MAUNA KEA – Hawaii County Police and the Thirty Meter Telescope have issued separate media releases regarding Thursday’s mass arrests on Mauna Kea.
The Mauna Kea Access Road has been blocked to TMT construction crews by a group of Mauna Kea “protectors” for about a week. Today, county police arrested twelve people, all of them from Hawaii Island. Big Island Video News filmed the incident which took place at the Mauna Kea Visitors Center.
“During the arrests, our officers practiced the Hawaiʻi Police Department’s core value of compassion,” said Assistant Chief Henry Tavares, who oversees police operations in East Hawaiʻi, in the media release.
Earlier in the week, police were in communication with protesters opposed to the telescope, informing them that they had the right to protest peacefully and asking for a peaceful resolution and cooperation in keeping the roadway open. At that time, police informed the protesters that anyone who blocked the public road leading to the construction site would have to be arrested.Hawaii County Police media release
Video captured on Tuesday shows one of those meetings between police and protectors.

The arrests began at approximately 8 a.m. Thursday and according to police, were still in progress at noon.
These individuals were taken to the Hilo police station for processing and then released after posting $250 bail:
Ronald Fujiyoshi, 75, of Hilo
Moanikeala Akaka, 70, of Hilo
Joseph Kanuha, 56, of Kailua-Kona
Eric Heaukulani, 38, of Kealakekua
Kelii Ioane Jr., 63, of Hilo
James Albertini, 68, of Kurtistown
Erin O’Donnell, 40, of Kamuela
Craig Neff, 56 ,of Pāpaʻikou
Gary Oamilda, 66, of Ocean View
Chase Kahookahi Kanuha, 26, of Kailua-Kona
Dannette Henrietta Godines, 45, of Hilo
Lambert Lavea, 27, of Mountain ViewHawaii County Police media release
“We regret that police action had to be taken to enable our legal access to the project site,” stated Thirty Meter Telescope Project Manager Gary Sanders, in a written statement.
TMT respects the rights of everyone to express their viewpoints. We also respect the laws of the State of Hawaii and the seven-year public process and authority that granted us permits to build the Thirty Meter Telescope in the Maunakea Science Reserve’s Astronomy Precinct. Like most people in the community we truly believe that science and culture can coexist on Maunakea as it has for the past 50-years along with other public uses.”
TMT Project Manager Gary Sanders
Police say additional enforcement was conducted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, which is responsible for enforcement on property owned by the state. Images broadcast over social media show numerous other arrests being conducted by DLNR, and the scene appeared to be more chaotic than what happened at the visitor center earlier in the day. Details are still coming in about the ongoing struggle on the mountain.


Here is a TRUE MESSAGE from the TRUE, LIVING, and LOVING GOD of all Heaven and earth.GOD’S HUMBLE KINGDOM OF ‘HA ‘WA ‘I ‘I and all of the remaining BIRTH’RIGHT NATIVE ‘HA ‘WA ‘I ‘I ‘a ‘na, (GOD’S people), are still (INNOCENT VICTIMS) of a “still ongoing” CRIME that was (with no conscience) COMMITTED by this (uncaring and disrespectful) heathen nation of america on JANUARY 17, 1893. america is (IN-DEED), a much (Bigger Country) who knows just how they can easily BULLY themselves over us, the much (smaller country), and (WITH NO CONSCIENCE) continue to BULLY us the way this heathen nation has for the PAST 122 years. THIS (UNLAWFUL) DATE: JANUARY 17th 1893, is america’s-Illegal-pass to continue re-developing (GOD’S HUMBLE KINGDOM OF HAWAII) into a (market-place & den of thieves). The ILLEGAL-PASS-1/17/1893. GOD’S TRUTH.
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! Under Satan’s Authority! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! Under Satan’s Ass! GOD’S TRUTH. GOD’S HUMBLE KINGDOM OF ‘HA ‘WA ‘I ‘I is still under the “UNLAWFUL-IMPRISONMENT” of america, because america came from Satan’s-ass-hole. america’s everyday (ACTIONS) of (UN-ACKNOWLEDGED INJUSTICE) speaks (LOUDER) than these WORD’S OF TRUTH that are being spoken right now. GOD’S POSTED TRUTH. america just does not care, like a TRUE BULLY who never ever cares about the smaller and weaker ones. BIG BULLIES are only concerned with BIG BULLIES. So now GOD WILL send HIS BULLY-ANGELS on you america, and give you DOUBLE for your TROUBLE.GOD’S (DOUBLE-TROUBLE) TRUTH. SE ‘LAH.
This is a larger-than-real-life event of the Forces of GOOD VS. evil. The injustice that GOD’S PEOPLE ISRAEL suffered at the hands of Pharaoh and the Egyptians of yore. Now today, here in HAWAII, we have a very similar situation where all of the BIRTH’RIGHT NATIVE ‘HA ‘WA ‘I ‘I ‘a ‘na, (GOD’S people) are still suffering the “evil injustice” that was brought upon their (Belated and Beloved Queen ‘LI ‘LI ‘U ‘O ‘KA ‘LA ‘NI) and their people on January 17th 1893. Anyone in their (right) mind knows for a TRUTH that if this little nation of HAWAII was at least “half” the “size” of this BIG-BULLY-america, then this BIG-BULLY-america would not have been able to accomplish the “EVILS” that america has been so easily getting away with since america committed the “UNLAWFUL-OVERTHROW & ILLEGAL-OCCUPATION” of (GOD’S HUMBLE KINGDOM OF HAWAII) on January 17th 1893. This is the TRUE MIND of a TRUE BULLY; a TRUE BULLY never stops, but “continues” to BRUTALLY BULLY the weak and helpless. This TRUE-BULLY will justify ITS BULLY-ACTIONS with BULLY-LAWS (FALSE-DOCTRINES) until (SOMEONE) much BIGGER than the TRUE BULLY comes by and says, “Get thee behind ME, u-dumb-s of Satan”
OBVIOUSLY, america is (IN-DEED) just feeding the CRIME of the “UNLAWFUL-OVERTHROW & ILLEGAL-OCCUPATION” of (GOD’S HUMBLE KINGDOM OF HAWAII). OBVIOUSLY, with this self-made-america, there is just NO-RIGHTING-THE-WRONG. america, you will never be RIGHT WITH GOD as long as you purposefully DEFY GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS by stubbornly carrying on with the “UNLAWFUL-OVERTHROW”. america, you must HEED GOD’S CALLING FOR JUSTICE and (return) to the remaining BIRTH’RIGHT NATIVE ‘HA ‘WA ‘I ‘I ‘a ‘na, (GOD’S people), their GOD-GIVEN-BIRTH’RIGHT-LANDS-OF-‘HA ‘WA ‘I ‘I. If you again (REFUSE) then GOD WILL NOT hear your cries when GOD sends HIS VENGEANCE upon you, america. GOD’S TRUTH, and MAY GOD HAVE MERCY. SE ‘LAH!
<(GOD'SHAWAII)>FATHER,SON,HOLY GHOST in ONE GOD. likened unto ><'HA 'WA 'I 'IHAWAII><(3-IN-1).
Folsom Lake, CA has been nearly depleted of it’s water from 2011 to 2015. This is very relevant to what is going on on Mauna a Wakea. Corporate Government exhausting our natural resources. What does our Mauna have that they want? What else is the world severely short on (besides patience) that every investor in TMT would pay dearly for? Without even following the money trail, you can figure it out the next time you try to buy some Helium balloons for your loved ones… And yes, I just put a target on my back. Bite Me.
Decoded Science little known facts about Helium:
2013 was a difficult year for helium production, and in which the situation almost reached a point of no return.
The reason for this was the feared shutdown of the Federal Helium Reserve; this is one of the main helium world producers.
The Federal Helium Reserve is located in Texas, and operated by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It supplies 30 % of the world and 42 % of the U.S. helium.
The Federal Helium Reserve shutdown was a consequence of the Helium Privatization Act, a law approved in 1996. At the time, there was less interest in helium production, as it was not considered essential for the defence industry anymore, and its technological importance was less relevant and understood.
According to this law, BLM was supposed to continue selling helium to pay off the debt accumulated over the years; once the debt was paid, the facility was supposed to shut down and stopping supplying the helium.
This shutdown was supposed to happen on the 7th of October 2013.
The situation, however, had changed dramatically since 1996, and these days helium is essential in many sectors. A lot of medical equipment, MRI and lasers for instance, require helium to keep parts of them at a very low temperature; helium is also used for electronic fabrication and aeronautics applications.
Many research laboratories of universities all over the world rely on helium to operate some of their instruments.
The shutdown of the Federal Helium Reserve, and the consequent substantial reduction in helium supply, would badly affect all these activities. Moreover, such reduction would cause an increase in the helium price, which would put even more strain on all these industries.
Luckily, in the end the catastrophe was avoided, as a last minute solution was found. The US government approved a bill on the 2nd of October 2013, the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013, which avoided the shutdown of the Federal Helium Reserve.
According to the law, BLM will have to auction the remaining 300 million m3 of helium from 2015 onwards; the auction should continue until two thirds of this quantity will be sold. The remaining helium will be used for federal purposes.
And now begins the Monopoly Game. Again.
You protestors are not the “real” people of these islands. Go back to Polynesia where your people came from and you subjugated the “real” people of these islands. Go home. USA has been okay to us, you are the unfair ones.
Islander, if these people are not the” Real” people of these islands as you said in your own words so who do you believe is ? USA has been okay to us ? Are you a native Hawaiian ? If so you must be a very ignorant one ? Do you not see what USA has Cause for these islands and its people ? The Hawaiian people get disrespected and thrown to the side to make way for foreigners who seem to have more rights to our aina then we do ! I am a native Hawaiian whose ancestors blood is in this ground on which I live ! This aina where my people even in their graves must be turning of the disrespect and desecration of something so pure and beautiful such as Mauna Kea ! If you love your USA so much so get off the aina and move to where you belong ! If these people who are protecting this sacred place are not real Hawaiians as this is what you Had said at least they have the respect and dignity to stand up and fight for something they believe in unlike the full of shit Hawaiians I see everyday who live oblivious to the fact that out islands are being Tolkien over by a bunch of NO CULTURE HAOLES !!!!
See how unfair and angry you are? You do not even acknowledge who the true peoples are of these islands. There is older blood here than your ancestors. Trace your roots to your true home. It is not here.
A true Hawaiian crying for Jesus Christ? I’m sorry but that concept came with the British missionaries. If this is all that serious to you & you feel you’ve been overrun…….you are both heretic & hypocrites for not praying to your own God & Goddesses. This is a case of…make up your mind WHAT you want. The” old” ways or the “new” ways. Ya can’t pick & choose those things that are convenient to you. You need to COMMIT. Blessed Be
The mauna Kea is a considered as sacred by the hawaiians.
Sacred because the summit of this white mountain is “the
zenith of the ancestral ties to creation”.
A place where humans can get in touch with the Mystical.
What better way do we have than looking at stars, study them to understand where we all come from?
This is the modern quest to try to answer the unknown…we have to evolve. At the same time, I understand the concern of hawaiians to see those buildings changing the appearance of the mountain.
‘Auwe! no ho’i! Unless you’re talking about the Menehune magicians, the “real” people of these islands are still from Polynesia (which is a really friggin big area that almost touches the shores of eastern, northern, western and southern continents). This is why it is soooo important to learn your Mo’o ku auhau – your family lineage/genealogy. So many migrated here from Tahiti – Samoa with such a large time gap in between. I can only trace my lineage back to the 5th century, before the arrival of Pa’ao. Back to the time of Chief Umi a liloa. Trust me…we were already here. Perhaps we should continue this discussion in Hawaiiana on a different mood and thread. Mahalo for letting me share my mana’o.
Ok……another heretic & hypocrite. You spout this “Jesus help me” . You are talking to the wrong people….every damned one of you wearing CROSSES on the mountain a both heretic & hypocrite.If you think you been so robbed you need to go talk to the people who did it. Brush up on your history….you were taken over, with the ok of your Royalty…BY BRITAIN. THEY are the ones & the christian missionaries that corrupted these islands. They are why your Gods & Goddesses were made Kapu & your own religion abolished. Sometimes I wish we’d have just let the Japs take you in ’41. You say if we weren’t here it wouldn’t have happened & you’re absolutely correct! It would have been a blood bath. They’d have invaded the islands & systematically killed every one they found. WWII Japan was not into taking prisoners back then. They’d have just killed you off & Hawaii would be Japanese. You wouldn’t have found it as cushy as you think.
You’re joking right… I wanna give you a piece of my mind islander, but I can tell that it would be such a waste of time
I love the underlying racism of your comments. Americans have a unique flavor to it.
Choose? You wanna talk about christians mixing paganism in? We could go on forever on that. You just mixed it all in. Talk about hypocrisy.
You wish you left us 41 years ago? Do it, NOW, I dare you. See us shaking in our pants? LOL. It would not have been a bloodbath then and it wonʻt be now. They only attacked U.S. installations.
And your faith? Where was YOUR God on 911? Must be He/She meant that to happen right? So why all the revenge? Why donʻt YOU believe in your own Godʻs will? Answer please, little ignoramus Kristi.
Racists always put demands on us that they themselves have problems with back home. Bring on the racism and hypocrisy, I LOVE it.
Know the history of the USA. This will explain much of what’s going on:
USAvsUS.info
what exactly are they creating in mauna kea? what project is this? roads? new buildings? what?
We are all those people of these islands who came before us you and I are Ohana if you are truly who you say. I remember the day the children returned from the south and so much had happened and all will be resolved. Until then please understand the kuleana of this generation regardless of their many different lines the koko is cast let it shine for protection of the Wai Ola and and all things considered is of paramount importance at this time our home this planet we live on is being ignored by too many for all the wrong reasons. Let us not bicker about who was here and who is here. Acknowledge the faith and sacrifice of all those who support truth, spiritual and environmental protection and sanctity here and now from here and everywhere. The sleeper is awake and nothing can put it to sleep at this point. Better to do what is right for now and future generations. Let us cooperate for the common good. So that we can survive without obliterating all that is sacred and I say necessary for everyone and everything concerned
A drilling project masked by a really big telescope?
C’mon now, let’s be honest; this was never about a damn telescope, right? This has been and always will be about natural resources. Folsom Lake, CA has been nearly depleted of its water from 2011 to 2015. This is very relevant to what is going on on Mauna a Wakea. Corporate Government exhausting our natural resources. What does our Mauna have that they want? What else is the world severely short on (besides patience) that every investor in TMT would pay dearly for? Without even following the money trail, you can figure it out the next time you try to buy some Helium balloons for your loved ones.
Articles from UH’s Office of Mauna Kea Management show 2004 reports for rapid helium isotopic variability in Mauna Kea shield lavas from the Hawaiian Scientific Drilling Project. They know it’s there. Articles from Decoded Science shows helium productions in 2013 being difficult to the point of no return; of the Federal Helium Reserve that’s located in Texas and operated by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), of how they supply 30 % of the world and 42 % of the U.S. helium, of the Helium Privatization Act of 1996 that would allow BLM to continue selling helium to pay off the debt accumulated over the years and will wind up controlling the price set for said resources, of how these days helium is essential in many sectors such as medicine, electronic fabrication (superconductors), aeronautics, and (my personal favorite) the military. It cannot by synthesized. Some countries are considering drilling the moon for it. But wait…why not spend a fraction of the cost, say $1.4 billion dollars, and drill closer to home. Can you say fumarole, boys and girls?
ignorant. u sked wen you walk thru these islands.
cuz islander iz one joke. i like see him protest his views up mauna kea
check yo self b4 you wreck yo self dis boto in ya waha iz bad fo your health.
Why are we even talking to these haoles, they all ran away from there birth place or where there family come from.
thats 4 real
So what is this Scripture saying:
Rom 13:1 Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but of God; THE AUTHORITIES THAT EXIST ARE ORDAINED BY GOD.
Rom 13:2 SO THAT THE ONE RESISTING THE AUTHORITY RESISTS THE ORDINANCE OF GOD; and the ones who resist will receive judgment to themselves.
Do you want us to call the wambulance?
You’re an American too
U probally don’t even no were u come from so u better watch what u saying before it comes out of your mouth little kid k?
The vile words of hateful bigotry have no place here or any where.
Solar furnace . Parabolic
You’re so dumb 😂😂 “go back to Polynesia where your people came from” ? Umm , Hawaii is a Polynesian island. Subjugated ? Real ? Were the unfair ones ? ‘A’ole pilikia . we have been giving to people . we always have been giving . but when you want to take aloha from us . when you want to abuse and take advantage of our givingness , that is where we stand for our land and protect what is ours . I think you should change your name . “islander” ? If you really were , you’d understand where we are coming from . ha . I’m only 13 years old . but within thirteen years of my life , the sacredness of aloha keeps me alive . Hawaii is a beautiful place . don’t abuse it into something that wasn’t needed previously in life . we have spent millions of years without having the use of a telescope .. What makes you think now we need it ? Hawaiians were fine without haoles . we were a remote island . we did things naturally and correctly . then they come to our land . we were giving . still til this day we are giving . and that’s the beauty of it , even through the many unpredictable mistakes haoles have done to us , we were still giving . we sacrificed enough . and right now , all we ask is for this to be done with . #tmtshutdown
The older blood from here are the very first Hawaiians . I know this . I’m in 8th grade Hawaiian studies & it explains everything of how Hawaii was started towards being its own independent remote island . hawaiians found this . hawaiians lived here . hawaiians were raised here . therefore , hawaiians are the true people of Hawaii . we kept Hawaii beautiful . we kept Hawaii , Hawaii ! We own this . not the people who come here to slowly break us down . please , check yourself . you honestly don’t get it .
I encourage you to speak proper .
When you see a fireman and a ambluance come to your aid remember you are an American we help everyone please pray for your troops fighting so you caN ENJOY YOU STATE
the name islander may very well be appropriate. This shill is allowing us to believe it is from here. In reality, Alcatraz is also an island. Or perhaps it could be referring to Rhode island. The fact that it is not an island may explain much about this thread. Mahalo for sharing your mana’o with us. I am so proud of our na keiki ame na mo’opuna who take up the ‘standard’ and raise it even higher. Much love to you.
We have shared much of our mana’o with you quid pro quo. I’m certain that we’ve also saved you the time and hard work of researching it for yourself. Feel free to learn and perpetuate it as if it were your own. The ‘ike needs to go viral by whatever means necessary. Yet, it seems blatantly discourteous that you aren’t forthcoming and reciprocal in your research, data, or references. The lack of such leaves an intentional silence that is deafening. We’ve done all we can in teaching you how to be a human being, how to use common sense, how to find other options for if you aren’t part of the solution, then you..are part.. of the problem. Ku a hele! Ku hele pela!
‘E ho’omaika’i keia e Juju! There is no need to waste your mana on this e’epa. Save it for the real fight for your brothers and sisters need you now more than ever. Whether it be physically on the Mauna, or spiritually through ‘oli, save it for them. Save it for Na ‘Iwi, for Na Kupuna. I am so proud of you for ku pa’a. Mahalo for sharing your mana and mana’o. Much love to you.
Aloha kakou e Kahealani! Release the aka cord of this e ‘epa so it can return to the one that sent it. There is no need to waste your mana on the shill. The world is watching and many who are without a people will thrive in the nest of pilikia that they create here. We are and always will be a proud indigenous people, and we will survive as we always have. Aunty can only trace her lineage back to the 5th century in these islands, but ‘a ‘ole pilikia! I have at least another 50 years to find my line back to the Kanaka. Still, even now I KNOW Who I Am. Hold on to your Mo’o ku auhau. Mae po’ina Who you are and Where you are in this moment. Should you find courage, it will be because you have Faith in the teachings of Our Ancestors. Everything you need you already have inside of you. Mahalo for sharing your mana’o. Much love to you.
I would think that after so much violence (civil wars and riots, global unrest) and injustices, human beings would start behaving as if we had a soul, a conscience, common sense or even compassion based upon life experiences in hardship. Perhaps some were blessed and never needed help or understanding. How fortunate, indeed. In this day and age, things are spiraling out of control and before you know it? The other shoe falls: depleted natural resources such as life sustaining water, depleted ores, minerals, etc that the world of consumers depend on to maintain the current quality of life, medicine becomes a commodity that only the filthy rich can afford, and the hits just keep on comin’. Na Keiki ame Na Mo’opuna o Hawai’i know that this time is already upon us. They put themselves in harm’s way in order to protect what few resources we have left…for us and the next generations to follow. They fight for life while enduring peer pressure, ridicule and global humiliation from a world that doesn’t always have a first-hand experience in such matters. A world that may not always be made up of miners or drillers, loggers or excavators, that may not be of the ones on the front line who witness the horror of what we are doing to our planet. The cartoon analogy would be that of Noah’s Ark adrift in an endless sea, swung over the side by a rope is his son who is trying to carefully dislodge planks from the hull so Noah can use it to build something he thinks he needs in order to survive. TMT proposes to build what will become the 13th telescope on Mauna aWakea directly over our aquifers. TMT’s brilliant astronomers may have considered relocating the project to one of the other 12 obsolete sites which could save their sponsoring countries millions while saving one of our main natural resources. We pray that they do believe that environment is more important than economy disguised as science. Water is life. And if that isn’t worth getting passionate about, I’m at a loss as to what is. Mahalo for letting me share my mana’o.
Modernity & Antiquity in balance is the longest fight to date.
Half of what you learn in school is bullshit. Don’t be blind. Why don’t you tell me the story of Thanksgiving and how your teachers tell you it was a peaceful dinner. It was genocide.
And I’m not saying your right or wrong. Just a terrible point to try and prove. School tells you what you want to hear and what doesn’t offend people
Polynesians are the REAL people of the island. They were the ones who first discovered the Hawaiian Islands and were the first people to live there. Learn your facts before accusing and assuming please.
Who are you? not judging just correcting…But Hawaiians are from Polynesia originally, so…
O kay everyone has their own opinion, but you should refrain from such arguments on this website it is not even worthy it. Instead of calling someone “stupid” and “dumb to not evolve” you should see the side of the protestors/protectors, in their eyes its as if you are tearing down the Vatican. And for people who are for that okay. But put your time in to helping or doing nothing instead of trolling the comment section.
-Sincerely a person who is only 15
The missionaries were from New England. Their church apologized for their part in the overthrow of the nation of Hawai’i.
this is probably diver dave, the conservative racist who posts hillbilly logic on the HTH.
Hawaii was a country long before America was you ignorant hillbilly.
Can someone please explain to me how putting a telescope on Mauna Kea will “destroy” Mauna Kea?
There are no environmental consequences. The mountain is so high up there is
basically no rain, that’s why the TMT will be up there in the first
place, and as for flora and fauna, well, I’ve heard the summit of the
mountain described as ‘barren as the surface of the Moon’.
Furthermore, the TMT will pay 1 MILLION DOLLARS in rent annually, and most of that
money will go towards the ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION OF MAUNA KEA).
As for cultural objections, I don’t see the problem researching the
beginning and fate of the universe, stars and planets like our own and
other topics of astronomy and cosmology on Muana Kea when Mauna Kea is
considered a place of origins and is important to Hawaiian cosmology. It
seems to be complementary “A sacred science on a sacred mountain”.
Also,
if you say that the TMT will be ‘building over the graves of
ancestors’, please show me a map showing all the ancient burial places
on Mauna Kea alongside the planned location for the TMT.
In order that Hawaiian astronomy and
cosmology can benefit from the telescope, at least 15% of the research
time on the TMT should be reserved for Hawaiian universities. In
addition, the data from the telescope should be made publicly available
so that ordinary Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians can benefit from the TMT.
In addition, the astronomers who do research at the TMT should simplify
and explain their results to the public, so we can all learn about our
place in the universe.
I signed a petition to support the TMT and I
see no reason to protest against it. It is a benefit to Hawaii and the
world and needs to be built. If I lived in Hawaii I would be protesting
against the protestors. There is no reason not to build the TMT.
Here is the petition, if you want to save the TMT:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/wesupporttmt.html