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Puʻunene, Hawaii

January 01, 1970

Puʻunēnē (Hawaiian: Puʻunēnē) is an unincorporated community in the central part of Maui, Hawaii, United States (near Kahului), with a population of approximately 50. Although the land is fairly level, the Hawaiian name for the area means "goose hill", in reference to the endemic nēnē (or Hawaiian goose, the state bird).

Puʻunene sugar mill, built in 1901

History edit

Puʻunēnē's primary industry was growing, harvesting and processing sugarcane for over a century but production ceased in 2016. In 2019, a field of potatoes was planted by Mahi Pono where sugar cane used to be grown. This 40-acre (16 ha) initial planting was the beginning of using these fallow lands to increase local food production.[1]

Sites edit

The Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum is housed in the former residence of the superintendent of Puʻunene Sugar Mill, which the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company (a division of Alexander & Baldwin) operated across the street since 1901. Its mission is "to preserve and present the history and heritage of Hawaii's sugar industry, and the multi-ethnic plantation life which it engendered."[2] Also located in Puʻunēnē is the Puʻunēnē School, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

About three miles (4.8 km) to the south of Puʻunēnē is the site of a former Naval Air Station (1940–1947),20°48′59″N 156°27′38″W / 20.81639°N 156.46056°W / 20.81639; -156.46056.[4] This would later be known as Pu’unēnē Airport, and was the site for the second Maui Airport, after Maalaea, and part of the struggle to achieve an adequate landing strip of the Island of Maui for Hawaiian Airlines to use. An old runway is now used as a drag strip for Maui Raceway Park.[5]

Puʻunēnē's ZIP code is 96784. The mill is located at 20°52′3″N 156°27′16″W / 20.86750°N 156.45444°W / 20.86750; -156.45444, just east of Mokulele Highway, Hawaii Route 311.

Gallery edit

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    Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum, former Puʻunene Mill manager's house
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    Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company Mill, view from Old Puʻunene Road coming from former Puʻunene Camp[6]
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    Puʻunene Congregational Church (1910), the first Japanese Christian church in Maui, now to be demolished or moved[7]
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    Aerial view, from the south, of Puʻunēnē with the old airstrip that is now the dragstrip at Maui Raceway Park

References edit

  1. ^ CERIZO, KEHAULANI (August 22, 2019). "'This is history in the making' as Mahi Pono set to begin first plantings". The Maui News. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum". web site. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. ^ "Puunene Naval Air Station / Maui Airport, Puunene, Hawaii". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields web site. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  5. ^ "Maui Raceway Park". web site. September 20, 2009. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  6. ^ Gary T. Kubota (June 22, 2007). "Sugar, memories planted at Puunene: A planned reunion recalls special memories for a plantation townn". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  7. ^ Gary T. Kubota (December 25, 2006). "Historic church faces possible demolition". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved March 24, 2010.

External links edit

 
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  • Maui Humane Society (based in Puʻunene)


 

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