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Department of Hawaiian Home Lands “In the News”
2024
June
Hawaiʻi Tribune Herald (June 21) – Leases awarded for Hawaiian homestead on Maui
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (June 20) – After more than 40 years, Native Hawaiian in Kingʻs Landing could get long-term leases
The Garden Island (June 19) – Leases awarded for Hawaiian homestead on Maui
Honolulu Civil Beat (June 19) – Whatʻs Next For Hawaiian Homelands? New DHHL Chief Shakes Up Strategy
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (June 18) – Over 50 Native Hawaiian families are granted homestead lots on Maui
HPR (June 18) – PUC rules on Sandwich Isles Communications after abrupt Hawaiian Home Lands service cutoff
Big Island Video News (June 18) – Albert Hee Questioned During Hawaiʻi PUC Hearing On Sandwich Isles Communications
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (June 17) – Leases awarded for Hawaiian homestead on Maui
Civil Beat (June 17) – Sandwich Isles Communications Broke The Law When It Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands – Honolulu Civil Beat
Maui Now (June 16) – DHHL awards 52 turnkey homes at Puʻuhona in Waikapū, Maui
KHON2 News (June 16) – ʻFantastic step forward,ʻ DHHL awards 52 turnkey homes to Puʻuhona Homestead
Hawaiʻi News Now (June 16) – 52 ʻturn-keyʻ Maui homes awarded to Native Hawaiian residents on DHHL waitlist
Civil Beat (June 16) – Sandwich Isles Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands Despite Orders Not To
KITV4 Island News (June 14) – Emotional testimony given on Kauai DHHL housing project that could see hundreds evicted
KHON2 News (June 13) – 52 turnkey homes unveiled in Mauiʻs Puuhona Lot Selection event
KITV4 Island News (June 14) – Kauai residents voice concerns over proposed housing project
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (June 13) – Progress on housing Hawaiians? DHHL Director Kali Watson has some answers
The Molokai Dispatch (June 13) – Telecom Provider Stops Service
Civil Beat (June 12) – DHHL Is Finding Itʻs Not So Easy To Just Buy An Apartment Building For Families On The Homelands Waitlist
Hawaiʻi News Now (June 12) – Morning Beat: DHHL hopes to purchase Kauai apartment complex for families on homelands waitlist
Hawaiʻi Business Magazine (June 12) – Native Hawaiians Donʻt Own Many Local Hotels. Hereʻs Why That May Change.
West Hawaiʻi Today (June 11) – ʻKuleana homesteadsʻ proposed: DHHL plan would develop more than 1,300 acres at Kingʻs Landing
Big Island Video News (June 11) – Kingʻs Landing Settlement Plan Draft EA Published
Hawaiʻi Tribune Herald (June 9) – Future of Prince Kuhio Plaza still in limbo
KITV4 Island News (June 7) – Plans moving forward for new race track in west Oahu
Island Life Live (June 6) – Island Life Live: DHHL Chair Kali Watson
The Garden Island (June 6) – Honolulu and DHHL unveil plan for Kailua land
MSN (June 5) – Historic land transfer: City gives 10 acres for Hawaiian homes
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (June 5) – Honolulu City Council, DHHL unveil plan for Kailua housing
USA Today (June 5) – Aloha State governor keeps 1500 Native Hawaiians connected to phone, internet
Honolulu Star Advertiser (June 5): Hawaiian Telcom vows to serve Hawaiian home lands amid disruption (PDF)
Hawaii News Now (June 5)- Hotlines launched to assist Hawaiian Homesteaders switch phone, internet providers (6/5)
Hawaii News Now (June 5)- Sandwich Isles Says Running Out of Money
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (June 5) – Resolution introduced to create 1st Hawaiian homestead community in Kailua
KHON2 News (June 5) – Plans in the works for 2 West Oahu racetracks
Civil Beat (June 4) – Hawaiian Home Lands Broadband Customers Say The Service Has Benn Bad For Years
Hawaii News Now (June 4 ) – AT&T WIFI Hotspots Given to DHHL Lessees
KITV( June 4)- AT&T WiFi Hotspots for Lessees
Hawaiʻi News Now (June 4) – City Council unveils ʻbeautifulʻ plan to transfer 10-acre parcel for Native Hawaiian homes
Civil Beat (June 4) – Honolulu City Council Proposes Kailua Land Sale For Hawaiian Homelands
Civil Beat (June 4) – DHHL Has Big Plans For More Homes. But It Needs A Lot More Money
Hawaiʻi News Now (June 4) – DHHL to distribute Wi-Fi hotspots to some customers who lost broadband service
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (June 4) – Telecom service canʻt last, Sandwich Isles founder says
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (June 3) – Hawaiʻi Supreme Court rules state broke law taking control of Mauna Kea Access Road
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (June 3) – City land donation proposed for Kailua Hawaiian homesteads project
Big Island Now (June 3) – AT&T to distribute Wi-Fi hotspots to eligible lessees on Hawaiian Home Lands in Waimea
Big Island Video News (June 3) – DHHL To Bring Wi-Fi Hotspots To Pu’ukapu Pastoral Leases
Broadband Breakfast (June 2) – Hawaii Governor, PUC Block ISP Sandwich Isles from Shutting Down
Big Island Now (June 1) – Private telecommunications service to Department of Hawaiian Homelands ends June 1
Maui Now (June 1) – Gov. Green signs Emergency Proclamation to avoid loss of telecommunications on Hawaiian Home Lands
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (June 1) – State acts to prevent telecom service cutoff on Hawaiian home lands
May
Hawai’i News Now (May 31) – PUC orders halt to phone, internet service disconnections for 1,500 Hawaiian Home Lands households
KHON2 News (May 31) – 1.5K Hawaiian Home Lands residents disconnected by Sandwich Isles Communications
Big Island Video News (May 31) – 1,500 Hawaiian Homes Could Lose Phone, Internet on Saturday
The Wildlife Society (May 28) – Controlling Invasive Deer on Hawaiian Home Lands
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (May 27) – DHHL warns residents of sudden loss of phone and internet service
Broadband Breakfast (May 27) – Hawaii Tells Sandwich Isles Customers to Find a New ISP Soon
Civil Beat (May 24) – DHHL Tells Beneficiaries To Ditch Sandwich Isles Communications Service
Kauaʻi Now (May 24) – Department of Hawaiian Homelands lessees face telecommunication disruption
Big Island Now (May 24) – Department of Hawaiian Homelands lessees face telecommunication disruption
Maui Now (May 24) – DHHL urges customers of Sandwich Isles Communications to immediately switch phone and internet service providers
KITV4 Island News (May 24) – Thousands of Hawaiian homesteaders expected to soon lose phone and Internet services
MidWeek (May 22) – Building For The Future
KITV4 Island News (May 21) – Nearly 300 residents at an apartment complex in Kapaʻa are now facing eviction
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (May 20) – Kauai apartment residents challenge DHHL as eviction looms
Flux (May) – A People Deserted
April
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (April 5) – 5 Questions: Kali Watson, of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
Hawaiʻi News Now (April 3) – Potential heirs of DHHL beneficiaries still learning they could get share of landmark settlement
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (April 2) – Editorial: Rent-to-own plan equitable, shrewd
Hawaiʻi Tribune Herald (April 1) – Maunakea fence to protect wildlife from cats
March
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (March 31) – Big rent-to-own housing push by Home Lands agency praised, pilloried
KHON2 News (March 29) – Installation of cat-proof fence will protect nesting ʻuaʻu in Mauna Kea
Hawaiʻi News Now (March 29) – Fence erected to protect bird thought to have disappeared from Mauna Kea in 1950s
Big Island Now (March 29) – Cat-proof fence enclosure installed on Mauna Kea to protect nesting area of native seabird
KITV4 Island News (March 29) – Cat-proof fence built on Mauna Kea to protect endangered seabird
Big Island Video News (March 26) – DHHL Offers Beneficiaries Down Payment Assistance Program
KHON 2 News (March 25) – New program to benefit Hawaiian homestead waitlisters
KITV4 Island News (March 28) – DHHLʻs Native Hawaiian housing project in Central Maui gains momentum
Big Island Video News (March 26) – DHHL Offers Beneficiaries Down Payment Assistance Program
KHON2 News (March 25) – New program to benefit Hawaiian homestead waitlisters
Maui Now (March 15) – DHHL, CNHA launch relief program to support Native Hawaiian families impacted by Maui, Big Island fires
Big Island Video News (March 12) – New Hawaiian Homes Projects Planned on Big Island
February
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (February 26) – DHHL changes $600M spending plan to prioritize acquired land development
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (February 25) – Editorial: DHHL’s ‘paper lease’ plan worth a 2nd look
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (February 18) – New promises on horizon for future Hawaiian homestead leases
KITV4 Island News (February 20) – Kupuna testify against purchase of Kauai apartments for DHHL beneficiaries
Ka Wai Ola (February 1) – Protecting the ʻĀina
January
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (January 31) – Lawmakers advance bill that offers Hawaiian homestead beneficiaries case instead of a lease
KITV4 Island News (January 31) – Proposed condo aquisition on Kauaʻi stirs controversy
Civil Beat (January 30) – Hawaiian Homelands Chair Embarks on ʻAggressiveʻ Agenda At Legislature
Hawaiʻi News Now (January 29) – Hawaiian Homelands developments face frustrating new delays
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (January 24) – DHHL ramps up homestead development
Maui Now (January 23) – Axis deer control hunt program launches on Hawaiian Home Lands in Waiohuli, Maui
Hawaiʻi Public Radio (January 19) – Here are the key Native Hawaiian issues facing lawmakers this legislative session
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