{"id":490492,"date":"2026-02-25T23:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/490492\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T23:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:36:30","slug":"hawai%ca%bbi-county-acquires-keakealaniwahine-property-in-kona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/490492\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi County Acquires Keakealaniwahine Property In Kona"},"content":{"rendered":"

(BIVN) \u2013 The County of Hawai\u02bbi has completed the purchase of the Keakealaniwahine shoreline parcel in North Kona, with the intention of preserving the land for ocean access and recreation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hawai\u02bbi County\u202fPublic Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Commission (PONC) funds were used to acquire the 15,372-square-foot site located near the popular \u201cBanyans\u201d surfing spot on Ali\u02bbi Drive. It is within the H\u014dlualoa ahupua\u02bba.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn an area that already has seen plenty of shoreline development, this purchase really makes a difference,\u201d said Mayor Kimo Alameda in a Tuesday news release. \u201cThis site preserves critical ocean access, and I was pleased to join lineal descendants in blessing this special place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Testimony To Save The Kona Coast (Mar. 9, 2020)<\/p>\n

This video, recorded in March 2020, features public testimony in favor of preserving the Keakealaniwahine parcel, shared during a meeting of the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Commission in Hilo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Keakealaniwahine was listed as a priority for acquisition in the 2020 PONC Report.<\/p>\n

Funding for PONC is supported by an annual 2% contribution from the County\u2019s property tax revenues.<\/p>\n

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Hawai\u02bbi County TMK map with an area highlighted to match the Keakealaniwahine map found in the 2020 PONC report to the Mayor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(BIVN) \u2013 The County of Hawai\u02bbi has completed the purchase of the Keakealaniwahine shoreline parcel in North Kona,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-490492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}