Makemake ʻo DHHL e hoʻohana aku i kekahi māhele o ke kālā he $600 miliona i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no nā ʻāina hoʻopulapula no ka hōʻoi ʻana aʻe i ka ʻōnaepuni, e laʻa ke kiʻi wai ʻana. 

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Waimea, Ჹɲʻ Mokupuni — Ua noho ʻo Diane Kanealiʻi ma ka ʻāina hoʻopulapula o Kawaihae no nā makahiki he 20 a ʻoi, a i loko nō o kona makemake i kekahi māla ma kona ʻāina no ka hoʻonaninani ʻana i ia ʻāina a me ka mahi ʻana i kāna meaʻai, ʻaʻole lawa ke kālā. Liʻiliʻi ka helu o nā hoa noho i hiki ke hana pēlā — ʻo ka māla ka mea nāna e hoʻonui aʻe ana i ka pila wai i pipiʻi ʻē. 

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ʻO nā kamaʻāina o ka māhele ʻāina ʻo Kailapa, e laʻa ʻo Kanealiʻi, ka mea nāna i lawelawe ma ke ʻano he pelekikena a he luna hoʻokō ma ke , ua pono iā lākou ke kāohi i ko lākou hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai ma muli o nā kumukūʻai pipiʻi loa. 

He kaumaha nō ia i kuhi ʻē ʻole ʻia ma ka wā i hāʻawi ʻia ai ka ʻāina e ke Keʻena ʻĀina Hoʻopulapula Ჹɲʻ, ka ʻāina hoʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Kailua-Kona. Hoʻonui ʻia ke kaumaha ma kekahi mokuʻāina he pae ʻāina i hāiki ai ka lako wai. 

“Ola kākou i ka wai,” wahi a Kanealiʻi. “Ma ka nohona Ჹɲʻ, he pono ka wai.” 

Ua noke mau nā kānaka noho ʻāina hoʻopulapula iā DHHL no nā Kānaka Maoli i hoʻokahu ʻia. ʻAʻole lākou mehameha i kēia pilikia wai ma nā ʻāina hoʻopulapula ʻē aʻe. 

“ʻO ka hapanui o nā ʻāina i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no ke keʻena, he maloʻo loa a he mamao loa,” wahi a Jonathan Likeke Scheuer, he loea kānāwai wai Ჹɲʻ a he hoa kūkā o DHHL. “No laila, ʻo nā ālaina ma ka hoʻolako wai ʻana ma nā ʻāina hoʻopulapula, a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kumukūʻai kūpono ma ia mau ʻāina, he pilikia laha loa nō ia ma ka hapanui o nā ʻāina o DHHL a puni ka pae ʻāina.” 

Kailapa Community Association Pavilion Waimea DHHL Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Diane Kanealii water
Eia mai ʻo Diane Kanealiʻi a me nā kamaʻāina ʻē aʻe ke kūkākūkā nei i nā pilikia wai ma nā ʻāina hoʻopulapula Ჹɲʻ ma ke Kailapa Community Association Pavillion ma Waimea. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)

ʻO ka Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, ka mea i hoʻoholo ʻia me he kānāwai pekelala ma ka makahiki 1921, na ia kānāwai i haku mai i ka polokalamu home hoʻopulapula i mea e loaʻa ai ka ʻāina i nā Kānaka Maoli. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻohalahala ʻia ʻo DHHL no kona ʻāpono wale ʻana i ke kali ʻana o nā Kānaka no ka ʻāina hoʻopulapula, a ʻo ka hala akula nō ia o nā kānaka he nui ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana mai o ia ʻāina iā lākou. 

ʻO ke kumu o ka ʻūlolohi ʻana, ʻo ia nō paha ke kūpono ʻole o ka hapanui o nā ʻāina i ke kūkulu hale ʻana. Ma ka makahiki 2019, ma nā ʻeka ʻāina o DHHL he 65,000 a ʻoi, ua nele loa ka ʻōnaepuni kūpono ʻole e pono ai ke kūkulu ʻana, e laʻa nā alanui a me nā alawai. 

I kēlā makahiki aku nei, ma kekahi wā he 20 makahiki no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻāina hoʻopulapula Ჹɲʻ a me ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā hale no nā mea i hoʻokahu ʻia. 

Nele I Ka ʻŌnaepuni ʻOle

E hoʻohana ʻia aku ana kekahi māhele o ka nui kālā no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻāina no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kumu wai, wahi a . Mākaukau loa nā kānaka noho ʻāina hoʻopulapula i kēia mau hana hoʻolako wai. 

“ʻO nā kānaka e noho nei ma ke kaiāulu (o Kailapa), ʻo lākou nō ka mea e hoʻopilikia ʻia nei e ke kumukūʻai pipiʻi i kēlā me kēia lā,” wahi a Likeke Scheuer i ʻōlelo mai ai. “He hopena nui nō ia.” 

Ma ka makahiki 1997, ua ʻaelike pū ʻo DHHL me Kohala Ranch Water Co. e hoʻolako i ka wai no nā home he 196 ma ka māhele ʻāina ʻo Kailapa. Lawelawe hoʻi ka hui hana i nā kānaka ʻē aʻe he mau haneli, e laʻa nā kaiāulu waiwai noho kapakai ʻo Kohala by the Sea a me Kohala Waterfront. 

Kailapa Community Association Waimea DHHL Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Water
ʻO nā ʻāina hoʻopulapula ma Kawaihae, e laʻa ka māhele ʻāina ʻo Kailapa, ua puni ia i nā puʻu mauʻu maloʻo a me ke kai. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)

ʻO ke kumukūʻai a ka hui wai e kāki aku nei ma kēlā me kēia mahina, ʻoi aku ka nui o kona pipiʻi he pāono ma mua o ke kumukūʻai a ke Kalana o Ჹɲʻ, ka mea nāna e hoʻomaka ma Ua kāki ʻo Kohala Ranch he $8.58 kālā no kelā me kēia mau kālani he 1,000 i kēlā mahina aku nei, wahi a Bill Moore, ka hope pelekikena o ka hui, akā, ʻo ka helu kikoʻī, aia nō i ke ʻano o nā kumukūʻai i pili i ka hana lawelawe ʻana. 

Uku ke kanaka maʻamau ma Ჹɲʻ i $171.32 kālā no ka wai no ʻelua mau mahina, ʻo ia nō ka wā pila maʻamau, wahi a ko Ჹɲʻ Keʻena Kumu Wai. Nui nā kamaʻāina ma Kailapa nāna e uku nei i ke kālā he $300 a ʻoi i kēlā me kēia wā pila. 

Hoʻokonukonu ʻia ka helu uku a Kohala Ranch Water Co. e ko ka mokuʻāina Komikina Mikaō Lehulehu, a na ia helu e hōʻike leʻa i ke kumukūʻai maoli o ka hoʻolako wai ʻana i nā kānaka kūʻai, wahi a Moore a me DHHL. 

State Hawaii Department of Hawaiian Home Lands sign warning kapu water tank round structure Kailapa Community Association Waimea DHHL Department of Hawaiian Home Lands water storage
Makemake ʻo DHHL e hōʻalo i ka ʻāina a puni kekahi lua wai iā luna o kekahi puʻu ma Kailapa. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)

Hoʻonui ʻia naʻe ke kumukūʻai ma muli o ka pauma ʻana i ka wai a me ka uku ʻana i pili i ka ʻōnaepuni. 

Ma kinohi o kēia mahina nei, ua koi aku ʻo DHHL i nā kamaʻāina ma Kailapa e kāohi i ka hoʻohana wai ma hope o ka pani ʻia ʻana o ma muli o kekahi pilikia uila ma ka hale hoʻoholo pauma. 

Ua kāpae ʻia ka hoʻolaha kāohi wai ma hope o ka hala ʻana o ʻelua lā, wahi a Ჹɲʻ News Now. 

Hoʻopilikia kēia mau hihia wai i nā kānaka noho ʻāina hoʻopulapula a me ke kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa. Ua kāpae ka papa luna o ke Kailapa Community Association i nā mea kanu a puni ke kikowaena kaiāulu, no ka mea, ua pipiʻi loa ka mālama ʻana i ia mau mea kanu, wahi a Kanealiʻi. 

ʻO ka manaʻo o ka inoa ʻo Kawaihae, he wai i pili i ka hae ʻana, a ua kapa ʻia kēia ʻāina i ua inoa nei ma muli o kekahi hihia kahiko i pili i ke kiʻi wai ʻana ma kēia ʻāina maloʻo. 

Ua ʻimi pinepine ʻo DHHL i ka hoʻolako wai ʻana mai ke kalana mai no nā kānaka ma Kailapa, akā, ʻaʻole holo ka ʻōnaehana wai i laila. Kuhi ʻo Likeke Scheuer, he “mau miliona kālā” ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻolaulā ʻana i nā ala wai o ke kalana i kēlā ʻāina hoʻopulapula. 

Nā Hemahema Kūkulu Hale

Ua pilikia hoʻi ʻo DHHL i nā hihia wai i pili i ka ʻōnaehana wai o ke kalana ma ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hale hou. 

I 35 mile aku ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Kailapa, aia nā kamaʻāina ma Laʻi ʻŌpua Village 4, kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai kona māhele mua ma ka makahiki 2021, a loaʻa mai i ia mau kamaʻāina nā pila wai pipiʻi loa ma hope o ko lākou neʻe ʻana i laila, akā, ʻokoʻa ko lākou kumu, a ʻokoʻa ko Kawaihae kumu. 

ʻO kēia kauhale, he māhele ia o kekahi kaiāulu nui e laha aʻe ana ma nā ʻeka he 1,000, a ua pili ia kauhale me ko ke kalana ʻōnaehana wai, no laila, kāki ʻia nā kamaʻāina ma ka helu wai a ke kalana e koho aku ai. Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo maila kekahi o nā mea hoʻolimalima, ua pūʻiwa nō lākou i ka ʻike ʻana, no lākou kā ke kuleana no ka uku ʻana no ka hana wai ʻana ma kekahi māhele ʻāina nui, ka “wahi lehulehu,” a ʻaʻole nō paha lākou makemake i kēlā ʻāina. Manaʻo kekahi mau kānaka ʻē aʻe, pono ke uku ʻia ke kumukūʻai e ka hui kūkulu hale a i ʻole ʻo DHHL. 

“He hemahema ko ka hoʻolālā no ke kālai a me ka hoʻonaninani ʻāina ʻana, wahi a Craig “Bo” Kahui, ka luna hoʻokō o ka Laʻi ʻŌpua Community Development Corp. a he kamaʻāina no Village 3. 

DHHL Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Villages of La’i ‘Opua common area watering water common area dry
Ua pūʻiwa nā kamaʻāina ma ko DHHL Villages of Laʻi ʻŌpua i nā pila wai pipiʻi loa a me ko lākou koi ʻia ʻana e uku i ka hana wai ma kekahi wahi i kapa ʻia ʻo “ka wahi lehulehu.” (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)

ʻOkoʻa kēlā me kēia nui kālā i kāki ʻia i nā hale like ʻole. 

“ʻAʻole kūpono iki kēia pipiʻi o ka pila wai iā haʻi,” wahi a Laura Tina, he kamaʻāina no Village 4 i loaʻa ai nā pila e kāki ʻia ai ke kālā he $400 a ʻoi. 

Ma ma Mei, ua hōʻike leʻa ʻo Makai Freitas, ke Komikina Home Ჹɲʻ ma Ჹɲʻ Komohana, “ua ʻike nō ke keʻena i nā pila he $2,000 i kēlā me kēia mahina,” a ua kuhi ʻo ia i kekahi ʻōlelo hōʻike i pili i kekahi home kikoʻī ma ka puʻu, a “ke hoʻāʻo nei ia keʻena e hoʻoponopono i kēia hihia.” 

E like ʻole me nā papahana ʻē aʻe a DHHL, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea e hoʻolimalima ʻia ai ka ʻāina no $1 kālā no , koi ʻia naʻe nā kānaka ma Village 4 e hoʻolimalima i ko lākou ʻāina ponoʻī no , a laila, hiki iā lākou ke kūʻai mai i ia ʻāina ma hope. 

Koi ʻia nā kānaka mākaukau e loaʻa mai ke kālā he 30% a 60% o ka loaʻa makahiki kūwaena o kēlā ʻāina, a ua hoʻokaʻawale kikoʻī ʻia kekahi o nā hale no nā kānaka me ka loaʻa makahiki ma lalo o ia 30%, ʻo ia hoʻi, inā makemake kekahi ʻohana me ʻehā mau kānaka e noho ma laila, koi ʻia lākou e loaʻa mai ka loaʻa makahiki he a emi aku iā lākou. 

Ka ʻImi Haʻina ʻAna

He hoʻopūʻiwa ke kumukūʻai pipiʻi o ka wai, wahi a Doug Bigley, ke alakaʻi a me ka pelekikena o Ikaika ʻOhana, ka hui kūkulu hale kumukūʻai kūpono nāna e mālama nei iā Village 4. 

“ʻAʻole nui ko mākou noʻonoʻo ʻana, a pēlā pū me DHHL, no laila, ʻaʻole i mahuʻi ʻia ia kumukūʻai e ke kanaka nāna i koho i kekahi home,” wahi a Bigley. “ʻAʻole nō paha i noʻonoʻo ʻia e haʻi.” 

I kēlā makahiki aku nei, ua noi ʻo Kahui i kekahi hōʻoia i kēlā māhele ʻāina. Ua hōʻike ʻia, ua pilikia nā home he 61 i kēia hihia ma ke kauhale, e laʻa nā home he 17 iā luna o kekahi puʻu, wahi a Wes Mountz, ka luna hana o West Side Hawaii Irrigation and Landscape, ka mea nāna i hoʻoholo i ka hōʻoia. 

Ua hoʻēmi aku ʻo Ikaika ʻOhana i ka hoʻonaninani hale ʻana ma nā home noho puʻu he 17, a ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā ala kulu ma laila ma ke ʻano he hoʻoponopono kūikawā, wahi a Bigley. Ua emi nā pila wai o nā kamaʻāina he nui, akā, ʻaʻohe loli o nā home ʻē aʻe he 44 i nānā ʻia ma ka hōʻoia. Wahi a Likeke Scheuer, ke hana pū nei ʻo DHHL a me Ikaika ʻOhana no ke kāpae ʻana i nā wahi lehulehu ma ke kuleana o nā mea hoʻolimalima. 

“ʻAʻole au ʻike lihi i ke kumu o ko DHHL hoʻokoʻikoʻi ʻole ʻana i ka wai ma kinohi,” wahi a Kahui. 

Kailapa Community Association Pavilion Waimea DHHL Department of Hawaiian Home Lands water useage ocean pacific
Nanea nā kamaʻāina ma Kailapa i ka ʻikena i kai, akā, koi ʻia naʻe lākou e uku i nā kumukūʻai pipiʻi no ka inu wai ʻana. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)

Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo DHHL e hōʻoi i ka hoʻolako wai ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao Kona o Ჹɲʻ Mokupuni, e laʻa kekahi hoʻolālā no ke kūʻai ʻana i kekahi luawai i loaʻa i ke Kula ʻo Kamehameha. Eia naʻe, ua lohi loa ka holo ʻana o ia hana. 

“Loaʻa Ka ʻĀina, Loaʻa ʻOle Ka Wai”

Ma Molokaʻi, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā māhele ʻāina i kekahi mau Kānaka Maoli, akā, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana a neʻe i ua mau māhele ʻāina nei ma muli o ka nele ʻana i ka ōnaehana ʻole a me ka wai ʻole. e haku ana ʻo DHHL i kekahi hoʻolālā no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻāina no nā mea i hoʻokahu ʻia ma Nāʻiwa. 

“He minamina nō kēia, no ka mea, loaʻa ka ʻāina, akā, loaʻa ʻole ka wai,” wahi a Glenn Teves, he limahana kalana kaiāulu no Molokaʻi ma lalo o ke ma ke Kulanui o Ჹɲʻ, a he kanaka noho ʻāina hoʻopulapula ma Molokaʻi. 

Ma Novemapa i ka makahiki 2020, ua hoʻomaka aku ʻo DHHL i kekahi papahana hōʻoi he $35 miliona no , ka mea nāna e lawelawe nei i nā home he 500. , a ua hala nā makahiki he 12 ma mua o kona hoʻomaka ʻia ʻana. 

“He paʻakikī nō ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā mea i hoʻohiki ʻia ma ka Hawaiian Homes Commission Act,” wahi a Likeke Scheuer.

Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻOhana o Harry Nathaniel, Levani Lipton, ka ʻOhana Mar, a me Lisa Kleissner.

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