The Chief

The chief's name is Cliff, and he is quite a character. He takes care of my uncles house, and is the original Hawaiian. Once, he was a fisher, and told stories of how trawlers are wrecking the business, and how he caught fish in the 70s of the coast of Nihau. Everybody refers to him as the chief, he grew up with Kaleo, the lifeguard manager from Waimea, and 15 siblings, his Grandma has 14 sisters, so I guess he has about 700 cousins running around on the island. Cliff loves to cook, taro corned beef cakes, or butterfish with the taro leaf, kind of like spinach, and steamed in fresh big tea leaves. Very political guy, strongly devoted to the Hawaiian Nation, a group wanting to seperate the islands from the USA. On the other hand, Chris, the owner of the Zodiak boat (500 hp) trip company, says they wouldn't even have streets if the Americans hadn't done it for them. Kolea and the chief are very upset about the genetically altered farming happening on the island, describing how other fruits are starting to become rotten earlier because of effects.