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News, updates, finds, stories, and tidbits from staff and community members at KAHEA. Got something to share? Email us at: kahea-alliance@hawaii.rr.com.
What is a Contested Case Hearing?
Due to our recent request for a contested case hearing in the decision to allow the Thirty-Meter Telescope to be developed on Mauna Kea, we’ve been having people ask us, “What the heck is a contested case anyway?” Here, Marti answers just that!
A worrisome list?
In the wake of tragic and fatal helicopter crash and fuel spill in Kaneohe Bay on Tuesday night, the Star-Advertiser put out a list of other island military crashes in today's paper.
How is fishing like aquaculture? Trick question. It’s not.
Does an industrial fish farm count as fishing? Apparently, NOAA says “yes.” To permit an experimental open ocean fish farm operation, NOAA is looking to grant a corporation (Kona Blue Water Farms on Hawai`i Island) a fishing permit and call its fish farm cages “a new, unlisted gear type.”
Legalize Pa'i 'Ai
Today, a new generation of cultural practitioners, farmers and entrepreneurs are working to change laws forbidding the sale of pai ‘ai--laws which say this sacred food is "unsafe for public consumption." Read an update on these efforts from Aunty Penny Levin.
Wai'anae Plan at the City Planning Commission
Mahalo nui to all those who came out to support a sustainable future for Wai'anae! Couldn't make it? Mai hopohopo (don't worry) there will be another public hearing in April, stay tuned for details!
From One State Worker to Another
Back in January, Governor Aberbrombie wrote a mass email to state workers, entitled "From One State Worker to Another." Lori Nordlum received this email as a legal secretary in the Attorney General's office. She wrote him back.
Music Video: "As One"
Check out this amazing music video--the music was written, composed, performed, filmed and edited by amazing and talented youth of the Kea'au Youth Business Center on Moku o Keawe (Big Island), Hawai'i!
