Ha'ikū Fire Station land entitlements and disputed title
Maui County
Summary
Maui County wants to build a new Ha'ikū fire station on 6.1 acres it bought in 2007, but testifier Kane Alii Williams argues the land was never validly ceded and remains subject to Royal Patent 383, and has threatened a lawsuit. The committee moved the bills forward anyway, attaching a subsistence-farming condition for the remaining ag land as a compromise.
At a glance
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Last discussed Aug 24, 2026.
Impact analysis
Building the station is projected at roughly $18 million or more, and a title lawsuit could add costs and delays that fall on taxpayers.
Ha'ikū and East Maui residents get a modern, hurricane-resistant fire station they've waited decades for, plus community subsistence farming on leftover ag land.
Native Hawaiian families asserting ancestral claims to the Kuiaha lands say the project extinguishes their rights and invites litigation.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Housing and Land Use Committee (2025-2027) — August 24, 2026
Maui County wants to build a new Ha'ikū fire station on 6.1 acres it bought in 2007, but testifier Kane Alii Williams argues the land was never validly ceded and remains subject to Royal Patent 383, and has threatened a lawsuit. The committee moved the bills forward anyway, attaching a subsistence-farming condition for the remaining ag land as a compromise.
Housing and Land Use Committee (2025-2027) — August 10, 2026
Three bills would clear the way for a new fire station on about 6.1 acres of a 27.9-acre County-owned parcel in Ha'ikū. The rest of the parcel stays agricultural, and members explored whether native tenant farming could happen there.
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