I wrote about conversion and how it is illegal. Well I recently read about a recent ruling of the Hawaii Supreme Court that rarely if ever protects the rights of Hawaiians. Today it makes me happy knowing that in June Chief Justice Moon in a 5-0 decision he wrote that claimants have a right to seek monetary damages in Circuit Court ( Read more... )

I am not surprised that the local paper had a very small blurb about him but at least they showed a pic of him. That's one of my pet peeves is when they do not show Hawaiians as human beans. I mean as human beings. Also they do not show many pictures of us which annoys me some times so in this example... I am glad that at the very least... they ( Read more... )

Hayden Burgess aka Poka LaenuiI have been reading more offline and online and recently noticed this old article about Hayden Burgess aka Poka Laenui who is an attorney. He is also related to one of my brother's girlfriends. Well I must state that I keep many things private especially as it pertains to the Hawaiian culture because I feel that I ( Read more... )