Mauna Kea Observatories
State Capitol Protesters at Mauna Kea reopen Access Road after 5 months

After the standing down of police forces and clearing of the Access Road on a temporary basis, protesters plans to campaign across Hawaii and take the matter to the state legislators

Hawaiian protestors stay firm at Mauna Kea

These protests are against the construction of a large astronomical observatory project that was proposed at the summit of Mauna Kea

Mauna Kea activists complete three months of blockade

Indigenous activists continue to occupy the main access road and have received massive support from within and outside Hawaii, despite aggressive responses by the government

Office of Hawaiian Affairs subpoenaed over support to TMT protesters

The subpoena came from the State Attorney’s Office on the same day that it took over the case against 28 protesters, arrested in July for blocking the construction of the Thirty Meters Telescope on Mauna Kea

Protests intensify over proposed telescope on Native Hawaiian sacred site

Native Hawaiians have been protesting the construction of the Thirty Meters Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea and have shut down all observatories on the mountain