Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

KM: The root is there
HK: Upon the first rainfall, right back again. That’s the good thing about that grass.
KM: Finding the balance yeah [chuckles]
EK: [chuckling]
HK: I would concentrate on that Tinaroo, if I was still with the ranch.
KM: Can take the cool weather too
HK: Yes. Although we have on the ranch, two pastures, we have that Tinaroo, that I was able
to establish. One is the Holoholokü 3 and Ke‘ämoku, Big He‘ewai.
KM: So Big He‘ewai, Ke‘ämoku and Holoholokü 3
HK: Yes.
KM: Holoholokü 3 is mauka side of the highway
HK: Mauka side. Next to [thinking] , next to ‘A‘ali‘i II.
KM: Well, you know when you don’t use it yeah. [looking at map] Not Pä‘auhau side
HK: No. Holoholokü 3, is right below.
KM: [looking at Register Map No. 2786] Here’s Heihei, here’s Holoholokü, twenty thousand
acres.
HK: Pu‘u Anuanu, Pä ‘A‘ali‘i is the one, that that’s where our pump house is, Pä ‘A‘ali‘i.
KM: Well, mahalo.
HK: [looking at map] This is a good map.
KM: I’ll bring you, there’s one separate map that goes to the other way. I’ll bring you that other
map okay. In fact I’m coming out here on Thursday, and I’ll bring you the map. This map
is 1917, I believe it was Wright, I think the surveyor was Wright.
EK: Stanley Wright
KM: I got to look at his name, his name isn’t on the map. I’ll tell you who, but the number is
there.
HK: Wright, he was our surveyor out here.
KM: Okay. Thank you folks so much for your willing to talk story.
HK: You’re welcome.
EK: It’s nice to sit down like this and talk about the old days.
KM: It’s wonderful, I appreciate it so much!
HK: You know when you said about the history you know. Like Waimea, Waimea has a very,
very rich history. Now, after the Second World War things have…
EK: Changed.
HK: Changed a lot. Families changed, the living changed, and people’s way of life changed.
And the past beyond the World War II, the history is practically forgotten.
KM: You see, only, how many people hänau 1912, and aunty you, 1921. Still the things
you’ve experienced like you said, after the war, different!
HK: Different, very different. People’s attitude and their way of life, value of life, have
completely changed. Because the influx of the marines coming here, the war and
enriching everything. Everything has changed!
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:246