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In 1820, missionaries from New England, began converting many Hawaiians to Chrisitanity, including the King. In the 1830's sugar plantations were established and Honolulu became a booming city, bars and brothels alike were opened. All of the land up to this point was held by the Monarchy. The idea of an individual owning land was unknown to Hawaiians.

In 1847 The Great Mahele, was signed into law. This allowed land to be divided up by the King to various groups.

You can read a rather complete history of the Hawaii from The Great Mahele to modern times here: History of Hawaii

The Monarchy was overthrown by a number of influential business men, in 1898. The new government sought to ally itself with the United States. Because of increasing western influence, Hawaii, and most importantly Pearl Harbor, officially became a US territory in 1898. There were several arguments, failed bills and lots of political red tape that kept Hawaii from becoming a U.S. state.

Many residents were very much in favor of statehood. There was much frustration in the islands as the desire to achieve statehood was not easily realized. Time after time the bill to admit Hawaii as a state was defeated. Hawaii was finally declared the 50th state on August 21, 1959.

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31^st December 1969 - 6:00pm

Mahalo for the refresher...22 yrs on Oahu means a warm place in our hearts for reminders of why we love it so!
Best wishes ~ K-den, MikeWon/NSWMoke

Brief History - By mike - Homepage
18^th January 2008 - 2:04am

Aloha.
Interesting site. Much useful information.
For more great stuffs on the Islands.
Visit http://hawaiisecret.com/blog

Thanks, eh.

Hey Brah - By Big Kahuna - Homepage
23^rd March 2008 - 1:57am

There it was in the newspaper (Honolulu Star-Bulletin 7/9/08), the same sad story written by a visitor to Hawaii. I see this same letter several times a year. The story is almost exactly the same. The only difference is the author.
The visitor came to Hawaii, for a memorable Hawaii vacation, had a wonderful time, people were great, the weather was fabulous, they really felt the Aloha spirit. Then: disaster. They got ripped off. They lost everything. Their luggage, their cameras, their wallets their valuables. Everything gone in the blink of an eye.

It’s the same sad story, again and again.

The saddest part of the story is this disaster was totally preventable. Totally and completely preventable. Totally and completely.

Let me explain: in the latest version of this letter, the tourists had just finished a wonderful vacation. They had a late flight and decided to stop at Ala Moana (a major shopping center), for a late night dinner before their departure.

They just locked up their rental car and went to enjoy a quick dinner before they boarded their flight. They were away from the rental car for less than an hour.

Here's what happened when they were eating dinner: a theif broke into their rental car and took everything. Needless to say the family was devastated. They were both saddened and shocked.


The writer goes on to explain, the entire family will never return to Hawaii. They will also discourage anyone else from vacationing in Hawaii.

I really am angry and frustrated that no-one from the rental car agent to their hotel clerk to anyone else they met, explained Hawaii’s dirty little secret: there is a very small but very dangerous group of locals, whose full time job is to steal from anyone they can.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Hawaii is any different from any other place. You will find the same small dangerous group of rip-off artists anywhere you go.

But, just because you are vacationing in one of the most beautiful places on the planet does not mean there are not criminals here.

Listen: these creeps know that the only person who would drive a rental car, is a tourist. These bad guys know the make and model of all the rental cars.

Believe me, your rental car sends out a beacon to would be crooks that says: “Steal from this car”. It’s like there is a flashing light and an arrow in the air pointing directly at your rental car. “Beep beep. Flash flash. Valuables inside! Steal from this car now”

Listen: there are literally thousands of cars parked at Ala Moana at any given time. What do you think the odds are that these Bozos picked out a random car to break into?

This was no random act. This was planned and calculated. The car was there less than an hour. This was a crime of opportunity. And unfortunately, you just rewarded these cockroaches with new luggage, clothes and souvenirs. So now the next time they see a tourist rental car, they will break in again.

Sure, I agree that there needs to be better security and more police patrols and hasher sentencing for criminals.

But the best thing you can do is to follow this advice:

Never, ever, never leave anyting of value in a rental car.

Never, ever.

This is one of those times when an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure. Be procactive. Be smart. You need to outwit the bad guys before they act.

This one bit of advice will save you a ton of heart-ache. Had these latest victims taken their luggage with them, to the food court, a crook would have broken into an empty car. Or they easily could have checked in their baggage, and eaten at the airport.

So if you come to Hawaii and you rent a car: never leave anything of value in the rental car. This includes going to the beach, going shopping or even stopping off somewhere for a plate lunch.

So now you know. If my rant saves one less tourist from getting ripped: I will be elated!

Advice for Any Visitor / Tourist coming to Hawaii - By Albert Grande - Homepage
19^th July 2008 - 6:10am

I'm planning a vacation to Hawaii in August, so this information was very interesting and helpful to me. I highly appreciate your efforts in providing tourists with these useful tips.

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14^th July 2010 - 6:06am

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