12/19/22 – ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO PLANT KANAKA GARDEN AT WAILOA RIVER STATE …

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  December 19, 2022 ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO PLANT KANAKA GARDEN AT WAILOA RIVER STATE RECREATION AREA LEADS TO ACTIVIST’S ARREST To view video please click on photo or view at this link: https://vimeo.com/782696295 (HILO) – Four times, over the past nine years, Gene Tamashiro of Hilo has been cited or arrested for leading the planting of a so-called “Kanaka Garden” in the middle of the Wailoa River State Recreation Area. On Sunday, Tamashiro was arrested by officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) and charged with two violations of Hawai‘i Administrative Rules (HAR). DOCARE alleges Tamashiro and his group of 15 others, began digging ground up in the state park over the weekend, culminating with the planting of an estimated 165 keiki coconut palms. These plantings were in violation of the following HAR, which carry a petty misdemeanor penalty: Destruction/Disturbance of Geological Features without a Permit (HAR 13-146-23) Planting/introducing new plants (HAR 13-146-32(g) DOCARE reports that the group were gathered at the Bishop Street entrance to Wailoa River State Recreation Area and appeared to be in the process of planting palm trees in the park grounds.
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