STAND. COM. REP. NO. 978

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 58
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred S.C.R. No. 58 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE FOUNDATION ON
     CULTURE AND ARTS AND THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO WORK
     EXPEDITIOUSLY WITH HALAU HALOA, THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
     HAWAIIAN PERFORMING ARTS, TO COMPLETE THE PLANNING FOR THE
     EIGHTH PACIFIC FESTIVAL OF ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to urge the State Foundation
on Culture and Arts and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to work
expeditiously with Halau Haloa, The National Academy of Hawaiian
Performing Arts, to complete the planning for the eighth Pacific
Festival of Arts in order to provide the best representation
possible of Hawaii's indigenous cultural traditions at the
festival.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from Halau
Haloa, Ka Lahui, the `Ilio`ulaokalani Coalition, and a number of
concerned citizens.  The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
submitted comments on the measure.

     Your Committee finds that the Pacific Festival of Arts
occurs every four years to encourage the indigenous people of the
Pacific nations to showcase their arts.  The next Pacific
Festival of Arts is to be held in the year 2000 in Noumea, New
Caledonia.


 
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     Your Committee also finds that the Governor has asked Halau
Haloa to work with the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
concerning the official delegation to the eighth Pacific Festival
of Arts.  Since this gubernatorial request, Halau Haloa has met
with the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, as well as the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs to apprise these agencies of the
planning and preparation.  Apparently, despite these meetings,
Halau Haloa has struggled for the past three years to carry out
the planning for the eighth Pacific Festival of Arts, without
assistance from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and
the Office of Hawaiian Affairs due to financial and personnel
shortages in both agencies.

     Your Committee believes that the measure will provide the
support necessary to move this initiative forward.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and
purpose of S.C.R. No. 58, and recommends that it be referred to
the Committee on Education and Technology.

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



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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