MAUNA KEA – As the Merrie Monarch Festival week comes to a close, the encampment of the Mauna Kea Hui at Hale Pohaku grows.
On Sunday, hundreds of supporters of the ongoing Thirty Meter Telescope blockade came and went, and many were prepared for an overnight stay. A complex of tents is now situated by the crosswalk where 12 were arrested on April 2 for obstructing TMT from using the Mauna Kea Access Road (31 were arrested in total that day). A traditional Hawaiian hale is even being constructed at the site. And there is more than enough food to go around, we’re told.
While we were there on Sunday afternoon, a cash delivery was made: donations from a few Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees. The Mauna Kea Hui is waiting to see how – if at all – OHA might lend support.
Meanwhile, TMT and its supporters have launched a new website that they say “can be used for fact checking any misinformation that is being proliferated via social media.” The site is located at MaunakeAandTMT.org and we are told content will be added to the site continually.
There is currently a moratorium on construction of the TMT until April 20th, government officials say.
https://www.change.org/p/governor-david-y-ige-stop-tmt-construction-and-arrests-of-mauna-kea-protectors
Unreal! First of all, all our bodies are considered a temple and we must nourish it with healthy foods. I noticed that they are all eating GMO food, except the poi however. We all must fight against MONSATAN rather than astronomy/science. MONSATAN is in fact poisoning the aina, our beloved keiki, etc. In fact, we should all keep an open mind that this telescope would embrace the past on how our Kupuna navigated through the stars. By all means, our last reigning King, David Kalakaua embraced and acknowledged astronomy and telescopes. He hoped for Hawaii to one day have this type of technology in our aina. This issue has gotten way too far, especially in the media. There are more political issues that we all need to fight for, and TMT is not one of them. The assessment they have conducted proved that iwi, shrines, the water supply, and endangered plants/animals will have NO effect from TMT. Mahalo
Spot on. These protesters have gone beyond absurd. You would think they would protest some of really poor decisions being made on Oahu.
Here is the deal, wether you like to hear it or not; Hawaiians are constantly under siege. I am talking all out cultural genenocide. keep in mind it was only in 1979 that the Religious Freedoms Act was passed allowing religious freedom to Hawaiians. Just because there are laws in place does not mean they are enforced. The very ‘State’ mandated to protect sacred sites DOES NOT DO SO. People write that Hawaiians should “protest something that matters.” Hawaiians protest Monsanto, and just about very other abomination happening here on their homelands. The issue is; THEY HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD. You do not even hear they are Protectors nor protesters. Hawaiians (and Hawaiians at heart) have come together and made a stand as one people. People making uninformed statements about Hawaiians and Hawaiian culture do not understand the concerns, or struggles nor for that matter do they really care. I for one do not wish to live in a world where Hawaiians and Hawaiian values are not welcome and celebrated! With aloha…
So now the desecraters are illegally building structures on the “sacred” mountain. Nothing but racist hypocrites.
Like it or not, Hawaii is a State and you have elected officials to hold accountable for your grievances. Protest their offices, city hall meetings or even their neighborhoods to make your point. The victim card only plays so well for so long.
Protect Oahu before Mauna Kea. There isn’t enough space here to post links to all the bad projects approved on Oahu.
…the “Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees” need to give some of those “funds” to the Hawaiians that are starving and camping on the beaches…