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OHA lawsuit seeks repeal of the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority

HONOLULU (Jan. 22, 2024) – On Jan. 17, 2024, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) filed a Circuit Court lawsuit challenging the legality and constitutionality of Act 255 which established the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority (Authority). Act 255 was passed by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and signed into law by then-Governor David Ige in 2022. Act 255 charged the Authority with being the principal state agency with responsibility for managing the Mauna Kea lands, which are part of the ceded lands trust. By establishing the Authority, Act 255 creates a new trustee entity, releasing the State from all…

OHA files lawsuit against state for mismanagement of Mauna Kea

HONOLULU (Nov. 8, 2017) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) filed a lawsuit yesterday in First Circuit Court against the State of Hawaiʻi and the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) for their longstanding and well-documented mismanagement of Mauna Kea. OHA’s complaint requests the court to order the state to fulfill its trust obligations relating to Mauna Kea and to terminate UH’s general lease for the mountain for breach of the lease’s terms. “The state and UH have failed to properly mālama Mauna Kea and have demonstrated their inability to ensure that the environmental and cultural significance of the mountain is…