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Hawaiʻi Kai is the largest of several communities at the eastern end of the island. The area was largely developed by Henry J. Kaiser around the ancient Maunalua fishpond and wetlands area known as Kuapā (meaning "fishpond wall"). Hawaiʻi Kai or Koko Marina was dredged from Kuapā Pond starting around 1959.
Hawaii Kai was next to Kalama Valley, an existing community of working-class Hawaii locals. Before Kaiser's development plan, the land was a salt-water marsh , much like Waikiki before the construction of the Ala Wai canal . [ 1 ]
The name Maunalua (from Mauna = mountain and [ʻe]lua = two, in the native Hawaiian language) refers to the designation of the area what is now referred to as "Hawaii Kai." The mountains, located inland from Portlock Point, are the 645 feet (197 meters) high Koko Head , and about 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometers) east thereof, close to Hanauma Bay the ...
RELATED PHOTO GALLERY Three well-traveled bridges built more than 50 years ago over the man-made waterways of Hawaii Kai will undergo a $1.6 million rehabilitation, city officials say.
On its western slope is the community of Portlock, a part of Hawaiʻi Kai. Koko Head (at 642 ft or 196 m) is an ancient tuff cone that is somewhat dwarfed by its neighboring tuff cone, Koko Crater , with its peak, Kohelepelepe (or Puʻu Mai ), rising to 1208 ft or 368 m.
Hawaii Kai Drive 1904633: Knudsen Gap: Island of Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi: 600 feet (180 m) 361324: Kolekole Pass: Island of Oʻahu ...
The only government-supported civic engagement system in Hawaii, Oahu’s Neighborhood Board System was created in 1973 to assure and increase community participation in the decision-making process of government. The system applies the concept of participatory democracy, involving communities in the decisions that affect them.
Name Party Term Joseph Apukai Akina: Home Rule: 1901 Frederick William Beckley: Republican: 1903–1904 Eric Alfred Knudsen: Republican: 1905–1906 Henry Lincoln Holstein