DHHL Hawai‘i Island Plan Update

CORRECTION FOR UPCOMING BENEFICIARY CONSULTATION MEETINGS:

The postcard mailing had an error with conflicting dates for the meetings on April 9^th & 10^th. We sincerely apologize for this oversight and hope to clarify the dates and locations here:

Monday, April 7^th, 2025 – for Hilo Moku landholdings from 6pm to 8pm at Keaukaha Elementary School Cafeteria – 240 Desha Ave, Hilo, HI 96720
Tuesday, April 8^th, 2025 – for Ka‘ū Moku landholdings from 6pm to 8pm at Nā‘ālehu Community Center – 95-5635 Hawaiʻi Belt Rd, Naalehu, HI 96772
Wednesday, April 9^th, 2025 – for Kona Moku landholdings from 6pm to 8pm at West Hawai‘i Civic Center – 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
Thursday, April 10^th, 2025 – for Kohala & Hāmākua Moku landholdings from 6pm to 8pm at Hale Kūhiō at the West Hawai‘i District Office – 64-756 Māmalahoa Highway, Kamuela, HI 96743

DHHL Hawai‘i Island Plan Update

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) is developing an update for the 2002 Hawai‘i Island Plan.

The Island Plans are island-specific, 20-year visioning documents that designate land uses for Hawaiian home lands and serve as a guiding framework for DHHL’s activities and initiatives related to the allocation, utilization, and stewardship of Hawaiian Home Lands. The Island Plans establish land use goals and objectives based on the General Plan, develop land use designations to meet the needs of DHHL, ensure proper stewardship of the ‘āina and identify needs and opportunities of DHHL beneficiaries through community consultations, and workshops with the Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC).

The purpose of the Hawai‘i Island Plan Update is to update the overarching guidance and recommendations for appropriate land uses at the regional level for the over 117,000 acres of land on the mokupuni of Hawai‘i. The Hawai‘i Island Plan Update will also examine infrastructure needs and opportunities from an island wide perspective, gauge beneficiary wants and needs, and identify priority areas for homestead development, community use, and income generation, including incorporating the new DHHL land use designations identified in the 2022 General Plan Update.

Beneficiary Consultation

MEETING NOTES FROM ROUND ONE:

UPCOMING MEETINGS FOR ROUND TWO:

We have scheduled IN-PERSON BENEFICIARY CONSULTATIONS in four (4) locations across the island for our SECOND ROUND of consultation in APRIL 2025. At these meetings we will discuss DHHL’s land use designations island-wide. Please note, not all meetings will cover land use designations for the entire island, but will focus on the DHHL landholdings in each moku or region listed. All meetings are from 6pm to 8pm.

To discuss DHHL’s landholdings in the moku of Hilo and Puna, including Keaukaha, Pana‘ewa, Kaūmana, Pi‘ihonua, Honomū and Maku‘u please join us at our beneficiary consultation meeting on APRIL 7, 2025 at the KEAUKAHA ELEMENTARY CAFETERIA.
To discuss DHHL’s landholdings in the moku of Ka‘ū, please join us at our beneficiary consultation meeting on APRIL 8, 2025 AT THE NĀ‘ĀLEHU COMMUNITY CENTER.
To discuss DHHL’s landholdings in the moku of Kona, please join us at our beneficiary consultation meeting on APRIL 9, 2025 at the WEST HAWAI‘I CIVIC CENTER.
To discuss DHHL’s landholdings in the moku of Kohala and Hāmākua, including Kawaihae and Waimea Nui, please join us on APRIL 10, 2025 at the DHHL WEST HAWAI‘I DISTRICT OFFICE HALE KŪHIŌ.

Postcard Mailing

Each of the four (4) meeting will also include discussion of DHHL’s ‘Āina Mauna lands, and will provide opportunity for beneficiary input on land use designations for these lands.

We will share the land use designations that were set in the 2002 Hawai‘i Island Plan and explore opportunities for land use changes that meet the needs of Beneficiaries for today and the next 20 years. We welcome your thoughts, concerns, and aspirations for the future.

This is the first of three (3) rounds of beneficiary consultations: