STATE OF HAWAII - COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | KE KAHUWAI PONO
AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | September 19, 2023 | 9:00 a.m.
Water rights have been an ongoing struggle for the Native Hawaiian community, particularly for taro farmers whose ancestral loʻi have been crippled by over a century of diverted streams. The wildfire has intensified the debate. Gov. Josh Green has called on the state Supreme Court to relax stream flow limits in Maui, potentially rolling back measures that preserve the water for traditional uses like taro and other subsistence farming.
In this rereleased 1977 episode of Pau Hana Years, PBS Hawaiʻi journeys through East Maui to tour the vibrant taro community of Keʻanae and Wailua, who have spent decades fighting for access to streams that have been diverted by plantations. Here, we meet the farmers working to keep their ancestral foodways alive.
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Taro Farmers in Keʻanae and Wailua on Maui
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