STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3040

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 2
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred S.C.R. No. 2 entitled:

     "SENATE 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 measure is to request that the
Department of Land and Natural Resources acquire Kawaewae Heiau
through purchase or land exchange.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that Kawaewae Heiau is famous for its
part in the legendary escapades of Kamapuaa, the pig god.  The
Kawaewae Heiau is a luakini type heiau, the largest and most
elaborately built type of heiau, which was constructed during the
twelfth century for Chief Olopana of the Koolau Poko districts of
Kaneohe and Kailua.  The heiau is approximately 260 feet in
length and 118 feet in width, with walls that are more than six
feet thick, varying in height from four feet to nearly ten feet.

     Your Committee also finds that this registered historic site
has been in the process of restoration since 1988, by various
individuals and organizations, including the Queen Emma Hawaiian
Civic Club, City Councilman Steve Holmes, the Moanalua Gardens
Foundation, Windward Lions Clubs, Boy Scout Troops, Nanakuli

 
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Intermediate School students, Sierra Club, the Y.E.S. group,
Kamehameha Schools students, Farrington High School students, the
Hawaii Nature Center, and the Department of Land and Natural
Resources' Youth Conservation Corps.

     Your Committee further finds that the location of Kawaewae
Heiau and its surrounding area was archaeologically surveyed by
the Bishop Museum Anthropology Department in June, 1989 (Project
No. 430, Manuscript 061689), revealing several historically
significant sites.  The Museum's survey report also recommended
that due to heavy overgrowth and the existence of possible hidden
sites, further detailed surveys should be conducted in the
future.

     Your Committee believes that such a historically and
culturally significant site should be controlled and maintained
by the State to ensure its existence in perpetuity for future
generations to study and appreciate.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and
purpose of S.C.R. No. 2, and recommends that it be referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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