#Waianapanapa

The iconic Lē‘ahi – Diamond Head State Monument, will become the third park unit in the Hawai‘i State Park system to require advanced reservations for out-of-state visitors, beginning on May 12, 2022.

The body of a missing 24-year-old Kula man was recovered on Saturday afternoon from waters off of East Maui, a day after he failed to return from fishing.

A 33-year-old California man was pulled from the ocean unresponsive after falling about 20 feet down a cliff into the water at Waiʻānapanapa in East Maui on Thursday afternoon.

All visitors and commercial operators will need to make reservations to enter Waiʻānapanapa State Park in East Maui, beginning on March 1, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources announced.

A reservation system is expected to begin at East Maui’s Waiʻānapanapa State Park in the second or third week of February according to state leaders who provided an update during a weekend Zoom meeting.

Passive beach use is now allowed at all State Parks beaches, although some gates will remain locked for resource management, people’s safety and due to fiscal constraints. COVID-19 rules and social distancing guidelines remain applicable, following each county’s emergency orders. 

CIP highlights for Maui include: $3 million for plans and designs of a new middle school in Central Maui; $500,000 for perimeter fence at ʻĪao Intermediate School; $9 million for Lealiʻi parkways and highways improvements; $11 million for Kāʻanapali Beach Restoration and Berm Enhancement; $3 million for a ferry pier at Lahaina Boat Harbor; $4 million for improvements Waiʻanapanapa State Park in East Maui; $5 million for the Maui Regional Public Safety Complex; and $40 million for the widening of Puʻunēnē Avenue from Kamehameha Avenue to Kūihelani Highway.

Honokalani Road will be closed at the top at its entrance off of Hāna Highway to everyone except for local traffic and residents in the area. 

The family of missing person Khiara Henry is offering a $10,000 reward for her safe return, and/or the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for her disappearance.

“A few days prior to Khiara’s disappearance, she took a group tour to Waiʻānapanapa Park. This is relevant because it shows that she took an interest in the park and probably intended to go back there on her own free will.”

Maui police released video surveillance of a missing woman who they say checked out of a resort in Kīhei on July 21, 2019.  

Khiara Henry, 23, arrived on Maui on July 21, 2019, and the vehicle she rented was found at Waiʻānapanapa State Park in Hāna on July 25, 2019.

The state DLNR has received a $100,396 grant to install water bottle filling stations in 15 State Parks statewide over the next three years.

All Hawai‘i island and Maui Nui lands under the jurisdiction of the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife are closing at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.

On Maui, after staff assessments, all parks except for Waiʻānapanapa State Park are expected to reopen in the morning. Waiʻānapanapa is not accessible currently off the Hāna Highway which was severely impacted by the storm.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health Safe Drinking Water Branch has granted final approval in designation of the new Wākiu Well C as a permanent water source.

A 39-year-old man from Ontario, Canada and a 41-year-old Australian man were swimming offshore at the Waiʻānapanapa when they encountered a patch of rough water

Full approval is anticipated in late Feb 2017. Wākiu Well C continues to be used as the water source for Hāna School, Hāna Med Ctr, Wainʻāpanapa and ʻUakea Rd.

Maui firefighters recovered the body of a 33-year-old male visitor from Novato, California, Sunday afternoon at the Waiʻānapanapa Freshwater Caves in Hāna.

The Maui Department of Water Supply will be repairing a waterline on Honokalani Road in Hāna—the road that leads to Waiʻānapanapa State Park–on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, from 8 a.m. to approximately 12 p.m.