Polynesian Interconnections: Samoa to Tahiti to Hawaii

By Peter Leiataua Ahching

POLYNESIAN INTERCONNECTIONS: Samoa to Tahiti to Hawaii was written as a cultural, medical and social scientific book to promote understanding and sensitivity upon the Polynesians and their native cultures. It also gives readers around the world some Polynesian phrases to effectively communicate with native speaking people. The author is a Hawaii Student Doctor and a Federal and State Court Officer who seeks to promote education and cultural sensitivity for the betterment of society and healthcare.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 25, 2011
• ISBN: 9781257138838

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POLYNESIAN

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Ta’u

Ka’u

Upolu

Hawai’i

Manono

Hamoa

Hele mai Pili

Hele mai Pele

Hele mai Paao

Hele mai Manono

Hele mai Tama’ama’a

Hele mai loa oe Kamehameha

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INTERCONNECTIONS

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SAVAI’I to HAVAI’I to HAWAI’I

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Samoa to Tahiti to Hawaii

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"E ho’omai oukou inei makou moku

Ia kakou oli’oli inei po

Ia malamalama, o kakou e kahi kino mai

Akua a kakou makua

E ku koa e kokua moku nei

E ho’omai

Ia komo mai loa"

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POLYNESIAN

INTERCONNECTIONS

Samoa to Tahiti to Hawaii

Peter Leiataua AhChing at John A. Burns School of Medicine

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hawaii Federal and State Courts Officer

Copyright © 2005 Peter Leiataua AhChing. All rights reserved. Publish by Lulu Press Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the author.

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Polynesian Interconnections

Savai’I to Havai’I to Hawai’I

ONE PEOPLE and ONE FAMILY

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POLYNESIAN INTERCONNECTIONS

SAMOA to TAHITI to HAWAII

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SAVAI’I to HAVAI’I to HAWAI’I

Peter Leiataua AhChing at John A. Burns School of Medicine

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hawaii Federal and State Courts Officer

Author: Peter Leiataua AhChing

Chief Editor: Alii Papalii Dr. Tusi Avegalio, PhD

Production Editors: Dr. Daniel Hudak, MD. Dr. David Park MD, PhD

U.S Army Chief Air Traffic Control / Airspace Officer Paul L. AhChing

Managing Editors: Dr. Kevin Higashigawa, MD. Dr. Haven Malish, MD, Dr. Sterling

Malish, MD, Tina Renee AhChing, Sea Captain Ronald AhChing, Katie Godinet, Josephine

Ah Ching, Marianne Reid, Elizabeth Lei Ah Ching.

Copyright © 2005 Peter Leiataua AhChing. Publish by Lulu Press, Inc. at www.LULUPRESS.com. 3131 RDU Center Dr. Suite 210. Morrisville, NC 27560

All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including photocopying, or utilized by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the copyright owner.

Printed in the United States of America

United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:TXu1-157-455. Library of Congress for a Nondramatic Literary Work

AhChing, Peter Leiataua

POLYNESIAN INTERCONNECTIONS: SAMOA to TAHITI to HAWAII

Peter Leiataua AhChing at John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii

Includes bibliographical references and photos

International Standard Book Number (ISBN): 1-4116-0227-7

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my family, my grandparents Lucky and Maliana Ah Ching, especially to my father Polynesian Alii, High Chief Lei’ataua Le Sa, Peter L. Ah Ching and my mother Mrs. Failelei ‘Lei’ Ah Ching, Tina Renee and Rocco Leiataua, my brother Sea Captain Ronald Leiataua and sisters Katie and JR Godinet and kids – (Lorenzo, Lenin, Leviticus, Kimberly, Kassidy, Katie, Kenicia), Josephine and Eddie Kaki Danielson, Marianne and John Reid – (Jacqueline, Alyssa, Caitlyn, Gabriella), Elizabeth Lei and Michael Godinet -twins (Alex and Peter), Savannah and my entire family. All my Uncles and Aunties: Paul and Ulualo AhChing, Margaret and Alfred Langkilde, Senio, Elizabeth, John and Asi AhChing, Michael and Sally AhChing, Telesia and Foi Ponali, Maleko and Salai AhChing, Elena and Fata Willie Fata, Honorable Reverened Pelenato and Seugalefetu AhChing, Frances Saua and Foa Paopao, Tina and Manu – Samoa, Aunty Sue Maliana and Pulefano Galeai, Aunty Fau and Tafili Galea’i of La’ie. Cousins: Talai and Sandy Castaneda, Luke, Sage, Aiga and Paul Joseph, Alfred Junior and Nia, Amanda and Marcus, Joseph Sefo, June and Jazzlyn, Christine, Dennis and DJ, Paul, Nick, Edward, Gerica, Helen, Sulu, Willie Winky Jr, Amy, Michael, Sam, Francis, Austin, KC, Senio Jr, Marina, Cedric, Brittney, Chrystle, Pepe Moetulu, Vaitoa and Kalani, Adonis, Anastaysia Mioi, Larry, Alex, Tama’alii, Pulefano Jr, Tani, Maliana and Jason Ava, the Tanuvasa family: Richard Tanuvasa, Erick Tanuvasa HPD, David Tanuvasa, Randy Faletoi, Dr. Anapuni Coleman DC, Pesi Silva, Tama, Maggie, Mosula Purcell, David ‘Kawika’ Hallums HPD, Tisa (Alega Samoa-Tisa’s Barefoot Bar), Youseff and Jason Carter, Chris Danielson, Richard Reid, Tony Foma’i Leoso, Chanda Bornemann, Natalie Martinez, Emmitt Grealy, John Silva, Jeff Holroid, Dan Torres, Jarrett Cline, Chad Weisert, Dan Sertil, Rohan Samarakoon, John Zamora, Eli Molina, Rick Seth Kim, Francisco Pineda, Francis McBride, Dr. Dorothy Gilbertson MD, Dr. Lulumafuie Fiatoa MD, Papalii Dr. Tusi Avegalio PhD, Talavou Avegalio, Brandon Avegalio, Honorable Judge Faauga Tootoo JD, Esq. Barry Sooalo JD, Honorable Congressman Eni H. Faleomavaega JD and the Lei’ataua extended families. Thank you for all your love and support, which have made challenging and difficult tasks achievable. I love you all very dearly and thank you. My family from Hawaii, Samoa, American Samoa, Southern California - San Diego, Thousand Oaks, Oxnard, Ventura, Los Angeles, Barstow, Las Vegas, Utah, and Seattle Washington.

Thank you to my friends: Dr. David Park, Dr. Daniel Hudak, Dr. Kevin Higashigawa, The twins Dr. Haven and Dr. Sterling Malish, Dr. Michael Hiyashi, Dr. Glen Garo, Dr. Tua Unutoa, Dr. Charles Arakaki, Dr. John Sheehan, Dr. Daisy Galario, Dr. Pam Monzon, Dr. Alin Ledford, Dr. Gina Salcedo, Dr. Michelle Nguyen, Dr. Scott Hickman, Dr. Thane Hancock, Dr. Dominic Cruz, Dr. Al Taylor, Dr. Allen Grunspan and Dr. Javier Rios, Moira Coleman, Dr. Seiji Yamada, Honorable Mayor Mufi Hannemann, Dr. Reina Ahern, Dr. Michael Fasullo, Gustav Hannemann, Dr. John Trotter, Dr. Heath Chung, Dr. Holmes, Dr. Ernie Alaimalo, Dr. Jed Alaimalo, Esq. Bobby Bautista JD, Esq. Seth Harris JD and many more at the PASS Program and the School of Medicine.

PETER LEIATAUA AHCHING

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POLYNESIAN INTERCONNECTIONS

Savai’i to Havai’i to Hawai’i

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"Hele mai loa, o kakou moku nei

Hele mai loa e ka o, e ka eva

Ka i Savai’i

Ka i Upolu

Ka i Ta’u

Ka i Milo, Ka’amilomilo, Ka i Hilo

Ka i Maui, ua maui le kai

Ka i Samoa

Ka i Hamoa

Ka i Konga

Ka i Viti

Ka i Hiti

Ka lou ama o va’a kau ma alia, Ka i fanua, Ka i moku

Ka i Vai pi’o e noho ai Tama’a’ma’a

Ka ho’o eva, ka’o eva"

PREFACE

Aloha kakou. My name is Peter Leiataua AhChing a medical student at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii. I am also a Hawaii Federal and State Courts Officer. I am of mixed heritage, a product of Polynesian Samoan-German and Hawaiian-Chinese families from Samoa, Hawaii and California. My strong Polynesian heritage is derived from being a son of the Alii paramount High Chief Lei’ataua Le Sa of Upolu Manono, Samoa. My strength in the Sciences has been demonstrated with published articles in the journals of MOLECULAR and CELLULAR BIOLOGY 1998, GENETICS 1999 from Albany Medical College in New York and the PACIFIC HEALTH DIALOG in 2001 from the John A. Burn’s School of Medicine, University of Hawaii.

I wrote this book to educate about the Polynesian family and the interconnections of Samoa, Tahiti and Hawaii. The research was initiated in response to controversy and negativity that was upon ‘The ROCK’ Dwayne Johnson’s return to Hawaii and the announcing of his movie role as KING KAMEHAMEHA in 2002. Dwayne Johnson is a very proud American of Samoan-mix ancestry like me and likewise our efforts are similar in that we aim to build healthier and positive communities all over, but especially the Polynesian communities in the State of Hawaii and Polynesia at large.

I was born in Polynesia and grew up as a native speaking Polynesian of Samoa and Hawaii. At about 15 years old, I moved to live in California and then to New York where my studies in Science Research and Medicine developed from the following institutions: California State University of Fresno, University of California San Diego, The Scripps Research Institute, Albany Medical College, New York and now Hawaii. Along my travels, not much negativity was directed towards my Polynesian Samoan heritage on the mainland United States. However upon my return to live in Hawaii, I experienced a difference of how people interacted. These interactions involved a lack of sensitivity and understanding about the Polynesian people. Hence, this education project to further understand the Polynesian entity and to ameliorate negativity from activists and a rival movie producer against the Polynesian Samoan heritage of ‘The ROCK’ Dwayne Johnson in 2002. Ethnocentrism from these political activists got me questioning the interconnections between the native Polynesians of Samoa and Hawaii, my heritage.

Research in different areas of Science has led to the connections detailed in my work based on these questions: (1) Whats the latest science research on Polynesian origins? (2) Where did Polynesians come from? (3) How are the people of Western Polynesia connected to the Eastern Polynesians? (4) What are the theories on Polynesian origins? (5) What is the problem with a Polynesian Samoan playing the role of a Polynesian Hawaiian King? Why is this even a controversy? (6) How will making the Kamehameha movie affect community relations in Hawaii between Hawaiians and Samoans? (7) How will this movie affect Hawaii overall?

These questions have been answered with scientific research