Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 1, Number 8, 1 October 1984 — We Shall Endure [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

We Shall Endure

By Gard Kealoha Trustee-at-Large

A long ordeal is over. Let us hopethat the rebuilding of our OfFice of Hawaiian Affairs will find a renewed spirit of eooperation, eommon sense and commitment.

As we look to the election of trustees this fall, let us weigh carefully the vision, the dreams and the aspirations of our candidates so that this office may prosper and beneFit all of the people in our state. It is distressing to see how our Hawaiian people are now characterized in the national and loeal press. It takes away fromthe

substantive issues such as the Bishop Estate's potential losses due to the impact of the Hawaii State Land Reform legislation. While we have hammered away at philosophical differences, harmful actions diminish our great resources. More importantly, we have lost the goodwill and respect of many who now stand on the razor's edge of indifference. The only people who will be able to solve the concerns and problems of the native Hawaiian people are the native Hawaiian people themselves. The solutions require great patience, humility and aloha for eaeh other. We must never lose sight of the excellence that is in our heritage. We are the great descendants of Hawai'i loa and we shall endure.