Maunakea and TMT misinformation fact check | University of Hawaii System

No matter what someone’s beliefs and/or opinions are on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project and astronomy on Maunakea, it is important to know the facts. If all sides are faithful to the facts, we have a better chance of learning together and finding the best path forward. The “10 QUESTIONS ABOUT MAUNA KEA WHOSE ANSWERS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU,” posted on the Kanaeokana, Kula Hawaiʻi Network website that is being widely shared on social media and elsewhere, is not based on facts. Part of Kanaeokana’s stated mission is to “develop and strengthen a Native Hawaiian education system.” This goal cannot be achieved by promoting a biased and inaccurate narrative to advocate for one side of what is one of the most important and divisive issues facing Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi today, possibly in decades. Below are the corrections of misleading statements and misstatements made in that post. 1. Is the State of Hawaiʻi giving a repeat offender an opportunity to execute bigger violations on Mau

No matter what someone’s beliefs and/or opinions are on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project and astronomy on Maunakea, it is important to know the facts. If all sides are faithful to the facts, we have a better chance of learning together and finding the best path forward. The “10 QUESTIONS ABOUT MAUNA KEA WHOSE ANSWERS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU,” posted on the Kanaeokana, Kula Hawaiʻi Network website that is being widely shared on social media and elsewhere, is not based on facts. Part of Kanaeokana’s stated mission is to “develop and strengthen a Native Hawaiian education system.” This goal ca