Ka Mana Koʻolau o Hawaii (AHT) hoʻolaha i kēia lā ua koho ʻia ʻo Marisa Yamane, he mea kākau moʻolelo lanakila i ka wā lōʻihi, ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ke kamaʻilio a me nā pilina lehulehu. Hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana ma HTA ma Mei 6.
"Pīhoihoi nui mākou e hoʻokipa iā Marisa i ko mākou HTA ʻohana, ʻoiai ua lawe mai ʻo ia iā mākou ma mua o 15 mau makahiki o ka ʻike nūpepa ma nā mokupuni, a me ka makemake nui no ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā moʻolelo o Hawaii, "Wahi a Chris Tatum, ka pelekikena a me CEO ʻo HTA. "Ma waena o kāna mau kuleana, pono nui ʻo Marisa i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hana kupaianaha e hana ʻia nei i ko mākou kaiāulu e nā hui kaiāulu i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi, ka pale ʻana i ke kaiapuni a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā ʻaha a me nā hanana."
E hoʻohana ʻo Yamane kuleana nui i kāna kamaʻilio a me kāna ʻike i ka lehulehu e kōkua iā HTA e hoʻokō i kāna nuʻukia o ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻomau o ka ʻoihana alakaʻi o Hawaii a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā pono e lawe ʻia i nā kamaʻāina a me nā kaiāulu o ka mokuʻāina.
"Hoʻohanohano wau i kēia manawa kupaianaha e kōkua i ke kaiāulu i kekahi ʻano ʻokoʻa, e ka ʻāpana o ke kime e hoʻokele i kā mākou mokuʻāina ʻoihana huakaʻi," wahi a Yamane. "Ke kakali nei wau i ka hana pū ʻana me kahi hui alakaʻi mākaukau a hoʻolaʻa hoʻi."
ʻO Yamane ke lawelawe nei ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā heleuma kūkala nūhou nui ma KHON a me kāna kaikuahine ke keʻena ʻo KHII. ʻO ia nō nā hoa heleuma o ka 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm, a me 10:00 pm o nā nūhou o ka pule hebedoma a uhi pū kekahi i nā moʻolelo nūhou ma ke ʻano he mea nūhou.
Ma loko o kāna ʻoihana ma KHON, ua hōʻike ʻo Yamane i nā moʻolelo nūhou e pili ana i nā kumuhana he nui me nā hanana aniani ʻino. I ka makahiki i hala, ua hōʻike nui ʻo Yamane mai ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi i ka wā o ka pele i Kilauea.
ʻO ka hōʻike a Yamane e pili ana i ka hewa a me ka hoʻokō kānāwai ma Hawaii i alakaʻi iā ia i ke kōkua ʻana e hoʻokumu i ka mahele o ko Hawaiʻi makemake nui ʻia ma KHON me ka hui pū me CrimeStoppers.
Ua loaʻa iā Yamane nā makana he nui no kāna hana puke pai, me kahi makana Emmy, nā makana he nui a Edward R. Murrow a me nā makana Associated Press Mark Twain.
Hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ma Hawaii, ua puka ʻo Yamane mai ke kula ʻo ʻIolani. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi kekelē laepua no ke aʻo ʻana mai ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Los Angeles.
I ka makahiki 2004, ma hope o ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he reporter TV ma Wichita Falls, Texas, ua hoʻi ʻo Yamane i ka home i Hawaii e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he mea kākau moʻolelo ma KHON.
"Ua hauʻoli wau i kēia mokuna hou i koʻu ola a ke nānā nei i mua i ka hopena maikaʻi i kahi aʻu i ulu ai," wahi a Yamane.
