Naʻe talitali ʻe he Poloseki Kibou for Maui ʻi Siapaní ha fakafofonga ʻo e kau taki ʻo Maui mei he ʻaho 19 ki he ʻaho 23 ʻo Mē, 2024, ke fakafaingofuaʻi ha fefakatauʻaki fakaako mo fakapotopoto ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau taki ʻo e feinga fakaakeake ʻo Maui mo e kau mataotao ʻi he vahefonua Tohoku ʻi Siapaní, ʻa ia naʻe fakahoko ai ha toe langa lahi hili ʻa e mofuike mo e peaukula ʻo e 2011.

Ko e fononga ko 'eni na'e fakapa'anga 100% ia 'e he Potungaue Muli 'a Siapani pea fakalele 'e he US Japan Council ke talitali 'a e kau taki mo e kau mataotao 'o Maui 'i ha 'a'ahi fakaako ki he vahefonua Tohoku 'o Siapani, 'i he fakaakeake mo e toe langa 'a e Vahefonua Maui hili 'a e vela faka'auha 'o e vao 'i 'Aokosi kuo'osi.

“ʻOku mau houngaʻia ʻaupito ʻi he lilingi mai ʻo e poupou kuo mau maʻu mei Siapaní,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen. “Kuo ueʻi mo fakanaunauʻi ʻe he aʻusia lahi ko ʻení ʻemau kau taki fakaakeaké ʻaki ha ngaahi fakakaukau foʻou ke fakakaukauʻi ʻi heʻemau feinga ke toe langa hake ha komiunitī ʻoku tuʻumālie mo tuʻuloá.”

“ʻOku ou houngaʻia ʻaupito ʻi heʻeku maʻu ʻa e faingamālie ke ʻaʻahi ki he ngaahi feituʻu naʻe uesia ʻe he mofuiké, peaukula mo e fakatuʻutāmaki fakaniukilia, pea sio ki heʻenau fakalakalaka ʻi he fakaakeaké mo e vīsone ki he kahaʻú pea pehē ki heʻenau fakakaukau ki he moʻui ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Mēmipa ʻo e Fakataha Alēlea ʻo e Vahefonua Maui ko Tamara Paltin, ʻa ia ko hono sea nofoʻangá ʻoku ʻufiʻufi ʻe Maui West. “Naʻá ku haʻu mei he aʻusia ko ʻení mo ha fakakaukau lelei ange ki he founga ʻoku fie maʻu ke tau aʻu atu ai ki hotau kakaí mo fengāueʻaki ki ha toe langa malu mo fefeka ange.”

Naʻe fakataumuʻa ʻa e ʻaʻahí ke fakafaingofuaʻi ha ngaahi fefakatauʻaki ʻiloʻilo pau ki he tuʻunga fakafepaki mo e ngaahi founga fakaakeake foʻoú, ʻo fakaivia ʻa e kau maʻu fakatahá ʻaki ha ngaahi lēsoni ʻoku ʻaonga ki hono toe langa ʻo Mauí. Naʻe kau ʻi he kau maʻu fakatahá ʻa e kau ʻōfisa ʻo e puleʻanga ʻo e Siteiti Hauaiʻí, kau taki ʻo e koló, mo e kau fakafofonga ʻo e sekitoa taautahá mo e ngaahi kautaha ʻoku ʻikai ke nau fakatupu paʻangá. Na'e fakatefito ia 'i hono tanaki ha kulupu 'oku nau malava ke liliu 'a e ngaahi 'ilo ki he ngaahi founga ngaue 'e lava ke ngaue'aki ma'a Maui.

Ko e meʻa mahuʻinga naʻe tokanga ki ai ʻa e ʻaʻahí ko hono fakatotoloʻi ʻo e ngaahi ʻelemēniti ʻo e ngaahi kolo ʻoku nau tuʻu maʻú, ʻa ia ʻe tokoni ki Lahaina ʻi heʻene toe langa foʻoú. Ko e Poloseki Kibou for Maui 'oku fakataumu'a ia ke fakanaunau'i 'a e kau taki 'o Maui 'aki 'a e ngaahi fakakaukau mo e ngaahi founga fo'ou ki hono langa hake ha komiuniti 'oku tu'uloa, tu'uloa, 'o faka'aonga'i 'a e ngaahi a'usia 'a Siapani 'i he fakaakeake mei he fakatamaki mo e tu'unga 'o e kolo.

Ko e kulupu taki ʻo e Kibou for Maui ʻoku hoko ia hili hono talitali ʻe he poloseki ko ʻení ha kulupu toʻu tupu ʻo e fānau ako ʻe toko 11 mei he ʻApiako Māʻolunga ʻo Lahainaluna ke nau ako ki he founga ʻo e toe langa mo e ngaahi ngāue naʻe fai lolotonga ʻa e fakatamaki ʻi Siapani ʻi he 2011.  

Na’e kau ‘i he ngaahi taumu’a ‘o e Poloseki Kibou for Maui ‘a e ngaahi fakamatala fakaako ki he palani fakakolo ‘oku tu’u ma’u mo e ngaahi founga langa fakalakalaka; ngaahi feinga fakaakeake ‘oku fakalele ‘e he komiuniti ‘oku ne fakaivia ‘a e kakai ‘o e feitu’u ke nau kau malohi ‘i hono toe langa honau ngaahi komiuniti; fakatahataha’i ‘a e ngaahi fakakaukau faka’atakai ki he fakaakeake; ngaahi lesoni ki hono fakakau ‘o e tu’uloa ‘i he fakaakeake mei he fakatamaki; pea mo e mahino ki he fatongia ‘o e tukufakaholo fakafonua ‘i he fakamo’ui mo e ‘ilo’i ‘o e komiuniti.

Naʻe fakataumuʻa ʻa e ngaahi ʻaʻahi ki he ngaahi feituʻú ki he ngaahi feinga fakaakeake mei he fakatamakí ʻi Senitai, Tohoku, Fukusima mo Tōkiō. Naʻe kau ʻi he ngaahi feituʻú ʻa e Faama Higashi-Matsushima, ʻa ia naʻe hoko kimuʻa ko ha ʻApiako Māʻulalo naʻe liʻaki koeʻuhí ko e Mofuike Lahi ʻi Siapani Hahake pea naʻe toe fakaleleiʻi ia ko ha fale ngaohiʻanga vesitapolo maama fakatupu LED fakaonopooni; ʻUnivēsiti Tohoku; Falemahaki ʻUnivēsiti Tohoku; Holo ʻo e Kolo ʻo Namie; Namie Fale Fakatotolo ʻo e Haitoloseni; Kolo Fukusima; Fale Ngaohiʻanga ʻo Misufuji Fukusima; ‘Ulu’i ‘Ofisi ‘o e NEC; mo e Poate Fakahinohino Pisinisi ‘a e Kosilio ‘a ‘Amelika mo Siapani.

Makehe mei he Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen, naʻe kau ʻi he kau fakafofongá ʻa e Tokoni Talēkita Pule ʻo e Vahefonua Maui ko Keanu Lau Hee, ʻa ia ko e Tokoni Talēkita ʻo e ʻŌfisi Fakaakeake ʻo e Vahefonuá; Ko e Pule ‘o e Va’a Ngaahi Hala Lalahi ‘o e Ngaahi Ngaue Fakapule’anga ‘a e Vahefonua ko John Smith, ‘a ia ‘oku ne tataki ‘a e Ngaue Poupou ki he Fakaakeake ‘o e Ngaahi Ngaue Lalahi; mo Laksmi Abraham, ko e Talēkita Fetuʻutaki mo e Ngaahi Meʻa Fakapuleʻangá ʻi he Vahefonuá.

Ko e niʻihi kehe naʻe kau ai ʻa e Mēmipa ʻo e Fakataha Alēlea ʻo e Vahefonua Mauí ko Tamara Paltin; Kim Ball, ko e tokotaha ʻoku ʻaʻana ʻa e Hi Tech Surf Sports pea ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Timi Fakahinohino ʻa e Pule Koló ʻi Lahaina; Ko e ‘Ōfisa Pule Lahi ko Kuhio Lewis mo e Pule Ngāue ko Nicholas Carroll ‘o e Fakataha Tokoni ki he Fakalakalaka ‘a e Kau Tu’ufonua ‘o Hauai’í; ko e Senita ʻo e siteití ko Toloi Hasimoto, ko e Saniselā ʻo e Kolisi ʻUnivēsiti ʻo Hauaiʻí ko Lui Hokoana; Nicole Hokoana, ko e ʻŌfisa Pule ʻo e Ngaahi Maʻuʻanga Tokoni ki he Moʻui Lelei ʻo e ʻUlungaangá ʻi Maui; Kyoko Kimura ʻo e Fale Talitali kakai ʻo ʻAkua-ʻAsitoní; Ko Colbert Matsumoto ‘o e Ngaahi Kautaha Malu‘i ‘o e ‘Otu Motú; Bo Makuini, ko e Pule Fakavahefonua ʻo e Goodfellow Bros.; mo Deidre Tegarden, ko e Talēkita Pule ʻo e Senitā Fakamanatu ʻo e Kau Sōtia ʻo Niseí.

Na’e faka’osi ‘a e ‘a’ahi ‘aki ‘a e ngaahi fakataha fakalukufua ‘i he vaha’a ‘o e Kosilio ‘a ‘Amelika mo Siapani mo e kau fakafofonga ‘o Maui ke fakakaukau ki he me’a na’e ako, pea tokanga taha ki he ngaahi fakakaukau ki he fakaakeake mei he fakatamaki ke fakafoki mai ki he Vahefonua Maui ke fakakaukau’i ‘e ala fai.

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