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by Ike Pono Hawaiʻi • 19 October 2026
Friends of Māhāʻulepū continues to challenge proposed housing developments on Kaua'i amid a severe housing shortage.
by Ike Pono Hawaiʻi • 15 September 2026
Amazon seeking a height variance for its proposed 2.8 million square feet, five-story warehouse in Kapolei. Next hearing is on November 18th.
by Ike Pono Hawaiʻi • 2 September 2026
Has Kali Watson earned another term? The State Senate has the final word.
by Ike Pono Hawaiʻi • 30 July 2026
DHHL wants to exempt geothermal drilling from environmental review across the entire pae ʻāina.
by Ike Pono Hawaiʻi • 22 July 2026
Then there is no honest excuse left to keep the recordings hidden from the people they belong to.
by Ike Pono Hawaiʻi • 8 July 2026
It is an election year, and Anne Lopez is sitting on recordings that could tell Hawaiʻi voters which lawmakers took the money and still won't release them.
by Ike Pono Hawaiʻi • 16 June 2026
DHHL Chair Kali Watson owes our ʻohana answers, not confusion.
by Ike Pono Hawaiʻi • 9 June 2026
DHHL's geothermal information meetings are this Friday, Saturday, and Monday on O'ahu.
by Ike Pono Hawai'i • 6 June 2026
A mainland-funded lawsuit aims to dismantle Hawaiian Home Lands — the 1921 promise of ʻāina to kānaka maoli — and Ike Pono Hawaiʻi will not stay silent.
by Ike Pono Hawaiʻi • 1 June 2026
While local families wait years for a place to live, a public servant turned the affordable housing system into a personal piggy bank.

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