ka hui kuleana hoʻokipa malihini, manaʻo nā kamaʻāina he 67%, “ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ka mokupuni no nā malihini ma o ka uku ʻana o nā kamaʻāina,” a pēlā pū hoʻi ka nui ma ka makahiki ma mua, a ua hoʻonui ʻia mai ka helu he 50% ma ka makahiki 2010.
Me kēlā manaʻo, ke hoʻāʻo nei ka hui kuleana hoʻokipa malihini e hoʻololi hou iā lākou iho ma ke ʻano he hui lākou e hoʻomākeke wale ʻole iā Ჹɲʻ a e mālama ana nō lākou i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka hoʻokipa malihini. Eia hoʻi, ʻōlelo akula ʻo HTA, makemake lākou i kā lākou moho palapala ʻaelike a hoʻomākeke a e mālama iā Ჹɲʻ.
ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Danner, ua lohi loa kēia hoʻololi nuʻukia, he keu ka lōʻihi o ko HTA kālele ʻana i ke “kūʻai ʻana aku iā Ჹɲʻ me he ʻea lā” no ka hoʻokipa malihini ma o ka uku ʻana o nā kamaʻāina.
“Ua nānā ʻole ʻia nā kāmaʻāina,” wahi āna.
I loko nō o ka nuʻukia hou, ʻo kā HTA noi ʻana i nā papahana hoʻolale ma ʻApelila, kālele nui ia i ka hoʻomākeke ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana. ʻO ka hapanui o nā loiloi hana i kākau ʻia ma ka palapala i pili i kā HTA hana maʻamau penei, ʻo ka hoʻolaha ʻoe, ʻo ka hoʻomākeke ʻoe, a me ka pilina lehulehu. Ua kālele kekahi o nā hana i nā mea i pili i ka mālama wahi ʻana, akā he 50 ka nui o nā mea e nānā ana i ka helu o nā mea hahai ma ka pāpaho pili kanaka, ka ʻōnohi maka no ka hoʻolaha e paʻi ʻia a e hōʻike kīwī ʻia a me ka helu o ka ʻatikala e kākau ʻia e nā mea kākau e kipa mai ana i Ჹɲʻ ma o nā huakaʻi hoʻomākaʻikaʻi e uku ʻia e HTA.
Malihini loa ʻo Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement i ka hoʻomākeke hoʻokipa malihini ʻana, akā, ua lanakila lākou i ka palapala ʻaelike ma hope o ka hoʻākoakoa ʻana mai i kahi hui ʻo “Kilohana Collective.” ʻO nā lālā nui ʻo Core Group One, he hui ʻoihana no ka hoʻomākeke, ka hoʻolaha inoa a me nā hana pāpaho i hana ma lalo o nā hui hōkele e like me Aston, ʻo Wondros, ʻo ia kahi keʻena kaʻaʻike e hoʻomākeke a e hoʻolaha me nā limahana he 200 ma Los Angeles, San Diego, Pittsburgh a me Wakinekona, D.C., ʻo Pae ʻĀina Communications LLC/Island Agency, he keʻena pilina no ka lehulehu a me ka pāpaho a he keʻena kaʻaʻike pikineki, a me Ward Research, he hui ʻoihana noiʻi ʻikepili.
ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Lewis, ʻo ka mea i ulu aʻe ai ka hoihoi o ka ʻaha i ka palapala ʻaelike, ʻo ia ko HTA nānā ʻana ma waho o ka hoʻomākeke ʻana.
“He koʻikoʻi ke kuhi ʻana, he wehewehe kuleana ʻoihana hou kēia,” wahi a Lewis e pili i kā HTA palapala ʻaelike me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, ʻaʻole nō pili wale i ka hoʻomākeke ʻia ʻana o ka mokuʻāina i nā malihini.
ʻO kā ka ʻaha papahana hoʻolale i lanakila, ua kūlia ia ma luna o ka hōʻumeʻume ʻana i nā ʻōnohi maka. Ua hoʻokomo kāna papahana mālama wahi i nā manaʻo e like me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kā ka ʻaha mau polokalamu hoʻomohala limahana e kākoʻo i nā kānaka i hoihoi i ka hana ʻana ma ka hoʻokipa malihini ʻana.
ʻO kekahi manaʻo ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka paipai ʻana i ka loina alakaʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e kekahi hui hou e ulu ana ʻo , ʻo ia nā loina a HTA i hoʻokomo ai ma kāna nuʻukia ponoʻī. Pili kēia i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mahi e hoʻohana ana i nā hana he ʻokanika a he mālama ʻāina a me nā polokalamu hoʻomaʻamaʻa e lilo ai nā huʻeaʻo i limahana no nā lālā kaiāulu.
He ālaina hope loa ko ka ʻaha, ke hoʻāʻo nei ke keʻena no nā mea kipa a me ka ʻaha ʻana e ʻauʻa i ka palapala ʻaelike hoʻomākeke ma o ke kūʻē ʻana i ko ka HTA hāʻawi ʻana aku i ka ʻaha.
Akā, inā lanakila ka ʻaha, he mea nui ana ia i nā hui hana Ჹɲʻ, wahi a Nāʻālehu Anthony, he hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni Kanaka Maoli ʻo ia, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hoʻokumu o ʻĀina Aloha Economic Futures.
No nā makahiki he 100 i hala aku nei, ua hoʻohana ka HVCB i kāna palapala ʻaelike e kūkulu i kaiaola o nā hui ʻoihana. Inā loaʻa ka palapala ʻaelike i ka ʻaha, hiki iā lākou ke hana like pēlā, wahi a Anthony.
“He kupanaha nō hoʻi kēia,” wahi āna e pili i ka ulu ʻana aʻe o CNHA. “A ua pili nō ia i ke alakaʻi ʻana o Kuhio Lewis.”
