STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1174-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 79
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
H.C.R. No. 79 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO ACQUIRE KAWAEWAE HEIAU IN
     KANEOHE, OAHU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the Department
of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to acquire Kawaewae Heiau.

     The Queen Emma Hawaiian Civic Club, Charles Ogata (a
caretaker of the heiau), and City Councilmember Steve Holmes
testified in support of this resolution.

     The DLNR supports this resolution, but is pessimistic that
an optimistic report will be provided to the legislature prior to
the Regular Session of 2001.

     Your Committee finds that Kawaewae Heiau is a luakini heiau,
the largest and most elaborately built type of heiau, measuring
260 feet by 118 feet.  The heiau was constructed during the
twelfth century and has been in the process of restoration by
various individuals and organizations since 1988.  The location
of Kawaewae Heiau and its surrounding area was archaeologically
surveyed by the Bishop Museum in 1989, revealing several
historically significant sites.


 
 
 
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     The heiau sits on property owned by Hawaiian Memorial Park,
who is interested in exchanging the property for land that is
owned by the State Department of Transportation.

     Your Committee revised this resolution by including language
asking the DLNR to pursue placing Kawaewae Heiau on the state
Historic Register. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No.
79, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No.
79, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water and Land
                                   Use,



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                                   ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair