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Wind farm protesters arrested in Kahuku

By Cindy Ellen Russell and Dennis Oda

Oct. 18, 2019

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Video by Dennis Oda, Diane S. W. Lee, Cindy Ellen Russell and Kat Wade / Special to the Star-Advertiser
Honolulu police arrested 55 people in the wind-farm protest in Kahuku and Kalaeloa Thursday and Friday. HPD Chief Susan Ballard said 237 officers were involved in enforcement.
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Kakuku residents and their supporters gathered to oppose the delivery of components for four wind turbines to be built at the Kahuku Agricultural Park on Friday morning. Kahuku residents say the turbines lead to health problems and pose a the threat to the endangered Hawaiian Hoary Bat.
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Zam Sullivan wept as she recorded the trucks delivering wind turbine components to the Kahuku Agricultural Park on Friday.
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HPD officers haul belongings into a pile to clear the fence where trucks eventually drove through to deliver the turbine pieces.
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Celina Hontanosas places her hand to heart as the delivery trucks drove through with turbine parts on Friday.
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Seated at the Ku Kia'i Kahuku tent on Thursday night from left were Seini Unga, Finau Pasi and Lolie Pauni.
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Arriving at the scene along Kamehameha Hwy are HPD officers on bicycles.
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Aaron Po'oloa carries the Hawaiian flag past signage warning motorists along Kamehameha Highway about road closures due to the equipment delivery convoy.
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Arriving at the scene along Kamehameha Hwy are HPD officers following a squad who were on bicycles.
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Shelly Mau, an opponent of the wind farm, was arrested and hauled away by HPD officers on Friday.
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Hawaiian Electric Co. and Spectrum crews work on restoring power and services after a utility pole weas cut down along Kamehameha Highway near the former UH Waialae Livestock Research Farm on the North Shore. There is speculation the pole was cut to prevent delivery of the turbine parts.
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One component for four wind turbines entered Kahuku Agricultural Park under heavy guard by HPD officers on Friday.
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Samson A'ea, right, was arrested and hauled off by HPD to a paddy wagon as AES workers, left, quickly dismantle the temporary fence to allow the trucks hauling turbine pieces through.
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Opponents of the Kahuku wind far singing as HPD officers arrived at the scene on Friday.
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DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Spectrum crews work on restoring services after a utility pole weas cut down along Kamehameha Highway near the former UH Waialae Livestock Research Farm on the North Shore. There is speculation the pole was cut to prevent delivery of the turbine parts.
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