Hooponopono
n.— «Hawaiian groups clashing over what to do with artifacts buried in a Big Island cave failed to reach an agreement after meeting for months under an ancient mediation process. U-S District Judge David Ezra had the groups try to settle their differences through a process known as Hooponopono three months ago to end a deadlock in court.» —“Traditional Hawaiian mediation process fails to find agreement” KPUA-AM (Hilo, Hawaii) Apr. 29, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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