Oʻahu · Neighborhood Board No. 24
1. Waiʻanae; 2. Mākaha
Names come from the city's GIS layer, which prints them without ʻokina or kahakō. Where the official gazetteer carries the same place name, the Ledger prints the gazetteer's spelling; a name the gazetteer does not carry is left as the layer printed it. The layer's own spelling: 1. Waianae; 2. Makaha.
The Board of Water Supply proposes a 4-million-gallon reservoir with about 9,600 feet of transmission line, the Kuwale 242 Reservoir project; the draft environmental assessment's comment period closed Sept. 8. [source]
DPP's map lists Special Management Area major permits for two new homes, one of them at 84-253 Farrington Highway. [source]
The Ledger's brief, written Sept. 19, 2026 from the records linked. Briefs are written by the Ledger in a session from the records linked in each sentence, and dated. They say what is on the record, in plain words; they do not predict outcomes or take sides. The full list for each area follows below the brief.
See what is on the record near a particular address · New on the record across Hawaiʻi
Every record the Ledger reads that places an item in this board area by its tax map key or map point, newest and upcoming first, from all sources at once: county agendas and notices, state boards and the Environmental Notice. The sections below break it down by source.
Kamaile Academy PCS Elementary-Middle-High · charter · grades K-12
85-180 Ala Akau Street, Waianae · 808.697.7110 · school website · Waianae complex
Leihoku Elementary Elementary · grades K-6
86-285 Leihoku Street, Waianae · 808.697.7100 · school website · Waianae complex
Makaha Elementary Elementary · grades K-6
84-200 Ala Naauao Place, Waianae · 808.695.7900 · school website · Waianae complex
Waianae Elementary Elementary · grades K-6
85-220 McArthur Street, Waianae · 808.697.7083 · school website · Waianae complex
Waianae High High · grades 9-12
85-251 Farrington Highway, Waianae · 808.697.7017 · school website · Waianae complex
Waianae Intermediate Middle · grades 7-8
85-626 Farrington Highway, Waianae · 808.697.7121 · school website · Waianae complex
Public schools whose grounds fall in this board area, from the State of Hawaiʻi GIS public schools layer, read Sept. 20, 2026: the department's own names, grades, complexes and contact details. Charter schools are marked. Private schools are not listed. Which school serves a particular address is a separate question, answered by the department's attendance areas: look up an address.
Checking the National Weather Service for alerts in effect…
Checking the Department of Health…
Read live when this page opens: the National Weather Service's alerts for the forecast zones covering Waiʻanae Coast (HIZ006, HIZ011), and the state Department of Health Clean Water Branch's open advisories (brown water, sewage spills, high bacteria) for the island, which the department names by beach or coastline rather than by area. Nothing here is stored or rewritten; each agency's own wording and dates are shown.
Checking the Department of Transportation's closure schedule…
Read live from the state Department of Transportation's lane closure map layer when this page opens: approved closures on state highways in and near Waiʻanae Coast (within the area's bounding box, so a closure just outside may appear), from now through the next seven days, in the department's words. County streets are not included. Schedules can change without notice and all work is weather permitting, the department says.
196 incidents reported to the Honolulu Police Department in the 90 days to Sept. 19, 2026 (190 in the 90 days before). Most common: theft/larceny (54), vandalism (38), assault (28). Reports by block and by type.
Reports to police as HPD's open data records them, not findings or arrests; no one is named.
ZIP 96792: 43 reports. Most common: Other (8), Street Sign (5), Streetlight (5), Debris/Litter/Dumping (5), Homeless – Beach/Park (3).
Honolulu 311 reports from the city's open data, Aug. 21, 2026 to Sept. 19, 2026, counted by ZIP code; ZIP codes do not follow board boundaries, so each line describes the ZIP. Counts only: no address, no description, no report number. Request types are the city's own. Categories the city labels “Homeless” count calls made to the city, not people: they say how often neighbors reported something, not how many people are unhoused, and the state's point-in-time count is the source for that. Reports about crime are not counted here.
No agenda for this board is on file yet. The Neighborhood Commission Office sends each board's agendas by email; the Ledger will carry them here, in the office's words, as they arrive.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: https://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-358994/2026-SMA-34%20(JM)%3b%202026-SMA-36%20(MM)%3b%20and%202026-SMA-37%20(MM)%20Star%20Advertiser%20Announcement.pdf
DPP public-input map · the full notice
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: https://honolulu.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/a5000001ExEA/a/cx000000xQEb/tlNrtyKsVYeIRLYaRvjmoL67mhUKbDyiSSKRtgttiss
DPP public-input map · the full notice
From the Department of Planning and Permitting's public-input page, read Sept. 20, 2026. A file is placed in this area when DPP's map point falls inside the board's official boundary. The map shows applications open for comment, not every permit. The Ledger has not reviewed the application materials.
No item on the committee agendas read so far prints a tax map key in this area.
From City Council committee agendas the Ledger has read into items (2 so far), in the council's words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this board area, or names a department file mapped here.
From the State of Hawaiʻi's Environmental Notice (7 issues read), in its words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this board area.
No state board item read so far prints a tax map key in this board area.
From state board agendas the Ledger has read (4 so far), in the agencies' words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this board area.
The city issued 1,599 permits in this area from Jan. 1, 2020 through July 1, 2025, worth $204,117,035 of work as filed; the median permit was $25,000. Of those, 100 were for a new building, 839 carried the solar flag and 19 the accessory dwelling unit flag. Across the whole file: 7,083 permits, $609,921,235.
| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | 40 |
| 2002 | 59 |
| 2003 | 102 |
| 2004 | 216 |
| 2005 | 335 |
| 2006 | 349 |
| 2007 | 269 |
| 2008 | 310 |
| 2009 | 275 |
| 2010 | 300 |
| 2011 | 316 |
| 2012 | 503 |
| 2013 | 613 |
| 2014 | 384 |
| 2015 | 342 |
| 2016 | 220 |
| 2017 | 277 |
| 2018 | 253 |
| 2019 | 304 |
| 2020 | 288 |
| 2021 | 251 |
| 2022 | 276 |
| 2023 | 277 |
| 2024 | 344 |
| 2025 | 163 |
The city's file records the use as each applicant typed it, so the same use appears under several spellings.
Counted from the city's static permit file (2005 to June 30, 2025), placed by the tax map key each permit carries; 2026 permits are in HNL Build and not in any open file. Counts and totals only: the Ledger does not publish a permit's address, applicant or contractor. How the count is made.
| ZIP code | People | Households | Median household income | Owner-occupied homes | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96792 | 49,618 ±2,441 | 13,488 ±604 | $87,509 ±$4,574 | 8,639 of 13,488 | 35.4 |
| All of Oʻahu | 1,001,146 | 338,868 | $106,195 | 202,604 of 338,868 | 39.8 |
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates by ZIP Code Tabulation Area, read through the Census Reporter API. These are survey estimates; ± is the 90% margin of error. ZIP code areas do not follow board boundaries, so each row describes the ZIP, not the board area. A ZIP is shown when at least a tenth of it lies inside this area.
Oʻahu has one city government, so most decisions that reach Waiʻanae Coast are made for the whole island. Those records have one home each: City Council and committee agendas and every open land-use file.