Council of Neighbor Island Advisors

The Council of Neighbor Island Advisors provides a formal mechanism for the counties of Maui, Hawaii, Kauai, and Kalawao to advise the state on matters that disproportionately affect neighbor islands, me ka resource allocation, infrastructure investment, and state policies that have different impacts outside of O'ahu. It represents a structural counterweight to the concentration of political power in Honolulu. The council's nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo go to ke Kiaʻāina and Legislature.

Neighbor island residents often feel their needs are underrepresented in ke aupuni mokuʻāina dominated by O'ahu's population. Kēia ʻaha kūkā provides a formal channel for neighbor island concerns to be raised and documented at the state level, and hiki i nā kānaka ke komo through their county executives and councils.