WHO WE ARE & OUR MISSION
KPFA is a Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) Beneficiary Association and Homestead Association controlled by beneficiaries (as defined by the Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act, 109 Stat. 537) and we are registered with the U.S. Department of the Interior Office. 43 CFR §§ 47.10 and 48.6.
We represent over 1,000 native Hawaiian Pana‘ewa Agricultural Homestead Beneficiaries residing on Hawaiian Homes Trust Lands in Pana‘ewa, Hawai‘i Island. Our 285 agricultural lots range from 40 to 5 acres across 1,615 acres of Hawaiian Homes Trust Lands. Our programs also serve our sister residential community of over 1,200 Native Hawaiians on 311 lots on 411 acres of Hawaiian Home Trust Lands.
KPFA was formed by native Hawaiians from the Department of Hawaiian Homes Lands residential leases in Keaukaha that fought for agricultural DHHL lots in Panaʻewa. Today, many Native Hawaiians have built homes and live on their agricultural DHHL lots in Pana'ewa.
Our mission is to support, motivate and educate Keaukaha Panaʻewa agricultural lessees to establish a viable sustainable farm community; preserve Hawaiian culture; achieve self-sufficiency, pono management, and respect for the ʻāina (land).
We represent over 1,000 native Hawaiian Pana‘ewa Agricultural Homestead Beneficiaries residing on Hawaiian Homes Trust Lands in Pana‘ewa, Hawai‘i Island. Our 285 agricultural lots range from 40 to 5 acres across 1,615 acres of Hawaiian Homes Trust Lands. Our programs also serve our sister residential community of over 1,200 Native Hawaiians on 311 lots on 411 acres of Hawaiian Home Trust Lands.
KPFA was formed by native Hawaiians from the Department of Hawaiian Homes Lands residential leases in Keaukaha that fought for agricultural DHHL lots in Panaʻewa. Today, many Native Hawaiians have built homes and live on their agricultural DHHL lots in Pana'ewa.
Our mission is to support, motivate and educate Keaukaha Panaʻewa agricultural lessees to establish a viable sustainable farm community; preserve Hawaiian culture; achieve self-sufficiency, pono management, and respect for the ʻāina (land).
2022-2026 KPFA Board of Directors
Maile Luʻuwai, President
Howard Peʻa, Vice President
Lacey Akau, Treasurer
Elizabeth Masaoka, Secretary
- Directors
Kihei Ahuna / U‛ilani Naipo / La Verne Lucero / Germaine Tauati / Lori Pua
Tita Pe‛a / Sheri Acob / Lucianne Pukahi-Viernes / Kealoha Kinney
Neil Azevedo / Jamie Rosehill / Sherise Kana‛e-Kane
Pomai Kamoku / Ku‛ulei Perreira-Keawekane / Erick Reff
Howard Peʻa, Vice President
Lacey Akau, Treasurer
Elizabeth Masaoka, Secretary
- Directors
Kihei Ahuna / U‛ilani Naipo / La Verne Lucero / Germaine Tauati / Lori Pua
Tita Pe‛a / Sheri Acob / Lucianne Pukahi-Viernes / Kealoha Kinney
Neil Azevedo / Jamie Rosehill / Sherise Kana‛e-Kane
Pomai Kamoku / Ku‛ulei Perreira-Keawekane / Erick Reff
Community Partners
The Keaukaha - Panaʻewa Farmers Association appreciates
our community partners & stakeholders
that support our mission
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The Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA)
The dedicated staff at the Department of Hawaiian Homelands
ʻAina Mauna Legacy Council Program
Hawaiʻi Lieutenant Governor Josh Green
Hawaiʻi State Senator Laura Acasio
Hawaiʻi State Representative Chris Todd
South Hilo Community Policing Officer Tyler Jelsma
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Kiersten Akahoshi, CTHAR Extension Agent
Vibrant Hawaiʻi
Hawaiʻi Food Alliance
