Where you live -- turns
one- year-old... It's a
series that tells the
stories of your
communities -- pointing
out just why we call our
islands home.
We've taken you from
Waianae to Waimea --
Kaneohe to Kapa'a -- and
to start off a month of
birthday celebration --
Brenton Awa went...
Fishing! ...And he HOOKED
at small town with a huge
heart. Here's Hana --
It's Where You Live.
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SHOT - Sunrise Time Lapse
to singers and halau
NATS - 1135 - 1154
"'A'OLE N AHE MEA LIKE
ME KA
UAKEA -- 'ONI A LELE
KA'UIKI I KA MLIE."
SHOT - wide pan maybe
from cross Resting on
the edge of eastern maui
-- lies Hana... Where
life's -- different. You
can hear it in the
voices. Feel it through
the mele.. SHOT bare-feet
wide and tight And see it
... just... about...
anywhere....... you go.
SHOT @740 - cute kid
smiling coming out of
water Literally... T3 -
25:48 - Kanaka'ole
"EVERYTHING HERE IS
ALIVE, PEOPLE HERE
UNDERSTAND THAT THERES AN
ENERGY IN EVERYTHING
AROUND THEM." It's a page
from the past that has
yet to turn... Where so
many modern communities
have forgotten a once
self-less -- more simple
way of life -- Hana's
still giving. T2 -
1:02:49 - Uncle Blondie
"I DONT THINK YOU CAN
FIND A PLACE LIKE THIS
ANYMORE" Music change? A
PLACE where Hawaiian
values are passed down
from generation to
generation. Where people
treat each other as ohana
-- related or not. So its
no surprise when you're
on the road -- whether it
be coming in on that long
and lonesome highway...
Or just around town --
which has no street
lights mind you -- and
you see this... from
everyone. Young... Or
old... SHOT - T3 @4638 -
honda right - left quick
wave On their way to
work... SHOT - T3 @46:26
Or at work... everyone
has their own way of
saying... SOUND UP -
Previous Shot T3 - 46:26
Continued "ALOHA
BRADDAH." T3 - 1:08:27 -
Uncle Blondie "IT'S A BIG
THING, A BIG THING OVER
HERE EVERYBODY DO THAT,
THE LOCALS, WE DO THAT TO
THE TOURISTS TOO BUT THEY
CATCHING ON, SOME GO THIS
WAY, THIS, HAHAHAHA." If
that doesn't leave you
with a sense of just how
tight knit this town
really is... Just look
toward the bay. 4215 -
Brenton Standup "THERES
AN UNWRITTEN RULE OUT
HERE WHEN IT COMES TO
FISHING. ITS THE STRONGER
MORE HEALTHIER PEOPLE,
THE YOUTH WHO YOULL SEE
FISHING FURTHER OUT IN
THE MORE DANGEROUS AREAS.
THATS TO KEEP FISH IN
HERE FOR THE KUPUNA TO
MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM
TO PUT FOOD ON THE
TABLE." Everyone here
fulfils their Kuleana --
or responsibility --
taking their place to
support each other.
...Which is why on this
day -- this man's filled
his bag with opihi. Not
for himself ... Instead
-- he'll take it back
with him to mahele -- or
divide and share amongst
those who cannot gather
for themselves. 1:10:54
- 1:11:01 - MILTON "IF
THEY GO FISHING LIKE THAT
HEY I GET SOME FISH YOU
KNOW AND THEY SHARE, THEY
SHARE, THAT'S THE
IMPORTANT PART." The same
principles apply on
land... The production of
food at Mahele Farm
relies on the many hands
of the community ... It
uses Ike Kupuna -- or the
knowledge of the past to
create it's future.
1:21:52 - Mahele Farms
"WERE JUST TRYING TO FARM
OUR ANCESTORS FARMED AND
TREAT THE LAND THE SAME
WAY THEY WOULD HAVE IN
HOPES THAT WE CAN
PERPETUATE A LIFESTYLE
THAT WILL KEEP US GOING
AND THRIVING FOR A LONG
TIME ON THIS AINA. Music
change -- dramtic But How
Long -- is the question.
Although Hana has managed
to stay anchored in its
traditions -- the change
in times has brought its
challenges. 3705 - MONA
"WERE TRYING OUR BEST TO
KEEP HANA THE WAY IT IS
BUT I DO SEE CHANGES,
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THE
SAME AS WHEN I WAS
GROWING UP." Some of
those changes include
Hana's high cost of
living. A gallon of gas
runs more than
five-dollars at the towns
only station. ...and
paying for it's not easy
either when jobs here are
limited. NATS For
hundreds of years --
people here have lived
off of the land and sea
-- but outsiders have
disrupted that balance --
coming in and taking more
than their fair share.
But what endangers their
way of life the most may
be harder to keep out.
3547 MONA "KIDS ARE A LOT