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Agriculture

7 Jan 2026

BOARD TALK: Groups Appeal Land Board Decisions To Deny Contested Case, Grant Water Permit

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Board Talk, January 2026, Water | 0

Here we go again. On October 29, Environmental Court Judge Lisa W. Cataldo’s issued an opinion in the Sierra Club of Hawai‘i’s appeal of a 2022 Land Board decision to grant revocable permits to Alexander & Baldwin and East Maui … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 Nov 2025

A Vacation Rental on Kona Ag Land Operates With No Permit for Years

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, November 2025 | 1

At a hearing of the Hawaiʻi County Board of Appeals last August, neighbors of a 10,000-square-foot house in the state Agricultural Land Use District challenged the decision of the planning director dismissing their complaints that the fellow who managed the … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Nov 2025

Editorial: Hawaiʻi County Policy on TVRs in Ag District: It’s a Mess

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, November 2025 | 1

What, exactly, is going on in Hawaiʻi County? Its own laws and rules specifically forbid the operation of vacation rentals on properties that lie within the state Agricultural District. It passed an ordinance in 2018 that limits these uses to … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Nov 2025

How Hawaiʻi County Comes Up With So Many Non-Conforming Lots

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, November 2025 | 1

Here’s a puzzle. A large house on a five-acre lot in the state Agricultural District is rented out to tourists for more than $700 a night, according to a recent listing on the VRBO website. Inside, near the kitchen door, … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Nov 2025

New & Noteworthy: Kauaʻi Water Decision, DBCP Lawsuit, and a Correction

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, New & Noteworthy, November 2025, Pesticides, Water | 0

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Patricia Tummons, Teresa Dawson
1 Nov 2025

Honolulu Wins Summary Judgment In Case of SMA Permit at Marconi

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, November 2025 | 0

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Teresa Dawson
2 Oct 2025

Hawaiʻi County Presses ICA To Allow Vacation Rentals on Ag Land

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, October 2025 | 1

More than a year ago – September 2024 – the state Supreme Court issued a ruling on the question of whether short-term vacation rentals are allowed on land in the state Agricultural District. The answer was a resounding no. The … Continued

Patricia Tummons
2 Oct 2025

Board of Agriculture Adopts Interim Rule To Protect Molokaʻi from Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Invasives, October 2025 | 0

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4 Sep 2025

New & Noteworthy: Court Rebukes BLNR, A Re-Do for CWRM

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, New & Noteworthy, September 2025, Water | 0

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4 Sep 2025

Judge Seeks Briefings on Automatic Approval, SMA Appeal Process in Marconi Point Case

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, September 2025 | 0

Should the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting’s delay in acting on an agricultural subdivision permit for lands result in an automatic approval? And is there a process by which a landowner can appeal a determination by the DPP that … Continued

Teresa Dawson

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In This Issue

  • January 2026 PDF January 8, 2026
  • BOARD TALK: Groups Appeal Land Board Decisions To Deny Contested Case, Grant Water Permit January 7, 2026
  • BOARD TALK, Continued: Lāʻie Sandbag Fine, Maui Land Acquisition January 7, 2026
  • New & Noteworthy: Marine Mammal Strandings; A Seawall Fine Is Upheld January 7, 2026
  • As Haleakalā Trail Injunction Takes Effect, DLNR Pleads to Maintain Vehicular Access January 7, 2026
  • Water Commission Gets Dire Report on Diminishing Flows in Nā Wai ʻEhā January 7, 2026

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