Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Yes.
Life has changes.
Yes. Kind of what you said, they bought in new things and suddenly what you were
accustomed to
Accustomed to, left behind now.
That’s right, because now get new.
Everything modern. [chuckling] When you look at the past, no regrets.
It was a hard life, but you enjoyed it
Was a hard life. We didn’t know what was ahead.
Although we don’t want to go through the same hardship, but we lose the people’s
relationships.
Talking story.
Yes.
In our days we used to always get together, the families were so close.
How people took each other, accepted each other. It’s different from today. Today is…oh,
my God.
They too busy, everybody’s too busy.
In a rush.
Yes.
Stop sign doesn’t mean anything anymore too. You got to maka‘ala. When you driving
your car now.
[chuckles]
No more stop light before, right
Yes.
But people knew, you respect, holo mälie, now, like you said, “In a rush, no talk story.”
In our time you know, when we talk story about the old days, our time, we care for each
other. We hear about our neighbor having problems, we care for each other.
You kökua.
Yes. And our neighbor say, has a young strong boy not doing anything at home, not
working, not employed, we care for that boy. He should be doing something.
Yes, yes.
We cannot stand our neighbor or our friends loafing around and doing nothing. We used
to be concerned about those things. Today, who cares Who cares
You get free money that’s why, today.
The government.
That’s why, free money. If you no work…easy.
That’s right.
And your kükü mä, ‘ölelo mai nä küpuna “mai kaula‘i ka lima i ka lä!”
That’s right.
Mauna Kea– “Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ‘Äina”
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:247