Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 19, Number 6, 1 June 2002 — Kauahipaula honored [ARTICLE]

Kauahipaula honored

The 'Ahahui 'Ōlelo Hawai'i announced that Kupuna Elizabeth Kauahipaula received high honors at the Mayor's 36th Annual Seniors' Recognition Program. Kauahipaula is a native speaker and educator who, at 87, continues to volunteer in the community assisting programs that foster 'ōlelo

Hawai'i. ,Among her awards were the platinum - the highest level awarded to no other among this year's honorees, and the Mayor's Akamai Living Lifetime Achievement Award. Kauahipaula is also a former recipient of OHA's Ke Kukui Mālamalama Award for excellence in Hawaiian education. "My desire is that one day the Hawaiian language com.es back to us like the days of our kūpuna," she said.