STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1571

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 687

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 687, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Island Burial Council, Islands of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau

 

G.M. No. 687

BARBARA SAY,

for a term to expire 6-30-2017,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history and resume submitted by the nominee and finds Barbara Say to possess the requisite commitment, sincerity, dedication, and qualifications to be nominated to the Island Burial Council for the Islands of Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Barbara Say from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and two individuals.

 

     Ms. Say is a respected kupuna and Hawaiian cultural practitioner who possesses expertise in state burial law, council procedures, and Hawaiian cultural practices related to burials.  She has been involved in the care and protection of Hawaiian burials since before the state law on Hawaiian burials was enacted.  Ms. Say was a founding member of the Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau Island Burial Council and has served various terms with the council under four governors.  In 1991, she traveled to Washington, D.C., to retrieve iwi kupuna on display at the Smithsonian Institution to allow for that iwi kupuna to be reinterred in Poipu, Kaua‘i.  Most recently, she assisted in the reinterment of iwi kupuna from the Moore property in Haena, Kaua‘i.  In addition to her service to the iwi kupuna, Ms. Say is an active member of the Ahahui O Ka‘ahumanu Society, Hanalei Community Association, and Wai‘oli Hui‘ia Church.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

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BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair