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Ola i ka wai: OHA hails water’s return to Maui Streams

MAUI (October 13, 2014) – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Earthjustice, on behalf of community groups Hui o Nā Wai ‘Ehā and Maui Tomorrow Foundation, today celebrated the return of millions of gallons a water to ‘Ῑao Stream (traditionally Wailuku River) and Waikapū Stream in Central Maui after more than a century of diversions that had drained the streams dry. “From our perspective, this is an uplifting moment and a great example of the Hawaiian community and others working together to do the right thing for Nā Wai ‘Ehā streams and all that they nurture," said Kamana‘opono Crabbe,  the…