Rule 25.1 - Recording of Testimony and Proceedings(a) Preservation of testimony. Whenever a court reporter is not in attendance, the court shall order that the testimony and other matters required to be preserved by a reporter shall be preserved on tape or by such other device as may be appropriate. It is the responsibility of the court to see to it that the record so made is sufficiently clear to permit full transcription and truly discloses what occurred in the court, and that a log is kept with such particularity, and with such references to the record made on tape or by other device, as will enable the record to be reviewed and transcribed as occasion arises. (b) Effect of certain terms; obtaining transcript. Whenever in Rule 25 or other rules of court, or in the provisions of Hawai'i Revised Statutes Section 606-13 relating to transcripts, reference is made to the report of the evidence or proceedings at a hearing or trial, or to the court reporter or official reporter, these terms and words of like import shall, if no court reporter was in attendance and the record has been preserved on tape or by other device, be deemed to refer to the record so preserved except as otherwise provided. Upon the request of any person for preparation of a transcript of a record so preserved, the supervising court reporter or, if there is no supervising court reporter, the court administrator shall cause the transcript to be furnished in the regular order of cases so recorded or in such order as the court administrator directs. A transcriber shall not furnish a transcript of a confidential proceeding without the court's written approval, unless otherwise authorized by law. Transcript fees shall be prepaid or deposited as in other cases, and the transcriber shall not be required to commence transcribing the record until the required prepayment or deposit is made. (c) Preparation of transcript. A transcript in a case recorded as provided by this rule shall be prepared by a competent person approved by the court. Unless the court otherwise directs (1) the transcript shall be certified by the transcriber who, for this purpose, shall have the powers of a clerk of the court, and (2) the transcript fees shall be paid to the transcriber upon completion of the work. Added November 29, 1974, effective 11/29/1974; further amended October 8, 2004, effective 1/1/2005.