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Did you note that she lives in Hawaii? Screwing up foreigner's names is one thing. Screwing up the locals is another.

The locals in this case still resent the way that the USA took over in a coup. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Kingdom_of_Haw... for the history.

There's actually more to the story.

She's not actually Hawaiian, but she married a native Hawaiian and took his name. He passed away and she wants to keep the name to remember him by.

In Hawaii right now there seem to be two prevailing schools of thought.

1) It's the state's responsibility to respect everyone's name.

2) She shouldn't have to change her name, but they don't have to put the whole thing on her ID