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Posted on Feb 23, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom
(Nānākuli, Oʻahu) – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), through its contractor Hawaii Engineering Group, Inc., will conduct drone surveying at the Nānākuli Homestead Cemetery beginning on March 1, 2021. The work is anticipated to last through March 5, 2021, weather permitting.
Activities will include scanning and penetration to properly document burial sites and open plots.
Residents in the area should anticipate visible drone activity between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
DHHL manages three cemeteries on its lands, one in Nānākuli and two on Molokaʻi.
For more information, call (808) 620-9500.
Posted on Feb 18, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom
(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair William J. Ailā, Jr. issued the following statement following the Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs’ deferral of SB 1321.
“Last week we saw a glimmer of hope with the proposed amendments made by the Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that would have allowed the Hawaiian Homes Commission and our beneficiaries the authority to create a gaming operation in order to create a consistent source of infrastructure funding. Today, that flicker died. Funding is the barrier between DHHL’s raw landholdings becoming developed lots suitable for homesteading.
“Delegates to the constitutional convention amended the constitution in 1978 in hopes of ensuring sufficient funding for the Department. The courts ruled in favor of beneficiaries in the Kalima lawsuit and while Judge Castagnetti ruled in favor of DHHL funding in the Nelson lawsuit, the state appealed that
Posted on Feb 16, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom
(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) adopted Resolution No. 304 to honor the late Hawaiʻi County Mayor and Hawaiian Home Lands lessee William Punapaiaʻalaikahala Kenoi at its Tuesday, February 16, 2021, regularly scheduled meeting.
Kenoi died at his Volcano home, surrounded by his wife and children, from myelofibrosis, a rare form of leukemia, on January 26, 2021.
In a Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) staff submittal to the Commission, the Department compared the late Kenoi’s public speaking prowess to Prince Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole.
“In reading the many speeches given by our U.S. Delegate, Prince Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, we admire the oratory, the cadence of the words being spoken and know our kupuna were as mesmerized and appreciative for the Prince’s abilities as they were proud he was native Hawaiian and an aliʻi,” the submittal read. “He was called the ‘People’s Pr
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DHHL NEWS RELEASE: Hawaiian Homes Commission Adopts Resolution Honoring Late Kenoi
Posted on Feb 16, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom
(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) adopted Resolution No. 304 to honor the late Hawaiʻi County Mayor and Hawaiian Home Lands lessee William Punapaiaʻalaikahala Kenoi at its Tuesday, February 16, 2021, regularly scheduled meeting.
Kenoi died at his Volcano home, surrounded by his wife and children, from myelofibrosis, a rare form of leukemia, on January 26, 2021.
In a Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) staff submittal to the Commission, the Department compared the late Kenoi’s public speaking prowess to Prince Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole.