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(866) 595-3792 Toll Free From everyone at NewMarket Services Welcome to the Hawaiian Islands! 6 ] Hawaiian Islands Information Guide www.newmarketservices.com Hawaiian Islands Information Guide [ Volume 9 [ Number 3 LOCAL INFORMATION The State of Hawaii 8 Important Phone Numbers 10-11 Travel Information 12-13 Weather 13 Hawaiian Islands Hawaii, The Big Island 9, 14-20 Kauai 21-27 Publisher: NewMarket Services, Inc. Maui 28-36 President: Patrick Morgan Golf Courses-Maui County 39 Managing Editor: Rebecca Wallace Lania 41-47 Ohaho 48 Executive Editor: Jason Gerali Honolulu 49-56 Contributing Writer: Amy Tennant Molokia 57 Executive VP Sales & Marketing: Robert Fischer Kahoolawe 58 Regional Sales Manager: Beth Hurley MOVING Art Department: Sprague Design Co. Smooth Transitions 60-61 Graphic Designer: Dean Sprague Moving Your Household to the Hawaiian Islands 60 Choosing a Moving Company 60 NewMarket On-Line: Total Web Design, Inc. Packing Tips 61 IT and Web Development: Larry Bongiovi Staying Organized 61 Research Assistant: Stephanie Cooper, Lora Price What’s All the Talk About 62 Pre-Move Checklist 64-65 Circulation: Little Drummer Boy Dist., Inc. Phoenix Office: MOVING WITH CHILDREN & PETS 1814 East Bell Road, Suite 2113 Reinforce the Positive 67-68 Phoenix, AZ 85022 Choosing a School 68-69 Phone: (602) 923-3415 Selecting Child Care 69-70 Fax: (602) 923-0774 Education 70-72 Bringing Pets To Hawaii 73 Toll Free: (866) 595-3791 Chicago Office: FITNESS & HEALTH 902 North Ashland In the Kitchen 75 Chicago, IL 60622 Physical and Mental Well Being 76-78 Phone: (312) 226-6288 Volunteering 79 Fax: (312) 226-6290 HOUSING Toll Free: (866) 595-3792 Making the Right Choice 81-82 NewMarket currently publishes Information Choosing the Right Home 83 Guides for 95 North American and 32 Home Inspection Checklist 84 International Markets. To order your Homecare Basics for New Homeowners 85 NewMarket Information Guides for $3.50 each, please contact NewMarket Services Home Buyer’s Glossary 86-87 toll free at (866) 595-3792. Security 88 Take Control of Your Energy Costs 89 In preparing this publication, every effort Who’s Who in Building 90 has been made to assure the accuracy of Selecting a Builder 91 the information contained herein, but authenticity cannot be guaranteed. Listings Selecting a Contractor 92 are subject to omission, error or change Mortgage Information 93-95 without notice. BUSINESS DIRECTORY All material in this publication is copyright Business Directory Listings 96-99 protected and can only be reprinted with permission of the publisher. Hawaiian Islands Information Guide [ 7 STATE OF HAWAII Hawaiian Islands have a wide variety of plant, marine and animal life. Vegetation zones include: coastal, dryland forest, mixed open forest, rain forest, subalpine and alpine. More than 90 percent of the The Hawaiian Islands native plants and animals living in Hawaii are found nowhere else in Kauai the world, and a greater variety of fish exist in Hawaiian waters than elsewhere. The humuhumunukunukuapuaa is the unofficial state Ohaho fish. (Try saying that quickly 5 times) Hawaii is sometimes called the Nihau Molokia Endangered Species Capital of the World. At least one third of all Honolulu Maui the endangered species in the United States are found in Hawaii including the Nene Goose (official state bird), the Humpback Whale Lanai (official state marine mammal), the Pacific Green Sea Turtle and the Pueo (Hawaiian owl). Kahoolawe Hawaii is probably the only place in the United States, if not the Hawaii world, where every single racial group is a minority - one of the Pacific Ocean world's most harmonious gatherings of people. At least a third of (The Big Island) the population is of mixed ancestry. According to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, a study conducted in 1984 estimated that there were only 8,244 pure Hawaiians - about 0.7 percent of Hawaii's total population - a vanishing race. Today, in 2006, some think the n 2007 visitor arrivals totaled 7.3 million. Hawaii is the most number could be less than 5,000. remote island chain in the world, over 2,000 miles from the Governor Linda Lingle proclaims a healthy economy in 2006! Key Inearest landfall. Distance makes for splendid isolation - these indicators are positive for continuing growth in the second half of Polynesian islands are removed from all else but one another. this decade. However, Hawaii's cost of living is among the highest Hawaii consists of eight major islands plus 124 minor islands, in the nation and its 2004 per capita personal income below reefs and shoals, strung like a necklace across the Pacific for over average. Unfortunately, sources indicate a cost of living ranging 1,500 miles. The eight major islands (which make up over 99% of from 30% above the national average to over 60% depending upon the total land area) are Oahu, Maui, Hawaii (known as Big Island), family size and circumstances. There is a high price for living in Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe (uninhabited) and Niihau paradise. The three major contributor to Hawaii's economy include: (privately owned). • Visitor Expenditures: $11.8 billion (2005) - an all-time high Each of the major islands has an identity all its own. Oahu is as • Federal Defense Spending: $4.8 billion (2003) different from Molokai and Maui as Kauai is from Lanai and the Big • Construction (Private Building Permits): $3.5 billion (2005) Island - each as varied and colorful as the official state flower, the hibiscus. These islands form the fourth smallest state in the United States. “...the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean.” –Mark Twain 8 ] Hawaiian Islands Information Guide HAWAII, THE BIG ISLAND OVERVIEW hile the oldest Hawaiian island (Kauai) was formed some 5.1 million years ago, the Big Island is the newest addition, and is still growing. There were once five Wactive volcanoes contributing to the island’s growth: Mauna Kea, Kohala, Hualalai, Kilauea and Mauna Loa.
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