Lawmakers Want Native Hawaiians To Help Decide Future Of Mauna Kea…The proposal follows House Speaker Scott Saiki’s call for the University of Hawaii to be ousted from its management role.
A Big Island lawmaker wants Native Hawaiians and government officials, including representatives of observatories, to come together this year to develop a new management structure for Mauna Kea.
The proposals introduced in the Hawaii House of Representatives on Friday by Rep. David Tarnas seek to bring together groups that have been in conflict over the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea. Tarnas’ proposals also come two weeks after House Speaker Scott Saiki called for UH to relinquish its management of the mauna.
