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The Conversation: Maui to phase out short-term rentals; Kauaʻi agriculture

By Catherine Cruz,
DW Gibson, Maddie Bender
Published December 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM HST
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Bill 9 discontinues transient vacation rental use in apartment districts over the course of a defined phase-out or amortization period.
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Kalo at SBH Taro Farms on Kauaʻi (Nov. 21, 2025).

  • HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on what's next now that the Maui County Council has passed a measure to phase out short-term vacation rentals
  • Sierra Lynne Stone, a sixth-generation kalo farmer on the North Shore of Kauaʻi, shares how her family's farm has grown
  • Amateur bootlegger Ron Whitfield teams up with Nirvana archivist Nicholas Serra to digitize the band's concert at Pink's Garage in Honolulu
  • Honolulu Museum of Art curator Tory Laitila talks about his fascination with the breezeblocks, which are the focus of a new exhibition called "Let Tradewinds Flow"
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Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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Maddie Bender
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