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He Polopeka Kāko‘o au ma Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani ma ke Kulanui o Hawai‘i ma Hilo. E kaomi ma luna o kekahi o nā loulou ma ka kolamu ma ka ‘ao‘ao hema no ka heluhelu ‘ana e pili ana i ka‘u mau hana.
Ma waho o ka‘u hana ma ke koleke, nui ka‘u mau hana ma ke kaiaulu puolo Hawai‘i. ‘O au ke kahu pūnaewele o ka NahenaheNet, he kahua pa‘a kūkala nūhou no ka puolo Hawai‘i, a he kanaka wiki pā au ma Alana I Kai Hikina, he polokalamu lēkiō ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i i ho‘olele ‘ia i kēlā me kēia Lāpule ma KWXX FM ma Hilo. He lālā koho pāloka au o ka National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ("Grammy Awards") a me ka Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts ("Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards"), a he lālā au o ka papa alaka‘i o HARA.
He haumāna au ma ke kula ha‘aha‘a ‘o Kīhei a me ke kula ki‘eki‘e ‘o St. Anthony ma Maui. Ua me‘e ka ‘ohana i Hilo ma ka makahiki 1994 ma ko‘u komo ‘ana i ke Kulanui O Hawai‘i ma Milo. Ua loa‘a mai ia‘u ke kēkelē laepua ma nā Hawai‘i Hawai‘i ma ka makahiki 1999, a me ke kēkelē laeo‘o ma ka ‘Ōlelo a me ka Mo‘okalaleo Hawai‘i ma ka makahiki 2003. Ma ka‘u pepa laeo‘o, ua ho‘ohālikelike au i nā lauana kālele o ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ke ‘ōlelo a hīmeni ‘ia ma ke kālailai ‘ana i nā mele a me nā hīmeni a John Kameaaloha Almeida. I Ke Kulanui o Otago ana au ma ke kau kupulau o ka makahiki 2008 no ka ho‘omaka ‘ana i ka papahana kēkelē kauka ma ke kālaipuolo lāhui..
Ma ke kauwela o ka makahiki 2002, ua hele māua ‘o ka‘u wahine i ‘Ilelani no ka noi‘i ‘ana i ke kūlana o ka ‘ōlelo ‘Ailiki a me nā pāhana ho‘ōla ‘ōlelo ‘Ailiki o laila. Ua kākau au i puke mo‘omana‘o pūnaewele o ia huaka‘i noi‘i, ma ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i wale nō ia puke. He mau ki‘i nani na‘e i hiki ke nānā ‘ia e ka po‘e i hiki ‘ole ke ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i.
