Stories by starlight at Waianae fest

Beautiful! Wonderful! Persevere!

Its great to hear possitive in our commuinity.

Indeed, Waianae's landscape is richly endowed with reminders of Maui's exploits on Oahu.
Mahalo to the organizers for starting the series with the legends of Maui. While I enjoyed Emil Wolfgramm's Tongan Maui legends, as a Hawaiian I was more pleased with the brief but wonderful tale of Maui at Puu Heleakala in Nanakuli. I look forward to future Starlight Storytelling events when Waianae storytellers relate more completely the Maui stories at Puu Huluhulu, Hina's cave, the mudhens of Waianae, and countless other tales that connect the Hawaiians in Waianae to their place and their landscape. I believe these stories must be told lest the attitude towards the value of Maui slips away.
Sad to say, recent landowners are on the move to rezone a parcel of land at the base of the Maui cultural landmarks at Puu Heleakala, spot zoning their parcel from Preservation to Industrial. Of greater sadness is the fact that leaders in Nanakuli support that proposal, a plan that will forever change the open space of Preservation lands to high density Industrial activities. Auwe.
Auwe, because there is no other Hawaiian community on Oahu so endowed with the Maui historic and cultural sites to protect and preserve in perpetuity. That's kuleana.
Auwe, because another noxious activity will develop in Nanakuli, and as in the past, it comes with community leadership support.
The PVT Landfill, Waimanalo Gulch Landfill and the older Kaiser Cement Plant were all supported by community leadership of the past: from "we thought PVT was a military project"or"why ask us about Waimanalo's landfill, isn't that in Waimanalo?" or "we'd rather support Kaiser rather than Dillingham". What will be the storyline after the llands at the base of Puu Heleakala become Industrial and the parcel next door becomes a new landfill? Today some Hawaiian leaders in Nanakuli say Nanakuli needs to be like Kapolei. These same voices say the Waianae Sustainable Communities Plan to preserve the rural character of Waianae does not reflect Nanakuli's ambition for the future. Urbanization, that's the future. Why cling to the past and its historic and cultural sites.
Auwe, auwe, auwe

Now This is a Ghetto Fest!

thank you for sharing this news. i didn't know that this occured.. i hope to attend next year...

definitely brings pride back to the community... IMUA WAI'ANAE!

I think pride is good...unless it is created from hatred toward those not like ourselves.

Great benefit to the people on the Waianae coast.

true

So, true...

yuppers

Yuppers back to you....