Press Releases

KAHEA's statement on the Land Board's approval of the TMT permit

Sep 28, 2017

KAHEA's statement on the Land Board's approval of the TMT permit

Hawai`i Supreme Court to hear Mauna Kea TMT permit case

Jun 05, 2015

The Mauna Kea Hui transfers the TMT case to the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court!

Hearings Officer Recommends Further Desecration of Mauna Kea

Dec 08, 2012

Hilo, Hawai'i

After more than 13 months, on November 30, 2012, hearings officer Paul Aoki has finally released his report recommending that the Board of Land and Natural Resources affirm its decision to grant the University of Hawai'i a conservation district use permit to construct the 18-story high Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) and an access way on 6.2 pristine acres of the sacred cultural landscape of Mauna Kea (Mauna a Wakea).

Case Against the TMT Begins

Jul 01, 2011

Grassroots groups take on million-dollar lawyers to defend the Mauna Kea conservation district