While protesters held signs from the audience – "A Community Based on Theft" and "Aloha Also Means Goodbye" – they did not interrupt the proceedings. Some walked through the audience handing out leaflets stating that the land could not be developed because it was owned by the Hawaiian kingdom.

... it became pretty clear to the crowd that the Hawaiian people were obviously not a consideration in Olowalu.

There wasn’t even mention of the fact that Olowalu is at present leased crown lands, nor that the kuleana nor the koe nae was ever released by the grantor. Suppression of the record does not change a lease into a deed.

The presenters carefully avoided the topic of title in concern to that fact that everyone's deeds and mortgages will be subject to that original lease if they should buy one inch of this deal.

Here is another consideration: What will happen to this proposed project when the grantor's heirs decide to terminate said lease and re-enter their property?