Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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That’s right, spread it out.
A beautiful…they didn’t spray it, they just bulldozed the damn stuff. I don’t know whether
they tried to burn it.
In between Pu‘u ‘Ö‘ö Shipman’s old place, to Pu‘uloa there’s about seven thousand
acres of gorse now. Here’s Laumai‘a, here’s Pu‘u ‘Ö‘ö, Pu‘uloa is this section in here
[pointing out locations on HTS Plat 613].
Uh-hmm. Hakalau is here
Yes, Hakalau is out here.
I sprayed up there, I sprayed the refuge. (At Hakalau Refuge, I helped them spray the
gorse.)
‘Ae, yes.
Volunteered at the refuge and we sprayed a little bit. But that whole way
Yes, this whole section here. May I ask you, Johnny AhSan thought…when I was talking
with him, that Bryan had told him. You know before when the Sheep Station first got
started sort of and really developed under Francis Spencer them, 1850s, ‘60s and then
later in the late 1880’s Hackfeld got it and the Haneberg brothers
Uh-hmm.
I don’t know if you remember hearing about August and Arnin
Did you read the story, in the recent article in the Hilo Tribune
Yes.
My niece sent me that.
Wonderful, Rick Warshauer’s brother, Kent.
Yes… [goes to get an article] That’s my cousin.
Oh.
Luscomb.
Luscomb, yes… See this is the thing. About the gorse, Johnny was thinking that Bill
Bryan them or something, thought that maybe the gorse had come in with the Germans
when Haneberg them, when they were doing the sheep. You know how they planted
prickly pear cactus, pänini or päpipi to keep the sheep out of areas Like that old stone
wall that’s ‘Oma‘oköili side you know like that
Uh-hmm.
We know, I’ve gone through Haneberg’s journal and I see when he sent the guys out to
build the walls. We know when that occurred.
Hmm.
When I talked with Teddy Bell, when I talked with the Kaniho brothers, Rally Greenwell,
he’s 89 now, sharp as a tack, Hisao Kimura is 90, sharp too. None of them remember
gorse when they were young. So, it cannot had been that it came in with the Germans.
Right, there’s a story that gorse started in Olinda, Maui.
Yes. About when
I don’t know, a hell of a long time. But I… [thinking] the story Bryan told me or Munro,
was that it was introduced as a living fence.
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