Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 11, Number 9, 1 September 1994 — E nānā iā "Kulāiwi" — interactive ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi TV show debuts Sept. 14 [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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E nānā iā "Kulāiwi" — interactive ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi TV show debuts Sept. 14

bv Jeff Clark The opportunities to learn Hawaiian keep growing. Starting Sept. 14, an interactive TV show called "Kulāiwi" will air Saturday mornings from 10 - 11 on Oeeanie Cable Channel 26 (Neighbor Islanders, eall your cable service for program air dates). The show will feature an 'ohana using 'ōlelo Hawai'i in four-minute vignettes, followed

bv an explanation bv the kumu. The grammar illustrated in the vignettes will be reinforced via drills and substitution. Cultural values displayed by the family will also be discussed. Viewers will have the ehanee to

eall in with questions twice during eaeh lesson. "Kulāiwi" is a joint project being undertaken by Kamehameha Schools / Bishop Estate and the state Department of Education. The 12 shows being produced follow the 'ohana - a tūtū (played by Naomi Losch) and her three mo'opuna - through various contemporary situations. In one episode, the char-

acters order dinner in a Hawaiian restaurant; in another, one of the children makes a lei for a hula performance. Others follow the family as they prepare for a lū'au, visit a shopping center, take a trip to a Neighbor Island, and so forth. "I want people to know we ean use the Hawaiian language in everything we do," says Ekela Kaniaupio-Crozier. "It's not just a poi-pounding, lau

. hala-weaving kind oflanguage." A Hawaiian resource specialist at Kamehameha, Kaniaupio-Crozier appears on "Kulāiwi" as the kumu. She is one of six Kamehameha I employees who eame up with the

eumeulum and the scripts. The others are Hawaiian resource specialists Kaipo Hale and Hana Pau, and Hawaiian language teachers Kāwika Eyre, Ke'ala Kwan, and 'Ilialoha Quick. "We're real excited. ... but I'm a little nervous," KaniaupioCrozier said as she prepared for the first taping, whieh followed the 'ohana to Kahala Mall.

Kaniaupio-Crozier

Kala'ikona Ontai, Pōmaika'i Kaniaupio-Crozier anel Tracie Ka'ōnohilani Farias brave the bright lights to appear on "Kulāiwi," the new instructional Hawaiian language television program. The show appears on Saturday mornings at 10 on Oeeanie Cable ehannel 26. Photo by Jeff Clark