Wailua
Census-designated place in Kauai, HawaiiWikipedia
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Oct 15, 2026
speaker_1HOST
[laughs]
Mason ChockGUEST
[laughs] Power struggles internally, but also one of the, one of the first, uh, items that came up on the county council was, um, around Wailua Kai and Coco Palms Hotel.
speaker_1HOST
Oh, okay.
Mason ChockGUEST
Yeah.
Mason ChockGUEST
I think we need to plan that way.
Mason ChockGUEST
Um, and so this hotel just doesn't make sense anymore, right? And so I've...
Mason ChockGUEST
One of the things as I was leaving the council, terming out on the council, was that to focus all my time and energy on, on where I come from, which is Wailua-
speaker_1HOST
Mm-hmm
Rochelle BallardGUEST
That's like Hanalei is in such a deep, you know, valley setting on the wettest place in the world.
Rochelle BallardGUEST
I mean, technically Wailua in the center of the island, but that is because of community there.
Rochelle BallardGUEST
And, you know, so of what we know in history, you know, the Hawaiians never lived on the coast.
Rochelle BallardGUEST
They always lived up in the mountains and the valleys, and it makes sense.
Grace LeeHOST
22-year-old Lillianoy Viveros was an aspiring teacher.
Grace LeeHOST
She died alongside her parents, Wayne and Luana, after recently leaving her job at a Wailua coffee shop to pursue her dreams.
Grace LeeHOST
Now she is remembered there for building lasting bonds with her coworkers and her loyal customers.
speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Lily's always willing to help them out and take them in with a warm heart and keep them company, advice.
Guy HagiCORRESPONDENT
Here's some rainfall totals over the last 24 hours.
Guy HagiCORRESPONDENT
Wailua on the north side, northeast side of Kauai, they picked up almost seven inches.
Guy HagiCORRESPONDENT
Up in central Oahu, almost five.
Guy HagiCORRESPONDENT
Meager amounts for Maui County and the Big Island.
Lisa CramptonGUEST
Also at University of Hawaii Manoa, we work with the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, known as CTAR.
Lisa CramptonGUEST
We do a lot of our activities out of their experimental station in Wailua.
Lisa CramptonGUEST
Yeah, this work is definitely the work of partners.
Lisa CramptonGUEST
We partner with Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development here to support some of our fundraising activities.
Grace LeeHOST
That's bigger.
Steve UyeharaHOST
This looks like more of a Wailua area.
Steve UyeharaHOST
Haleiwa, yeah, yeah.
Steve UyeharaHOST
One of those little in-between roads between Haleiwa, Wailua.
Steve UyeharaHOST
It's close,
Grace LeeHOST
yeah.
Catherine CruzHOST
The keynote speaker will be Scott Nakagawa.
Catherine CruzHOST
He grew up at a Wailua sugar plantation.
Catherine CruzHOST
He currently works on the continent as a political strategist with a long history of protecting the rights of of the minority as a civil and human rights activist, we got a chance to talk to two of the organizers of the conference.
Catherine CruzHOST
Ana Flores is with the Legal Clinic, and Constancio Paranal III is the co-director of the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights.