Na Mana'o o Na'auao

All boardmembers and staff of POL agree to uphold the following:

1. That we must all seek to define and achieve our own sense of pono within our workplace. This includes know we need to be, knowing how to become what we need to be, and knowing what we need to do and how we need to do it.

•         How we need to be:

1. ‘Onipa‘a: We need to remain steadfast and resolute and persevere to overcome adversity.
2. ‘Imi ‘ike: We need to seek knowledge and enlightenment.
3. Pono: We need to be just and seek harmony in all that we do.
4. ‘Oia ‘i‘o: We need to be truthful.
5. Ha‘aha‘a: We need to be humble.
6. Ho‘omana‘o: We need to commemorate and be ever mindful of the contributions of those who have come before us.
7. Ho‘iho‘i: We need to give back to the community.

•        How we become what we need to be:

1. A‘o: We need to acquire, communicate and pass on knowledge.
2. Nānā: We need to observe with a keen eye.
3. Ho‘olohe: We need to listen intently.
4. Pa‘a ka waha: We need to speak only when it is beneficial to all.
5. Ha‘ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana: We need to be willing to revise, refine and restate.

•         What we need to do and how we need to do it:

1. Hana ka lima: We need to work diligently together-all share the load.
2. Nānā: We need to master the skills of whatever we are doing. [probably supposed to be hana]
3. Laulima e kōkua: We need to work together and help one another.
4. Mālama: We need to care for one another.
5. Lokomaika‘i: We need to share.
6. Hana pono: We need to be accountable for our actions.

2. That health must be viewed in holistic terms and encompasses the body (physical), mind (mental) and soul (spiritual) and our surrounding environment—the ‘āina (land), wai (water), kai (oceans), and ea (air/atmosphere), and all that they contain and maintain.
3. That the ‘ohana (family) offers the appropriate mechanism for improving health and wellness when it is functioning well.
4. That traditional Native Hawaiian healing practices and knowledge of these practices are integral to improving health status and wellbeing;
5. That those traditional Native Hawaiian values as professed by Mālama Hawai‘i are appropriate for all of today’s Hawai‘i society and its institutions. These values are: ALOHA (to care for), MĀLAMA (to take care of), ‘IMI ‘IKE (to seek knowledge), LOKO MAIKA‘I (to share), NA‘AU PONO (to nurture what is right), and OLA KINO MAIKA‘I (to maintain a healthy person);
6. That collaboration among institutions and agencies concerned with Native Hawaiian health and wellness is essential; and
7. That Native Hawaiians share a unique relationship with the governments of the United States and the State of Hawai‘i.