Media Releases

A contractor will install approx. 1,082 ft. of 16-inch, and 46 ft. of 8-inch water lines along Kawaihae Road; and approx. 1,061 ft. of 16-inch, 739 ft. of 12-inch, and 29 ft. of 8-inch water lines on South Kohala Distribution Road.

Today, the Governor also named a Director to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Jobie Masagatani will fill the seat being left vacant by Alapaki Nahale-a. Ms. Masagatani previously served as DHHL Deputy Director from 1995 to 2002.

A home built by students in the Hawai‘i Community College Model Home Program was dedicated today in the Hawaiian homestead community of Keaukaha.

The State Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is teaming up with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to offer architecture and engineering students the opportunity to use DHHL's land, homes, and development projects, as a learning laboratory.

Papakōlea homesteaders Frances and Wallace Naone-Bailey can rest assured that their brand-new house will be a place their kids and grandkids always call home.