2 Malaki 2020, Maunakea kia‘i restate & reaffirm, the TMT has no place on Maunakea
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Date: 20/05/2020

Maunakea kia‘i restate and reaffirm to the people and government of Japan the TMT has no place on Maunakea

March 2, 2020

The Honorable Koichi Ito
Consul General
1742 Nu‘uanu Avenue
Honolulu, Ko Hawai`i Pae `Aina

Protectors of Maunakea 
C/o Kaho‘okahi Kanuha 
Kona, Ko Hawai‘i Pae `Aina

To the people and government of Japan - aloha nui nō kākou,

On February 15th, Governor David Ige travelled to Japan in part to lobby Japanese institutions to support the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on Maunakea. We are here today to restate and reaffirm our position that the TMT has no place on Maunakea. Not now, not ever. In his February 19th press conference, Governor Ige shared that he met with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Japanese federal agency responsible for funding the TMT, as well as the Hawai‘i Japan Friendship Association in both the House of Councilors and House of Representatives. 
This statement is intended as a response to Governor Ige's points and to provide our own clarification to the people and governing institutions of Japan.

First, Governor Ige misrepresented to the Japanese people that ho‘oponopono (conflict resolution) is occurring. There is no ho‘oponopono process taking place with Maunakea kia‘i (protectors). What is taking place is mass resistance against the TMT in the form of a seven-month occupation on Maunakea.

Second, it has also been our consistent message that any attempt to construct TMT will be met by widespread and committed peaceful non-violent resistance. The Governor's proposal to establish a "Blue Ribbon Commission" to address reconciliation for the U.S. and State of Hawaii's past mistreatment of Native Hawaiians is nothing more than an attempt to pacify the Hawaiian people and secure our consent to the TMT project. Please do not be misled. No attempt at reconciliation will result in our consent to the TMT project on Maunakea.

Our message to the people and government of Japan is:

   1. The Kanaka Maoli protectors of Maunakea,   
     with the support of our allies in Hawaii and 
     around the world, do not consent to the 
     construction of the massive Thirty Meter 
     Telescope on Maunakea.

   2. Maunakea is the most sacred and revered 
     mountain to Kanaka Mao, similar to the 
     reverence your country and people have for  
     Mount Fuji.

   3. Building the TMT on Maunakea would be a 
     dishonorable act that would inflict serious 
     harm upon Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian people) 
     and our national lands that were illegally 
     seized by the U.S. in 1893. To ignore Kanaka 
     Maoli and continue to pursue construction of 
     the Thirty Meter Telescope disregards the 
     irreparable harm the TMT's construction 
     would cause to Kanaka Maoli by violating our 
     traditional land rights, religious and cultural 
     practices and desecrating our most revered 
     mountain.

In consideration of all the above, we respectfully demand that Japan withdraw all support for the 
proposed construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea. By doing so, the government and people of Japan will prevent further intrusion, desecration and destruction upon the sacred lands of Maunakea. In halting the pursuit to build the TMT on Maunakea, Japan will avoid violations of international law and human rights injustices against Kanaka Maoli. Taking affirmative and decisive action to respect Kanaka Maoli now will restore the peace and friendship established between Japan and Hawaii nearly 150 years ago with the signing of the treaty between King David Kalākaua of the Hawaiian Islands and Emperor Meijei of Japan in 1871. We ask you to join us today to protect Maunakea.

Enduring peace and friendship, 

The Protectors of Maunakea

Contact:
Kaho‘okahi Kanuha

Letter to Consul General:
https://www.facebook.com/puuhuluhulu/photos/a.2104400539863252/2284624998507471/?type=3

https://www.facebook.com/puuhuluhulu/photos/a.2104400539863252/2284625028507468/?type=3&theater

Letter to Consul General translated:
https://www.facebook.com/puuhuluhulu/photos/a.2104400539863252/2284617851841519/?type=1&theater

https://www.facebook.com/puuhuluhulu/photos/a.2104400539863252/2284617881841516/?type=3

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Oren Tsutsumi

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Kaukaohu Wahilani

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National Institutes of Natural Sciences/National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/research/telescope/tmt.html