Bill Text: HI SR35 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hokulea; Year of the Worldwide Voyage; 2014

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-06 - Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-04-14. [SR35 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SR35-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	35
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

urging the governor to proclaim 2014 as the year of the worldwide voyage.

 

 

     WHEREAS, Hokule‘a is a traditionally navigated vessel that proved the probability of intentional Polynesian voyaging and settlement of the largest ocean in the world when she first sailed from Hawaii to Tahiti in 1976 under the traditional navigation skills of one of the Earth's last master navigators; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hokule‘a began reconnecting the peoples of the Pacific, rekindling pride and aspiration among Native Hawaiians and Pacific islanders; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hokule‘a, with her remarkable mentors and teachers, became a catalyst for positive change in Hawaii while forming, nurturing, and learning from relationships around the world based on the shared values and responsibility for caring for the islands and honoring Hawaii's heritage and culture; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hokule‘a continues to voyage, carrying Hawaii's diverse and accepting culture throughout the Pacific, bringing together Pacific island communities and voices and setting an environmental and cultural-based educational course for our children to know the hope and potential in themselves, their heritage, and their world; and

 

     WHEREAS, voyaging on the Hokule‘a teaches each crewmember the individual and collective responsibilities to care for oneself, one another, the canoe, and the ocean in a manner that is respectful and sustainable; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hokule‘a will depart Hawaii and set off on a worldwide voyage in 2014;

 

     WHEREAS, Hokule‘a seeks to carry learned and shared experiences from thirty-eight years of traditional voyaging across more than 140,000 miles of Pacific Ocean waters on the worldwide voyage; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hokule‘a's worldwide voyage will cover 47,000 miles over the next four years; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hokule‘a will visit twenty-six countries and eighty-five ports; and

 

     WHEREAS, during the worldwide voyage, Hokule‘a hopes to raise awareness of the importance of ocean protection for the survival of life on Earth; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hokule‘a intends to raise awareness of the issues confronting Hawaii's shorelines, reefs, and deep waters, while honoring and sharing Hawaiian knowledge and practices of natural resource management; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, that the Governor is urged to proclaim 2014 as the Year of the Worldwide Voyage; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Tourism Authority; and Polynesian Voyaging Society.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Hokule‘a; Year of the Worldwide Voyage; 2014