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... that Hawaii's Chain of Craters Road has been blocked repeatedly by lava flows from Kīlauea volcano since it was built in 1928?

... that Thyrocopa is a genus of flightless moth endemic to Hawaii?
... that hula master George Naʻope was designated a "Living Golden Treasure" by the state of Hawaii?
... that the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts, concluded 2 August 2008 in American Samoa, brought together about 2,000 artists from 27 countries across Oceania?

... that Hawaiian cultural advocate Bob Worthington served as the honorary consul of the Cook Islands to the United States?
...that the Great Pacific garbage patch is estimated to be the size of Texas?

... that AMiBA (pictured) is a radio telescope located on Mauna Loa in Hawaii that is being used to observe the cosmic microwave background and the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies?

... that the Hawaii State Legislature declared October 29, 2005, "Samuel Kamakau Day," in recognition of the Hawaiian scholar who wrote over 200 articles about Hawaiian history?