1.24 acre parcel with amazing views at the top of subdivision. A short drive to world class beaches. MLS 275620 Unique fl oor plan with 3 bed/ 3 bath + offi ce space and outdoor deck. Just a few minutes to Waimea town. MLS 282559 Beautiful 3/3.5 custom home with a separate living area situated on 1 acre in an upscale neighborhood with fabulous views of Mauna Kea. MLS 285549 Kamuela Lakeland A great fi nd on the greenside of Waimea. Well maintained 3/1.5 bath home with fully fenced yard and pasture views. MLS 287454 John N. Balaam, RB Broker in Charge CALL 808-887-1888 [email protected] Hawaii-properties.net Father A Kanu third grader and one of the New Zealand students share their cultures during class. (PHOTO BY LANDRY FULLER) Home with big yard backing up to larger acreage. Cozy fi replace & garage. MLS 277042 At the top of the Subdivision, this 2.75 acre parcel has lots of potential and privacy. MLS 261804 New Zealand and Kanu students exchange cultural knowledge 2.97 acres oceanfront lot with forever ocean views. An ideal spot to build your own ocean front estate. MLS 278413 In the heart of Waimea, 2 bed/1.75 bath with an additional building pad on 1.11 private acres. MLS 279995 Kerry Balaam, RS Realtor CALL 808-443-6048 [email protected] Chproperties.com Daughter The old Macadamia Nut Factory with over 16,000 sf of space suitable for agricultural use on 2.56 acres. MLS 283644 Kealakehe Homesteads north of Kailua-Kona 9 acres with 9 water commitments. Ready to develop! MLS 282223 Unit 1304 2 bed/ 2 bath, beautifully furnished, close to community center, turn-key ready to move in! MLS 284912 2 bed/ 2 bath, 2 car garage with open fl oor plan on 5 acre parcel with amazing ocean views! MLS 268605 Serving North Hawaii for 33 years. Cute house looking for some TLC to bring it to its former glory. Great views from deck! MLS 286970 Waimea Lakeland 3/2.4 renovated home. Upgraded features include a gourmet kitchen and 2 fi replaces and 2 enclosed lanais. MLS 274642 $420,000 Modern custom 3/2 home with great room design with fenced back yard. MLS 286817 Own two lots for the price of one. This 3.72 acre parcel is being sold with adjacent lot located near Waipio Valley lookout. MLS 283672 Put our knowledge and experience to work for you. Contact us for a free market analysis or if you need help fi nding your next home. We know North Hawaii. Waimea Puu Nani $399,000 Kohala Maliu Ridge $399,000 Waimea Puu Nani $239,000 Kohala by the Sea $295,000 Waimea Lakeland $268,000 $279,000 $1,350,000 Kohala Ranch Heathers $1,199,000 Waimea Nob Hill $895,000 Waimea Mokuloa $850,000 Fairways at Mauna Lani $635,000 Ninole $549,000 Kamuela Haven $380,000 Kukuihaele $375,000 Honokaa $700,000 | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 7 Sharing a common bond Additional photos can be found at northhawaiinews. com. “More than 10 years ago we first thought about coming here,” visiting Principal Kathy DeWes recalls. She and 250 students, teachers, faculty and family members from the Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Ruamata school in Roturua, Aotearoa traveled nearly 4,500 miles from their homeland to Hawaii Island last month, much as their Maori ancestors had first done about 1000 years ago, and shared their cultural history at Kanu o Ka Aina school on Aug. 20. Roturua, set on its namesake lake on New Zealand’s North Island, is a cultural center for the indigenous Maori people, who were their country’s first inhabitants. They, like the native Hawaiians, used the stars and ocean currents as navigational guides while venturing across the Pacific in voyaging canoes from their ancestral Polynesian homeland. As a ho’okipa (welcome) ceremony, Kanu kindergarten through twelfth graders lined up on the front lawn to greet the New Zealand group with traditional Hawaiian songs and chants that resonated with the visitors as they clapped along. The trip was one of several they have taken over the years, re-tracing the steps of their ancestors. “We have been to Tahiti and other places where our canoes landed and have stories about our ancestors leaving from here (Hawaii Island) so it was just natural and logical that we would come here too,” DeWes explains. Continuing the ceremony, Principal DeWes presented a wooden sea creature carving that she called “symbolic of peace and unity” to Kanu’s Po’o Kula (head of school) Mahina Duarte and Principal Allyson Tamura. Lei were presented by Kanu students to each of the visitors. Following the ceremony, visiting students spent time with Auntie DeeDee Bertlemann and Uncle Bobby Varretto’s third grade class, who performed a mele (song) and discussed similarities and differences between the native Hawaiian and Maori languages, as well as subject matters taught in school. “I love the way the teachers interact with the children in the classroom here,” DeWes says. “Thirty years ago we established our school with our own philosophy.” In the concluding ho’ike (exchange of song and dance), Maori students performed a hula dance and Makali`i’ Pwo Chadd Paishon and Pomai Bertlemann led chants. “We’ve come ‘home’ and re-established a bond and relationship that we had forgotten,” DeWes remarks. “When (Paishon) talked about remembering, it reminded me of the re-ignited memory which we had lost.” The Aotearoa school group returned home on Aug. 24, but the bond with their Hawaiian ties remains strong. “We will stay in touch. There are lots of similarities (between our cultures) and we desire to revive our language and cultural practices. We were in a situation 30 years ago where it was almost extinct, so it’s a conscious effort,” DeWes concludes. LANDRY FULLER North Hawaii News
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