Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 26, Number 7, 1 July 2009 — THAT'S ONE BIG CHECK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THAT'S ONE BIG CHECK

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At a May 28 ceremony, leaders from OHA and DHHL gathered around a giant version of a $3 million eheek that symbolizes the unprecedented size and scope of a partnership between the two puhlie trusts in serving the needs of Native Hawaiians. OHA trustees last year approved annual payments of $3 million for up to 30 years to cover the debt service for revenue bonds that will support the development of lots statewide by the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Most of the money will go toward infrastructure that will help to expedite the awarding of more DHHL leases to native Hawaiian applicants. Seen here, Hawaiian Homes Commission Chairman Mieah Kōne, on right, accepts the eheek as it is being displayed by, from left, OHA Trustee Colette Machado, OHA Chairperson Haunani Apoliona, Bobby Hall of DHHL, and OHA Trustee Robert Lindsey. Behind Kōne is Kaulana Park, deputy to the Hawaiian Homes Comission chairman. - Photo: Hekon Gaspar