The Conversation: Gov. Josh Green; Military leases

By Catherine Cruz,

Maddie Bender, Kevin Allen

Published March 19, 2026 at 10:44 AM HST

FILE - Two MV-22 Ospreys, from Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi, land at a rally point in the Mākua Military Reservation during a joint training event on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, Dec. 10, 2021.

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Noelani Kalipi with the U.S. Department of Defense's Hawaii Coordination Cell walks through the process of how military leases are being renegotiated | Register for the Hawaiʻi land use discussion | Full Story
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Maddie Bender is the executive producer of The Conversation. She also provided production assistance on HPR's "This Is Our Hawaiʻi" podcast. Contact her at mbender@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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