Media Releases

DHHL Lifts Molokaʻi Water Usage Restriction

Posted on Nov 23, 2016 in Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Media Releases

Effective immediately, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is lifting the water usage restriction for Molokaʻi residents who receive their potable water from the Hoʻolehua reservoirs.

DHHL’s Molokaʻi Water Reservoir Tanks Vandalized, Public Urged to Seek Alternative Water Source for Drinking

Posted on Nov 22, 2016 in Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Media Releases

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands discovered today that both of their 3.5-million-gallon water storage tanks in Ho`olehua on the island of Moloka‘i have been vandalized.

Waimānalo First in Series of Lot Selection Ceremonies to be held over the Next Two Years

Posted on Oct 20, 2016 in Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Media Releases

Waimānalo welcomed over 30 new Hawaiian homesteaders into its community this past weekend at the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' Kakaʻina Lot Selection Ceremony in Waimānalo.

The Santos ʻOhana & Waimānalo’s Mustard Seed Miracle

Posted on Sep 3, 2016 in Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Media Releases

Waimānaloʻs newest homesteaders, Ola and Rusty Santos held their housewarming party today thanks to what will soon be coined a “Mustard Seed Miracle.”

Rebuild Keeps Memories Intact for Papakōlea Homesteader

Posted on Aug 30, 2016 in Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Media Releases

Aging infrastructure and a reluctance to leave a lifetime of memories behind had homesteader Darleen Kaniho living in uninhabitable conditions for several years in her childhood home in Papakōlea. With the help of Honolulu Habitat for Humanity, Darleen was able to rebuild on her ʻāina hānau with memories intact.