Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 1, 1 January 2008 — Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

In the spirit of the New Year, KWO asked attendees of the recent State of OHA address: What should OHA's New Year's resolution be for 2008?

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Ke'eaumoku Kapu Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation CounciI, volunteer The resolution for the Office of Hawaiian affairs for me is to focus on a lot of the ongoing problematic situations based on our his-

toric preservations - sites, iwi kūpuna, those kinds of issues. It's been a long tremendous battle to protect and preserve those kind of things.

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Donna Lei Smythe 'Ahahui Ka'aliumanu, president I think they should continue on the path that they've been going in reaching out to the coimnunity. I think they're doing a wonderful job with that - and, they should eonhnue

to benefit the beneficiaries.

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Keoki Donner, 17 Ke Kula Kaiapuni 'o Ānuenue, student ?ouncil member andfootball player OHA does a lot for our football team and iur athletic teams. OHA supports them 100 iercent, and I want to thank them 100 per-

cent ror tneir support. ts.eep up tne gooa worK, ana pretty muen just help Hawaiians that are out there on the heaeh and eonhnue to support Hawaiian immersion.

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Brendon Lee Kawaiolaonapukanileo choir, member For '08 1 would love to see OHA renewing their state-chartered mandate to promote any Hawaiian cause whether OHA agrees with it or not. I don't feel OHA currently does that;

they piek and choose depending on what the Board of Trustees want to defend, if you will, and not to portray or support any and all Hawaiian causes.

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Ola Kipapa, 20 Precision Sound, stagehand I think their New Year's resolution should be to help the homeless Hawaiians to find places to stay so they have a ehanee to make something with their life. S