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I'm Hali'amaile Kealoha, a senior at Kamehameha Schools Kapalama.
And I'm Hulukoa Nunokawa, also a senior at Kamehameha Schools Kapalama.
Welcome to this special Malama Honua edition of HIKI NŌ.
As the Polynesian Voyaging Society's Hokule'a and Hikianalia near the end of their worldwide
odyssey, we wait to see what impact the voyage's theme,
Malama Honua, has had on its many ports of call, and on
our own island home.
Malama Honua means to care for our island earth, and that theme can manifest itself
in an infinite number of ways.
The HIKI NŌ staff at PBS Hawai'i decided to find out what Malama Honua means to Hawai'i's
young people by making it the theme of its 2017
Spring Story Challenge.
HIKI NŌ student production teams from schools around the state were given three days to
conceptualize, shoot, write and edit a story based on the
theme Malama Honua.
The theme wasn't revealed to them until the very start of the three-day production
schedule.
For the next half hour, we'll be showing you some of the interpretations of Malama Honua
that came out of this adrenalin-fueled, labor-intensive
challenge.
Our first Malama Honua story is about a young woman whose love of fishing is matched only
by her respect for the ecosystem from which she partakes.
This profile of a female angler was created by the
HIKI NŌ students from Moanalua High School on O'ahu.
Fishing was something that I did basically for fun.
I grew up thinking that going to the beach was the
best thing ever and I did it every single weekend and I still do, actually.
Jamie Hamamoto, a fifth-generation fisherman or angler, started when she was just two years
old and has been hooked since then.
I've been doing this for, what, fifteen years now.
I wanted to pass on something that I really loved.
When she was old enough, when she was about two
years old, we used to go out to Hale'iwa, and she used to catch papi'o and barracuda.
Since then, she's been crazy about it.
Jamie has broken numerous world records already in fishing.
You know, she gets tons of prize money when she enters tournaments.
She gets all this credibility.
She meets all these people.
Jamie's passion has led to reeling in world records and being well-known in the fishing
community.
However, this isn't her main focus.
That's not good.
According to Science News, Hawai'i's fish population is down seventy-eight percent since
2015.
Major causes include sport and commercial fishing,
and water pollution.
Jamie is now trying to do her part in preserving what we have left.
I'm a part of a tagging program, where they do research.
So, you'll tag a fish and there's a certain number on that tag.
And other fishermen, if they catch the same fish, they'll be able to record the length
of the fish so we'll know how long the fish has been gone, where it's traveled to and
how big it's gotten in a certain amount of time.
I feel that by tagging and by learning more about it, we're actually learning
about how we can preserve what we have available to us.
So, you, like, go in between the fork of the tail.
She's done cleanups of the lo'i in Kane'ohe, cleaning up the reefs, the invasive ogo.
She's done, I don't know, so many things.
But it's because of her love and commitment that she's doing her part to take care of
the place she calls home.
It means taking care of my home, taking care of where I live.
And for me, the ocean is a huge part of my life, so I personally think it's important
to give back.
Papi'o.
Tako.
If everybody did a little bit like she does, we wouldn't have to worry.
The next generation would be in good hands.
So, I'm kinda proud of her, that she takes the time to even teach the younger ones.
And by doing just that, Jamie is doing her share to pass on fishing, just as it was to
her.
I'm Jonas Allen Maestro from Moanalua High School, for HIKI
NŌ.
This next story interprets Malama Honua as looking out for your neighbors and making
sure they are safe, especially when crossing the street.
Here is Pedestrian Walking Flags, from Wai'anae High School in
West O'ahu.
We're all sewing them by hand.
Renee Kawelo is helping her community one stitch at a time.
Plus, too, if you don't push it through properly, like I said, it's sticky, yeah, underneath.
Renee spent weeks last year handcrafting over two-hundred-fifty flags for the twenty-five
crosswalks without traffic lights here on the Wai'anae
Coast.
I'm not a talker.
I want to do something.
It might not be everything, 'cause I know some people do a lot
more than I do, but I want to be able to do something.
And that was the common thread that she found within the people of the Maka'ala Program.
E Maka'ala is a program that we've adopted on the West Side to help the pedestrians be
seen, and the drivers to be able to see the pedestrians.
[HONKING]
According to Hawai'i Free Press, Hawai'i has been recorded to have the fourth highest pedestrian
accident rate in the nation.
On Farrington Highway alone, there were thirty fatalities recorded in the year
of 2016.
Just seeing all the deaths on the roadway, it's really heartbreaking.
Okay, hold my hands.
Flags have been posted at each side of the crosswalk so the pedestrian is able to be
visible by drivers as they are crossing the street.
You know, there are some spots on Farrington that drivers tend to speed up, that also happen
to be frequented by a lot of pedestrian traffic.
So, I think having the flags now in place, it actually makes them
more visible as they cross the highway.
When I first saw it, I really was surprised by it.
But then, I thought about it.
You know, that was a great idea that they came up with this pedestrian
program.
The flags have solved the issue so well that it actually raised new problems: keeping them
in their assigned holders.
People have been moving the flags to places where there is higher foot traffic.
Well, the main goal is to hurry it up and get those flags back out there.
Because it's getting faster, as far as turnover, for us to be able to replace
them.
It is all a part of the process for her, as she continues to repair the fabric of the
community.
[SEWING MACHINE]
Like right now, we're low on flags.
And it takes time, 'cause we hand-make them.
We're doing it to help our kids and keep them safe, you know.
And I feel responsible.
Can you [INDISTINCT] five hundred?
We just want what's fair to our people, and for just safety [INDISTINCT].
This is Wainani Wetter from Wai'anae High School, for HIKI NŌ.
Sometimes, Malama Honua can be as simple as cleaning up a once treasured piece of land
that has fallen into neglect.
Here's an example of this from students at Punahou School on O'ahu.
Kawainui Marsh is located in Kailua, O'ahu, and is the largest wetland on the island.
It is located on the same road as the transfer station, where trash
is collected and then sent to the dump.
Unfortunately, a lot of debris ends up on the street and in the
marsh from deliberate dumping as well as objects falling off of
trucks.
Once a month, volunteers from Ke Kahua O Kuali'i, a nonprofit Native Hawaiian organization,
come together to clean and revitalize the area so that it can be a place for the community
to learn about Hawai'i's land and native culture.
The work that we did here today was helping to clear out an area that is filled with invasive.
But also, it's an area that has a lot of manmade debris.
So, things like metal debris, tile, tires -- and we even found a
car today.
For the volunteers, it's not just about community service.
It's personal.
This community service event is important to me because it's my way of giving back to
the land that I grew up on.
Giving back is important to me because it helps me feel better about the land that we
have, the land that provides for us.
And I think this is a good way of giving back.
For the co-president of the organization, it's about providing a place for her son.
This is the area that I was raised in and so, I feel that it's important, now that I'm
at another stage of my life as a mother, to be able to take care
of the place in which I was raised, so that he has a place to visit in
the future when he grows up.
I think this is one way that we could, I guess, educate others on what we should do and what
we can do [INDISTINCT] we have to care for the earth,
to care for the place that we call our home.
It's because of these volunteers that donate their time and effort that we will be able
to preserve a part of our state's natural history for future generations.
This is Laurel Tamayo from Punahou School, for HIKI
NŌ.
The act of caring for should not be limited to our fellow human beings.
Students from Ewa Makai Middle School on O'ahu remind us not to forget
our furry friends.
Yeah, good job.
In the state of Hawai'i, it's no doubt that community is important.
But how people give back to our community comes in many different shapes and
sizes.
For O'ahu SPCA, their way of charity comes in
the form of pets.
The purpose of O'ahu SPCA is to provide low-cost veterinary care for all animals.
My job here as a volunteer is to assist the doctor in what they need, and administering
the vaccines and doing the checkups for all the pets that come
in to see us.
Started in April of 2009, this nonprofit organization's ways of helping range from saving abandoned
animals to running events for the public to spread awareness of common diseases.
All their actions add up to a much more healthy living for these
furry companions.
By taking in stray animals, cats and dogs, getting them neutered, getting them groomed
and taken care of, and then prepared to be given to a new owner.
In general, what it's doing is, it's getting pets out.
We get to look at them yearly and make sure that
they're healthy, make sure their owners are caring for them.
And two, we're helping, again, keep the viruses and those things down on the island
by vaccinating and offering them cheap vaccines here.
Although their efforts help many, the reason for joining in the first place should not
be forgotten.
I was thinking when I first volunteered that I wanted to do more for my community.
I wanted to instead of sit at home all weekend, just get out and
do stuff.
Whether dog, cat or even human, organizations like O'ahu SPCA have made an impact on many
families around the island by guaranteeing the reassurance
that animals will be able to live comfortably in
countless households.
They've definitely showed Malama Honua, and give back to our island home.
This is Sophia Lopez from Ewa Makai Middle School, for HIKI NŌ.
Many of us Malama Honua by participating in some form of recycling.
But the students and staff at Kalama Intermediate School in upcountry Maui
have embraced recycling as a way of life.
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Aina i ka Pono: The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
Samuel Enoka Kalama Intermediate School was built on the
slopes of Haleakala on the island of Maui in 1987.
From its early years, this upcountry Maui school has
been adding to its recycling activities.
In 1994, Kalama students started the first recycling center
on Maui located right behind the school.
Recycling saves energy, natural resources and landfill space.
By recycling, we help the environment and save the land for
future generations.
Everything that we sell, we purchase from the customers.
We make [INDISTINCT] plastics, aluminum, cans, bottles.
All that we collect here [INDISTINCT] container.
Our staff from our company picks it up, and they take
'em down to the main baseyard and [INDISTINCT].
It takes ninety years for aluminum to decompose, plastic seven hundred years, and glass one
million years.
Recycling also means turning unexpected events into something creative.
In early February, one of the large trees in Kalama's parking lot
fell due to strong winds.
Within hours, the tree was chopped into mulch.
Kalama's staff used the wood chips from the tree as mulch around the campus.
Maui Floral is just two doors down the road from Kalama Intermediate.
This is where Kalama drops off huge bags of shredded paper instead of throwing
it away.
Maui Floral used to get the packing material from far away.
Once we moved to this location, which was about nine years ago, we figured why not do
it closer to us.
We use that to pack the flowers in, so when we ship it to mostly the Mainland, we use
it as a pillow for the flowers.
Lots of teachers use recycled materials for class projects.
Old newspapers are used to make art projects like these paper mache marine creatures hanging
from the ceiling of the school library.
Bottles and cans are collected to pay for repairs that are
not covered by the school budget, like repairs for school security
carts.
Empty print cartridges, bottles, cardboard, toilet paper rolls, shoeboxes, two-liter bottles,
you name it, if it can be reused, Kalama does it.
Recycling plays a big part in our school community and helps us to
continue the tradition of caring for the earth every day.
This is Kristine Hirata from Kalama Intermediate, for HIKI NŌ.
While recycling plastic and glass containers is one way to Malama Honua, another tactic
is to avoid using disposable containers altogether.
The following story from students at Kapolei High School on O'ahu
shows us one method of doing so that has spread like wildfire.
In Hawai'i, marine debris is a major issue.
The most common item of marine debris is plastic, which
Hawai'i residents have witnessed being an endangerment to the ecosystem.
I've seen a turtle have one of those six-pack plastic things around its shell, I've seen
fish eating a plastic bag, thinking it was food, you know, and it
breaks my heart.
According to WorldOceansDay.org, the average American will throw away one hundred eight-five
pounds of plastic each year.
When this plastic is dumped into the ocean, it takes years for the plastic to
break into pieces, yet never truly disintegrates.
This will lead ocean life to mistake it for food and disrupt
its digestive system.
A recent solution, however, has been trending islandwide.
Actually, my whole family uses it.
I do.
I use mine all the time.
I bring it to work, I bring it to practice, I bring it to school.
I do myself, and I have two kids as well, and they both use it.
And pretty much everyone within the company uses them, which is about two hundred
people.
Hydro Flasks, a popular brand of water containers was founded in 2009, and has gone on to make
millions off of their steel-insulated bottles.
In Hawai'i, Hydro Flasks are quite popular.
Oh, yeah.
So, we just got a shipment of Hydro Flasks like, two days ago.
And it'll be gone by, like, next week.
We asked several local store associates for their thoughts on why plastic bottles are
such an issue in Hawai'i.
I think the problem is that people are too lazy to recycle.
A lot of people leave it in the back of their truck and mean to recycle, but then they'll
leave it, and then they'll drive away.
With this in mind, how does the trend of Hydro Flasks not only impact business, but also
impact the issue of plastic marine debris itself?
Minimize the use of plastic bottles, and everybody would just switch to just refilling their
Hydro Flask.
I feel like it could decrease the pollution
in the ocean significantly.
Yeah.
You know, that's one water bottle per person or, you know, maybe even like four a day,
five a day, however many and, you know, multiply that
by our whole island.
'Cause it's kind of rare you have someone without a Hydro Flask.
You go into a classroom, what's in front of everyone's desk is a Hydro
Flask.
Having a Hydro Flask or any other reusable canister enables our islands to be clean and
move a step closer to a healthy marine ecosystem.
Malama Honua, caring for our island home, a strong statement.
Even the smallest actions can strengthen our community.
This is Dacen Batara from Kapolei High School, for HIKI NŌ.
Welcoming an outsider into your home and making them feel like a part of your 'ohana is a
great way to take care of our island earth.
This aspect of Malama Honua is explored in the following story by students
at Nānākuli High and Intermediate School on O'ahu.
Nika Sumyatina is a sixteen-year-old foreign exchange student from Mariupol, Ukraine.
[UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE]
Nika came to Nānākuli, Hawai'i, through a three-part process with the FLEX Program.
If I talked about my life in Ukraine, I would say that it's kind of different because we
have different schools and different kind of people.
But in general, I have just the same day like you have here.
I'm an exchange student who came in Hawai'i, and
I was so excited because of this.
And now, I feel so happy and so blessed with that.
She is a part of the Nānākuli High and Intermediate School Performing Arts Center, where she has
made many friends.
Everyone is so friendly and so nice to me, and they can just support you in everything.
During her time here in Hawai'i, Nika has chosen to give back to the community.
I have done community service in Hawai'i, as well.
First of all, I remember the greatest experience was
in the zoo, because it was volunteer with kids.
I just helped with providing different stuff, fun stuff for
kids and different programs.
Along with Nika giving back to the community, she has also been a role model for others.
She's very positive, very funny as well.
[CHUCKLE] I kind of want to be like her, 'cause she like, does
everything so right.
I think the way I would say it is that she exhibits that aloha spirit.
She's caring, no sense of attitude, very polite.
And I think, you know, when we talk about that sense of aloha, although she comes from
somewhere far away, she truly exhibits all those characteristics.
Although Nika has a positive attitude, she still faces the reality of what's going on
back home in Ukraine.
Ever since 2014, the war in Ukraine, I used to hearing sounds every day like the bombing
and stuff like that.
And here in Hawai'i, I feel like more comfortable, because I don't hear it every day.
So, they just adjust to hear different horrible sounds.
While she has been in Hawai'i, she has developed a new definition and appreciation for home.
So, caring for our island home starts with us.
Because our home, it's not only about roof above your head
and building in which you live.
So, for me, home is where you feel loved.
And now, I feel so happy that I feel love, not only in Ukraine, but in Hawai'i
as well.
So, care for our island home means to care for
each other, because our home is where our heart is.
Nika will return to Mariupol, Ukraine on May 16, 2017.
This is Kukui Raymond from Nānākuli High and Intermediate School, for HIKI NŌ.
We hope you have enjoyed watching these diverse interpretations of Malama Honua as much as
we've enjoyed presenting them to you.
The message spread throughout the world by the crews of Hokule'a and Hikianalia, that
there is an infinite number of ways to care for our island
planet, has definitely made it all the way home, and into the
hearts and minds of Hawai'i's young people.
And it's fitting that HIKI NŌ students are able to show the rest of Hawai'i what they
can do to Malama Honua.
Be sure to tune in next week to discover more ways that Hawai'i's young people HIKI NŌ...
Can do!
[MUSIC]
[DURING CREDITS, THE CAPTIONING CONTINUES WITH THE FOLLOWING:]
Stay tuned after the credits to find out what some students learned from working on a past
HIKI NŌ project.
Even though you really, really try super hard on one of your cuts, and you think it looks
perfect and amazing and, like, everyone's gonna think
it looks great, people are gonna think that there's things wrong
with it, and everything can always be fixed or improved.
Nothing is ever perfect.
[AFTER CREDITS, THE CAPTIONING CONTINUES FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEGMENT WITH
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SHARING "WHAT I LEARNED."]
[MUSIC]
In the story about Ms. Martin, I was the director, scriptwriter and camera.
The way my class came up with doing on Ms. Martin was, we kinda like
asked Mr. Toyota for any ideas that he had.
And he said there's a couple teachers that may have some
background stories.
And I thought about Ms. Martin.
That was the first thing that came to my mind,
because a lot of my friends told me about all the nice things that
she's done for people.
And in my head, I was just like, But she seems like, so mean, like in person.
And so, I told Mr. Toyota and I discussed it with
my group, and we decided that Ms. Martin would be like, the
most interesting person to do.
So, for the students to see that, you know, administration, the teachers, that these authority
figures are actually real people that have their own stories.
Interviewing Ms. Martin was kinda scary in the beginning.
But as we continued to ask her questions and she opened up, it became easier and easier
to ask her questions.
And as we continued to ask questions and the easier it got, the more emotional
she got in the questions.
So, when we asked her easy questions, it was simple for her to answer, but when
we asked harder questions, she started to really open up.
And she started crying on one of the questions,
which was something that none of us ever thought would
happen.
But it happened, and we were all kind of shocked about it.
They get to see a different perspective that they don't normally see.
I think that's valuable, them understanding that everybody has a story.
This is Kristina Overly from Ewa Makai Middle School, for HIKI NŌ.
As a narrator, I try to get the audience's attention so they're aware of what our story
is about.
And I try to create a tone where the person we're interviewing
is the same tone, and you feel the same way as the
person that we're interviewing.
I think the theme or the lesson was that you shouldn't judge people by the
first look or what you first see.
You should judge them by getting to know them, or you shouldn't judge
them at all.
You should understand them.
The thing I think that I learned was that even though you really, really try super hard
on one of your cuts, and you think it looks perfect and amazing
and, like, everyone's gonna think it looks great, people are
gonna think that there's things wrong with it, and everything can always be fixed or
improved.
Nothing is ever perfect.
And I think that's one of the main things that I learned from the story and working
on it.
[MUSIC]
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