Community Perspectives*
Their Story
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Māhealani Cypher
Kupa'āina, Kāne'ohe
“We need the true cultural story, what really was on the lands affected by the highway.”
Wali & Kameha'iku Camvel
Kupa'āina, Ioleka'a
“The most important adverse impact that any kind of building can do is to harm the ‘āina, because by virtue of that harm, then so are we harmed.”
Laulani Teale
Cultural Practitioner
“What we need to do is we need to heal the damage that was done by that freeway, and we need to do it in a way that is positive, and filled with aloha, and that is pono.”
Clyde Nāmu'o
Former CEO, OHA
“When you're only dealing with the bureaucratic aspects of a project, and not the cultural, and the things that really touch your heart, then you're not going to make progress.”
Kahikina Akana
Former HLID Project Coordinator
“They never gave up on their responsibilities and passions.”
Manaʻo
I ka ʻōlelo nō ke ola, i ka ʻōlelo nō ka make -Words can heal, words can destroy — Pukui, 1191
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Mahina Moon
Maika’i ka hana o ka hui HLID
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