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comprising eight parcels. Three of the parcels have been preserved, and two more are <br />in the processes of being purchased. <br /> Significant pre-contact cultural sites at Halelua include: O‘hau heiau; eight lo‘i kalo; and <br />the ‘auwai (ditch canal). <br /> Halelua was the center of Kamehameha the Great’s direct land stewardship, situated <br />between his family lands at Hapu’u/Kapanai‘a and his taro patches, boat ramp, and the <br />swimming pools he constructed at Kauhola. <br /> Archaeological studies by the University of Hawai‘i and the University of Arizona have <br />revealed that the use of this land by indigenous peoples extends all the way back to <br />the1200 A.D. <br /> These discoveries by the universities have yielded important information about the lives <br />of the earliest Hawaiians in the Kula gulch system on Hawai‘i Island. <br /> A variety of native plants are present, and the cliffs provide homes for a variety of birds, <br /> <br /> <br />Special Opportunity for Acquisition and Management <br /> The owner is anxious to sell. <br /> this area is the highest priority of the North Kohala Community <br />, Local groups are willing and able to steward the area. <br /> <br />1.12 <br /> <br />