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Office of Hawaiian Affairs urges ballot ban on destructive live-fire training, forms advisory group to press lease negotiations
Summary
At a community meeting in Waiʻanae, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs proposed a 2026 constitutional amendment to prohibit destructive live-fire training on state public trust lands, said it will form a permitted interaction group and technical advisory team to press the Department of Defense for consultation under the NDAA, and invited community input on lease renewals and cleanup plans.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs on Tuesday presented legal history and community concerns about military land leases across Hawaii and announced two near-term actions: a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit destructive live-fire training on state public trust lands and the creation of a permitted interaction group and technical advisory team to negotiate with federal service secretaries.
OHA Chair Kai Kahele, the Hawaii Island trustee and board chair, told the audience the agency has a fiduciary duty to protect crown and government lands and noted that the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act names OHA and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands as Native Hawaiian organizations the Department of Defense must consult. "The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is named in the National Defense Authorization…
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