Out-of-state land grabber, Makaha Valley Development, connected to South Korea’s KH Group, plans to build “Andamiro” — 105 luxury homes alongside their Mākaha Country Club & Golf Resort — raising questions about impacts on land, water, access, and affordability in Mākaha and Waiʻanae.

In 2025, they began construction illegally and were issued Notices of Violation.

KH Group’s chairman, was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice issued in 2023 over alleged embezzlement and breach of trust. This reinforces the need for transparency, public scrutiny, and accountability.

Luxury development can perpetuate colonial patterns when control over land and resources shifts away from Native Hawaiian and local communities while wealth accumulates elsewhere. When development prices families out, restricts cultural access, or prioritizes resort consumption over community needs, it becomes a form of economic violence: displacement and disconnection through financial pressure and exclusion.

This raises a question equally urgent for Mākaha: Who benefits from the land — and who bears the cost?

Mākaha’s future should be guided by community priorities, Native Hawaiian cultural rights, and responsible stewardship of land and water. Residents deserve meaningful power in decisions that shape our home.

Put Mākaha’s community first. Protect land & WATER. Demand accountability.