Check out our new PSA
April 30, 2008

IYOR PSA coming soon
April 7, 2008

Mālama Hawai‘i, with funding from the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, support from the state Division of Aquatic Resources and The Nature Conservancy, and generous pro-bono work from producers, camera crew, costume and prop designers, editors, homeowner hosts and actors produced a high-quality public service announcement for the International Year of the Reef Hawai’i campaign.

Its broadcast is scheduled sometime this month.

The shoot was completed on Monday, April 7, with about a dozen actors and another dozen crewmembers. Shooters Film Production Inc. and Montaj 9 Ltd. took the lead on the project. The reef costumes were created in large part by ‘Ohi’a Productions and Diamond Head Theatre. Mahalo nui loa to all involved in creating and completing this unforgettable project!

Here are photos from the shoot, which took place at a home on Paiko Drive:

Shooting the opening scene outside the house.
Dave Rosen, middle, directed the shoot.
One actor wore a reef helmet — complete with fish — made by Mālama Hawai‘i’s Pauline Sato and Janice Staab.
Our monk seal, Raymond.
Mike Lameier as the large octopus.
Shooting the dinner scene.
The lobster taking a reading break.
The cutest actor by far: Hanna.
Outside the beautiful home we used on Paiko Drive.
Shooting the PSA’s closure: a hilarious scene in the outdoor hot tub.

Maunalua Bay makes headlines
March 31, 2008

Efforts to restore and preserve Maunalua Bay was highlighted in a recent story by Helen Altonn in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Read story here.)

“Saving Maunalua Bay” focused on a collaboration of scientists, resource managers, government agencies and private organizations that work with Mālama Maunalua, a community-based group trying to conserve and restore the bay, which is used by the region’s 60,000 residents.

Hundreds turn out for official launch event

More than 200 people, including lawmakers and school children, attended the official launch of the International Year of the Reef — Hawai’i on Friday, Jan. 25 at the State Capitol.

They walked through educational displays and exhibits by about 30 different organizations and government agencies, all sharing messages of reef and ocean conservation. The booths filled the entire concourse of the fourth floor.

 

Attendees learned about corals, native limu (seaweed), composting and community-based enforcement programs. They also dined on deep-fried ta‘ape (blue-striped snapper) and gorilla ogo — both invasive species in Hawaiian waters.

Dozens packed into one of the conference rooms to hear guest speaker Nainoa Thompson, famed navigator and executive director of the

Polynesian Voyaging Society, talk about his experiencing growing up at Maunalua Bay and how the state can step up to protect and preserve the reefs and their important ecosystems.

Gov. Linda Lingle signed a proclamation declaring 2008 International Year of the Reef. Keith Rollman, a representative from Mayor Mufi Hannemann’s office, presented the city’s proclamation.

The event was organized by the state’s Division of Aquatic Resources, Mālama Hawai‘i and The Nature Conservancy, in partnership with the Coral Reef Outreach Network.