Bill Text: HI SCR70 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-05 - Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-04-14. [SCR70 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SCR70-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	70
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

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, the House of Representatives concurring, 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 Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Tourism Authority; and Polynesian Voyaging Society.