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Community group outlines multi‑year plan for homestead cemetery, urges licensing approach and sustainable funding
Summary
Waimea Nui Community Development presented an informational plan for a homestead cemetery, proposing a licensed cemetery authority (not pre‑need plots) and community economic engines (crematory, morgue) to sustain maintenance; commissioners encouraged consistent recordkeeping and cautioned about membership approval and operational funding.
Waimea Nui Community Development delivered an informational presentation on Jan. 20 outlining a decade‑long effort to establish a homestead cemetery on DHHL lands.
Mike Hudson explained the group’s investigation into legal and regulatory frameworks and said Hawaiian Home Lands are largely exempt from fee‑for‑plot rules that govern typical county cemeteries; instead the homestead…
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