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 – ROUND TWO COMMENT PERIOD

Participate in ROUND TWO of the beneficiary consultation process here. The Comment Period for this first round is open until THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2025. Please submit any comments you may have before the end of the comment period. Please follow the steps below to participate:

• STEP ONE: Watch the Overview Presentation
  • OVERVIEW PRESENTATION – https://youtu.be/co4cI3PsqsE
• STEP TWO: Watch the Presentation for each of the Moku you are interested in commenting on. *Note: presentations discuss each tract of each moku and describe the details of the map, however the view of each map in the presentation is limited. The next step includes higher resolution pdf versions of each tract map where you may view each tract map fully and clearly with the ability to zoom in for more detail.
  • HILO & PUNA MOKU – https://youtu.be/vpjOKnqG-kI
  • KA‘Ū MOKU – https://youtu.be/3M8R-RAu0-s
  • KONA MOKU – https://youtu.be/y9t4AppW2Kk
  • KOHALA & HĀMĀKUA MOKU – https://youtu.be/dG19BYS2IuU
• STEP THREE: View the Maps showing the Draft proposed updates for each of the Moku you are interested in commenting on.
  • Hilo-Puna Moku Tract Maps – Round Two
  • Kaʻū Moku Tract Maps – Round Two
  • Kona Moku Tract Maps – Round Two
  • Kohala & Hāmākua Moku Tract Maps – Round Two
• STEP FOUR: Submit comments one of the following four ways
  • • ONLINE COMMENT FORM: https://forms.gle/TH2cBpLoRvdFY1q6A
    • Email: [email protected]
    • Telephone: (808) 954-6345
    • Postal mail to:

      PBR HAWAII
      Attention: Makena Bassett
      1001 Bishop Street Unit 650
      Honolulu HI 96813

 

                      For questions or more information, contact Lilliane Makaila at [email protected].

Meeting Notes From Round One: 

• Hilo-Puna Moku Meeting
• Ka‘ū Moku Meeting
• Kohala-Hāmākua Meeting
• Kona Meeting

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

• DHHL Hawaii Island Plan 2002
• DHHL West Hawaii Island Plan Update 2009
• Postcard Mailing (Round Two)
• PPostcard Mailing (Round One)
• HILO MOKU TRACT MAPS – 2002 VERSION
• PUNA MOKU TRACT MAPS – 2002 VERSION
• KA‘Ū MOKU TRACT MAPS – 2002 VERSION
• KONA MOKU TRACT MAPS – 2009 VERSION
• KOHALA MOKU TRACT MAPS – 2002 VERSION
• HĀMĀKUA MOKU TRACT MAPS – 2002 VERSION
• ‘ĀINA MAUNA LEGACY TRACT MAPS – 2002 VERSION