Kauaʻi record · KCA-WA-AHUP-0043
Niu
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Names and classification
- Record type
- ahupuaa
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Evidence limits
- Western Niu Ridge/Valley in Waimea. Same catalog has Niu ili in Nawiliwili and Niu stream/boundary point in Namahana. Use Kona/western context; independent boundary unresolved.
Place and watershed context
- Moku
- KONA
- Recorded source name
- Niu
- Identity basis
- Source spelling retained; State GIS/OHA orthography crosswalk pending
- Boundary confidence
- Independent boundary unresolved
Sources and further reading
- ʻAha Kiole Advisory Committee Final Report
- https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/N/NIU.html
- https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/K-3.pdf
- https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/bgn/HBGN%20-%20Kauai%20-%20Official%20Nov%202004.pdf
- UH Mānoa — Soehren Hawaiian place-name catalog
- 2016 Aha Moku Rules attachment — government-hosted testimony