The Outsider

The Outsider

Maui’s Police Department has a public trust problem. It’s been plagued with attrition, rocked by internal disputes, and faulted for its lack of transparency. New Maui Police Chief John Pelletier says he will fight to bring change. 

The Mana of a Market 

The Mana of a Market 

How the Hāna Farmers Market became the piko of the town, reinvigorating self-reliance and kokua in East Maui as food security waned throughout the county

Maui’s fight to stave off evictions 

Maui’s fight to stave off evictions 

Nearly $17 million of the county’s $36 million dollar emergency rental assistance fund has been spent. Is it keeping Maui residents housed?  Since the statewide eviction moratorium ended in August, 42 eviction lawsuits have been filed against tenants in Maui County...
Building Maui

Building Maui

Is Maui destined to rely on imports to build its homes or do local materials stand a chance?
Up a steep driveway in Kīpahulu, past fruit trees and dense jungle, outcroppings of bamboo begin to appear, stitched into the mountainside. Dusky black stalks and tea-green shoots adorn the landscape at Whispering Winds, a 230-acre farm cooperative where Rich von Wellsheim has been growing bamboo for nearly two decades.