Editorial
The Ma`alea Mystery: Why? In light of the manifest fiasco of the state’s lease of an acre of land at Ma’alaea, what is one to think of the staff at the state Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation? Whatever they … Continued
Land Under Lease By State Was Owned by Scientologists
When Don Williams purchased the Ma`alaea property in August 1994, the seller was a branch of the Church of Scientology, which had had an ownership interest in at least part of the land dating back to the early 1980s. In … Continued
Terms of Ma`alaea Lease Tend To Favor Owner Over State
Lease Agreement No. B-94-4, between Don Williams, lessor, and the state of Hawai`i, lessee, covering a little more than an acre of land at Ma`alaea, Maui, sets forth the conditions under which the state Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation … Continued
Ma`alaea Harbor Expansion Gets Green Light from CZM Office
For the last two years, the expansion of the Ma`alaea small boat harbor was held up because of the refusal of the Office of State Planning (now simply the Office of Planning) to declare the project consistent with the state … Continued
Benefits to Waiahole Stream Life Are Seen Following Restored Flows
Around 24 million gallons a day of water are trapped by the windward tunnels that feed into the Waiahole Ditch. Until December 1994, all of this water was taken to the leeward side of the island. Following an agreement negotiated … Continued
Public Trust Resources At Issue In Dispute Over Waiahole Water
Among the most important — but also most subtle — of the arguments made in support of increased flow to the windward side is that natural flows in streams are part of the public trust. As such, the argument continues, … Continued
State's Position on Waiahole Was Made Over Objections of OSP
In a policy decision made at the highest levels of state government, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the state Department of Agriculture allied themselves with the interests of the leeward parties in the Waiahole contested case … Continued
Since Blasting of Waiahole Tunnel, Natural Flows May Never Be Restored
Before construction of the Waiahole ditch system, the stretch of the Ko`olau mountain range from Kahana to Waiahole could be thought of as an enormous reservoir. Water entered the mountains when rain, released from clouds snagged by the mountain peaks, … Continued
WIC, Leeward Farmers Contract For Provision of Waiahole Water
What would happen if, at the end of the contested case hearing, the Water Commission allows continued flows in the Waiahole Ditch? The Waiahole Irrigation Company, in anticipation of this, has established a formal mechanism for distributing water to various … Continued