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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands announced Friday it has secured a substantial $22.3 million grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant.

Volunteers ages 16.5 to 23 years old are sought to participate in a spring break archaeology adventure at the Kēōkea-Waiohuli Hawaiian homelands. The free, six-day archaeology intensive begins March 15 at a 102-acre cultural reserve. There, students will learn to discover archaeological features; then identify, clear, and “adaptively” replant and reuse the ancient sites. 

Two final Maui environmental assessments and one draft are posted online in the state Office of Planning and Sustainable Development’s Feb. 8 issue of The Environmental Notice.

On Monday night, Kamalei Kawaʻa’s journey on NBC’s “The Voice” came to a close. The singer, originally from Paukūkalo, reached the Playoffs last week, securing a spot in the top 20 after a journey that began in early March.

Registration began Monday to those interested in participating in an axis deer control hunt program on Hawaiian Home Lands in Waiohuli.

Since becoming an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, Habitat for Humanity Maui has built and renovated over 200 homes in Maui County. They are currently building in Keokea-Waiohuli in partnership with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and are moving forward with an upcoming project in Hāna which will feature 25 homes.

Baldwin High School, Maui Waena Intermediate, and Waiheʻe and Wailuku Elementary schools are included on the list of places where CIP project funding was distributed in recent months. There’s also funds for Kahului Airport runway resurfacing and improvements and roadway improvements at the Consolidated Rental Car Facility.

Kihei, Hawaii (February 2, 2022) – Save the Wetlands Hui has received a $5,000 gift from Hilton Grand Vacations that will enable the environmental nonprofit to continue its conservation and education work in South Maui. 

A Kēōkea homesteader was project manager of a $58,395 grant program funded by the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Theresa Hiʻilei Martinson will assume her duties Sept. 1 for the OHA-funded Project MAHIʻAI, an Amazon-style distribution system for native-grown products.

Six Kamehameha Maui JV baseball players each provided 16 hours worth of weekend community service to the nonprofit Pa‘upena Community Development Corporation.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands held a blessing ceremony at their Waiohuli subdivision in Kula on Thursday. 

Keōkea chef and caterer Robin Pikake Newhouse will help dish up the daylong Maui Homestead Summit this Saturday, Nov. 3, at He Piko No Waiohuli community center

Cheryl Maliʻikapu Moore will host a mini-lecture that will unearth the archaeology of Maui’s newest Hawaiian homestead, Waiohuli

The Waiohuli ahupuaʻa or land division is the topic of a mini-lecture planned this weekend at the Kēōkea nursery site.

The Maui meetings cover Hawaiian homesteader issues and rights, particularly concerning lease cancellation and foreclosure.

The Department of Hawaiian Homelands advises residents and motorists traveling in the Kēōkea Waiohuli area that beginning on July 5, 2016, Keanuhea Street will be closed to through traffic during the hours of 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The Kēōkea-Waiohuli Phase 1 subdivision will become the future home for 46 Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries and their families.

A plan to fix Upcountry drainage problems will be the focus of a Hawaiian homestead meeting this Sunday in Kahului.

The Polipoli area of Kula will be without water today as personnel with the Department of Water Supply repair a broken transmission line.  The affected area includes Polipoli Road between the Pilikino Gulch and the intersection with Middle Road, and Pilikino Place. Water will be shut off from 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday, […]

Four Maui projects are among a list of renewable energy and water preservation initiatives included in a $34 million federal appropriations bill that passed in the Senate last night. A total of $752,000 in funding is proposed for projects at ‘Iao Stream, Maalaea Harbor, Waiohuli, and the West Maui Watershed. The largest Maui allocation of […]