Blog
News, updates, finds, stories, and tidbits from staff and community members at KAHEA. Got something to share? Email us at: kahea-alliance@hawaii.rr.com.
News article on the upcoming TMT Case
Summary of some of the arguments presented by Community petitioners in opposition to the TMT, and UH in support of the TMT.
It Ain't No Brief "Brief"
The Mauna Kea hui filed their opening brief on Tuesday in the contested case against the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
Money Well Spent? We think not.
$100 million spent on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) design, development, six-figure salaries, and the “shifting of mindsets” and “creat[ing] positive enthusiasm” for the TMT. The proposed TMT would be the largest telescope on Mauna Kea by far and the latest in a long line of the University of Hawai`i’s affronts to Native Hawaiian rights.
Bulldozers Stopped! For Now.
On February 25, 2011, the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) voted to “conditionally approve” the construction permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea. This means no bulldozers, until the appeal (also known as a “contested case”) filed by the Mauna Kea hui is completed.
We are going there to listen.
Journalist Tiffany Hervey reflects on her journey to the summit of Mauna Kea for winter solstice ceremonies.
8 Acres? 18 Stories? TMT? A'ole.
The TMT Corporation and the University of Hawai'i Board of Regents are proposing a massive new telescope for Mauna Kea, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). Learn more about this proposed development.
Mauna Kea Community Meeting
Please join us for a community meeting and discussion on the future of this wahi pana, on Feb 7 at the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies.
