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Kanuha Found Not Guilty Of Obstruction on Mauna Kea
Posted by Big Island Video News: None Given on January 9th, 2016
Big Island Video News: Kaho`okahi Kanuha was found not guilty by Judge Barbare Takase at the Third-Circuit District Court in Waimea.
Kanuha was charged with obstructing Thirty Meter Telescope crews on the Mauna Kea Access Road on June 24, 2015. He was one of 12 arrested on the mountain that day. Kanuha was a leader in the effort to block construction of the TMT which was granted the right to proceed with the project by the state. The $1.4 billion observatory was set to be located on the northern plateau of the Mauna...
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Gov Signs New Mauna Kea Rules, Talk Of National Guard
Posted by Big Island Video News: None Given on July 16th, 2015
Big Island Video News: Governor David Ige signed new rules for Mauna Kea on Tuesday. The rules were approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources after a long public hearing on Friday, July 10th. The rules were supported by the University of Hawaii, state law enforcement and astronomers. However, a greater number of testifiers opposed the rules. Many are opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope who stand in support of efforts to block the construction of the $1.4 billion observatory on the summit of the mountain....
Hawaii Supreme Court Grants Transfer TMT Court Case
Posted by Big Island Video News: None Given on June 6th, 2015
Big Island Video News: On Friday, the Hawaii Supreme Court ordered the Thirty Meter Telescope court case be transferred from the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) to their review, and opponents of the $1.4 billion observatory planned for Mauna Kea called the announcement "good news".
The Mauna Kea Hui is challenging the state Board of Land and Natural Resources’ decision to grant a conservation district use permit (CDUP) to the University of Hawai?i at Hilo for construction of the TMT. The state Third Circuit affirmed...
Mauna Kea War Crime Complaint Filed Canada
Posted by Big Island Video News: None Given on May 15th, 2015
Big Island Video News: A war crimes complaint was filed on Wednesday in Canada in connection with the planned Thirty Meter Telescope project on Mauna Kea.
The Hawaiian Kingdom blog reported that Kaho‘okahi Kanuha, a spokesperson for the Ku Kia`i Mauna movement that is blocking TMT from the summit of the sacred mountain, hand delivered the complaint, which was drafted by his attorney Dexter Kai`ama. Kanuha was accompanied by Dr. Keanu Sai, who drafted a detailed War Crimes Report at the request of Kai`ama.
According...