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Stand STRONG against DISGUSTING INAPPROPRIATE SALES & MISUSE OF LANDS that result in FAKE CPR AG LANDS, GENTLEMEN FARMS & DESECRATION DEVELOPMENT!

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Waialua, we know you have better things to do on a Monday night than sit through another meeting. So let’s make this one count! 🤙🏽

Months after the March Kona Lows, many of our Waialua and Haleʻiwa community members are still navigating recovery. Our communities stepped up when existing systems fell short, but there’s still work to be done.

This recovery gathering is an opportunity to come together, share what’s still needed, identify gaps, and begin organizing around community-led solutions.

No talking in circles. No starting from scratch. Just building on our relationships, lived realities, ʻike, and collective power already within our communities.

📅 Monday, October 19 | 6–8:30 PM
📍 Waialua High & Intermediate School Cafeteria
🔗 our-Hawaii.org/northshorerecovery

Bring your ʻohana, your manaʻo, and your experiences.

Recovery doesn’t end when the storm passes. Neither does our kuleana to one another. 🌈 taken in North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii by @haleiwaracquel

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Five months after the historic Kona Low floods, Waialua High & Intermediate School should have been fully repaired and ready to welcome students back. Instead, students and educators are returning to a campus where critical flood damage remains unaddressed.

WHIS was there for our community when we needed it most. It served as an emergency shelter as floodwaters surrounded the campus. Classrooms and the library were inundated. Athletic fields disappeared beneath water. Even the shelter itself ultimately had to be evacuated as conditions worsened. Through it all, school staff, first responders, and community volunteers stepped up with extraordinary courage and compassion.

Our students deserve the same commitment from the state DOE.

Natural disasters happen. Delayed recovery is a policy choice. Schools are not just places where children learn—they are essential community infrastructure, emergency shelters, and anchors of resilience. When repairs are not completed in time for the start of school, it sends the wrong message about our priorities.

Our Waialua students, educators, and families have already endured enough. They deserve safe, fully restored learning spaces—and they deserve answers about why these repairs were not completed before the first day of school. taken in Waialua High and Intermediate School by @haleiwaracquel

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WAIALUA, Hawaii (KHON2) — A controversial proposal to build a gondola on Oʻahu’s North Shore is officially off the table after Gov. Josh Green signed House Bill 1881 into law Friday.

The new law prohibits private passenger or cargo ropeways — including gondolas, cable cars, ski lifts and aerial tramways — from being built in Hawaiʻi.

The legislation was introduced by North Shore Representative Sean Quinlan in response to a proposal to build a gondola at Kaukonahua Ranch on the slopes of Mount Kaʻala. The project drew years of opposition from residents, Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners, environmental advocates and community organizations who argued it would damage the area’s cultural significance, natural landscape and agricultural character.

“The North Shore has been under siege for years,” North Shore Neighborhood Board Chair Racquel Achiu said. “We have developers at every turn eating up our ag lands… You can’t come in here and buy ag land assuming you’re going to be able to do whatever you want. You’ll be held to compliance and appropriate stewardship.”

We reached out to Kaukonahua Ranch for comment. A representative declined to comment at this time. taken in North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii by @haleiwaracquel

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“When you give someone your kuleana, you’ve shown them that your aloha has so much authenticity that you are taking the responsibility to provide to that person, place, or group, without hesitation.”

Mahalo to Raquel Achiu for delivering the message of aloha at the April full Council meeting. Her words reminded us of the aloha that carries our community through challenges and recovery. Raquel also spoke about the outpouring of support our community has felt during these difficult times and how aloha is reflected in what we do for one another. Her message is a reminder of the shared responsibility that keeps District 2 moving forward. Thank you for bringing a piece of the North Shore with you to the chambers with the beautiful @littleplumeriafarms lei. Photo credit @honolulucitycouncil by @haleiwaracquel

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Mauka to makai restore the wai ✊🏽💧

Hear from community leaders leading recovery efforts & learn how to best move together TONIGHT WED 4/15 @ 6PM

plug in ➡️ tinyurl.com/stormresponsecall
🔗 @ourhawaii808 bio by @haleiwaracquel

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