A long public‑comment period at the Nov. 6 Office of Hawaiian Affairs meeting focused on military training lands, lease renewals and environmental contamination. Dozens of speakers asked the board to oppose lease renewals, insist on cleanup and accountability by the U.S. military, and to deploy OHA’s legal and political resources to support return and remediation of affected lands.

Key points from public testimony:
- Pohakuloa and Red Hill: speakers including Leilani Kapuni, Bronson Azama and others described exposed iwi kūpuna, damaged religious sites and water contamination tied to military training, and urged OHA to press for cleanup and to oppose lease extensions or condemnation settlements that would lock in continued military use without full remediation.
- Mauna Kea: petitioners and protectors asked OHA to assert its legal standing and demand meaningful consultation, to oppose further desecration, and to support free, prior and informed consent for any land‑use decisions affecting Mauna Kea and adjacent resources.
- Legal remedies and sovereignty framing: speakers repeatedly invoked legal remedies, international law and the historical record (including the 1893 overthrow and the U.S. apology resolution) and urged OHA to consider legal strategies and to provide or fund independent legal analysis of proposed settlements with the military.
- Water and aquifer risks: witnesses emphasized that Pohakuloa training area overlies high‑elevation freshwater resources that feed lower watersheds; commenters noted aquifer contamination histories (citing Red Hill and Kahoʻolawe examples) and warned that cleanup costs and environmental damage could exceed any settlement figure.

Requests to OHA and trustees: public commenters asked OHA to adopt resolutions opposing new or extended leases, to demand environmental remediation before any land transfer, to commission or fund independent legal and technical studies, and to coordinate with Native Hawaiian organizations and community groups to craft a unified response.

Trustee response: trustees thanked speakers for testimony and said the board will take the input under advisement. The meeting record shows multiple requests from petitioners for OHA to stand with community organizations and to preserve legal options rather than concede rights in private negotiations.

Provenance: the public comment record spans roughly 02:28:21–03:54:22 in the meeting transcript, with repeated testimony on Pohakuloa, Mauna Kea and military lease issues.