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Nuʻuanu-Punchbowl: the brief, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

An aerial view of Punchbowl Crater, home of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, in Honolulu.
File photo: An aerial view of Punchbowl Crater, home of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, in Honolulu. Image: Eric Tessmer via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

On Sept. 21 and 22 the Hawaiian Homes Commission is asked to find no significant impact for the Papakōlea Community Development Corporation's Native Hawaiian education and community center at Pūowaina. [source: the Hawaiian Homes Commission's agenda, Sept. 21, 2026]

DPP's map lists a cluster housing permit for five two-unit homes and one single-unit home at 2041 Pūowaina Drive. [source: DPP's public-input map, file 2026-CL-2]

Basis. Written by the Ledger in a session on Sept. 20, 2026 from the records linked in each sentence; it says what was on the record that day, in plain words, and does not predict outcomes or take sides. What has happened since is on Nuʻuanu-Punchbowl's page. Corrections: the corrections log.

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