As I reported yesterday evening, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corp. was unable to secure a temporary restraining order to halt construction of Joe Brescia’s house atop some 30 burials at Naue.
However, the NHLC also has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of Jeff Chandler, a fisherman whose family goes way back in [...]

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Native Hawaiian protesters on the beach clashed with construction workers yesterday after a tense day at a home site at Naue Point where at least 30 bodies are buried.
No one was arrested or injured, but both the protesters and the construction workers filed complaints with the police, who arrived at about 1 p.m.
The site, where [...]

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John Wehrheim struggled for years with what to do with the pictures.
His collection of photos are both deeply personal and emblematic of an era. They document a time and place on Kaua’i that some reviled, some adored and many knew only as a punchline to local jokes or a codeword for a 1970s phenomenon: Taylor [...]

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After seven years of trying to build a home on the North Shore, landowner Joseph Brescia recently announced, in a statement released June 24 by his attorney, he would consider offers for his property in Ha‘ena.
“I am not wealthy enough to abandon as a charitable donation the more than a million dollars of my family [...]

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About 75 protesters were prepared to stop construction, but they didn’t need to. The Kauai chief of police stopped it himself, citing a Hawaii law protecting Hawaiian remains or iwi.
“The construction will not begin until section 711-1107 is addressed and that section deals with desecration,” said chief Perry.
He threatened to arrest contruction crews if [...]

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Ed Conrad of Waimea was the overall winner of the 8 Mile Run with a time of 45:56, at this past weekend’s Annual Ha‘ena to Hanalei 8 Mile Run/Walk, 5K Run and 1 Mile Youth Run.
Before dawn, Saturday morning, the pier area at Hanalei was filled with runners and walkers of all ages preparing themselves [...]

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