Friday, July 11, 2025
Aliʻiōlani Hale, Supreme Court Courtroom
5:30-7:30 PM (HST)
This public program features 2025 Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Honoree, musician, and aloha ʻāina advocate Liko Martin, joined by international diplomat Leon Siu. The title of this event, “All Hawaiʻi Stand Together,” honors the song by the same name, written and composed by Liko Martin. He debuted this song at a rally (the first “Sovereign Sunday”) at ʻIolani Palace in January 1977, accompanied by Kawaipuna Prejean and Mel Kalahiki.
Featured Panelists:
Liko Martin
Liko Martin is a musician, songwriter, fisherman, taro farmer, father, grandfather, storyteller, activist and cultural practitioner from Hawaiʻi. He has been writing songs since childhood, and has composed many well-known and loved songs. Liko has been a part of the Hawaiian movement for most of its history, since the earliest beginnings of the “Hawaiian Renaissance”. He is an aloha ʻāina practitioner and master of musical arts. Music as a force for healing of the human spirit is much of his focus, and a kuleana that he takes seriously.
Leon K. Siu
Leon Kaulahao Siu is of Hawaiian and Chinese ancestry. He hails from a small fishing village on the island of Hawaiʻi. He was educated in the fine arts and is an accomplished composer, musician, artist, educator, and diplomat. He is a lecturer on Hawaiian culture, history, and contemporary issues. Mr. Siu is an astute participant, analyst and strategist in the political arena and has received international awards and recognition for his work in affecting public policy. He has also been a Hawaiʻi contact and contributor to the Washington Times, the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and the International Diplomat.
Mr. Siu is actively involved in the movement to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign, independent, neutral nation. He is a citizen/subject of the Hawaiian Kingdom and serves as its Minister of Foreign Affairs, representing the interests of the Hawaiian Kingdom in the international arena and working to revive diplomatic relations with other nations.
He was nominated for the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, and in June 2017, he received the Gold Medal “UN Peacemaker Sergio Vieira de Mello” award from the International Parliament. In 2016, he received the Knights Grand Cross Award of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, the highest honor conferred by the Hawaiian Kingdom beginning in 1865. Leon Siu is also part of the creative musical duo, Leon & Malia, whose prolific compositions range from film scores to commercial jingles, to symphonic works, to children’s songs, to vintage and current Hawaiian music, to contemporary pop and exotic world-beats.
Disclaimer: While the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary provides a venue for diverse discussion, the speakers’ remarks do not necessarily represent opinions of the Judiciary.
