In a statement released today, Governor David Ige accuses the Mauna Kea protectors of vandalism and violating corporate rights to access the summit.

The trustees decided that the neutral "rescind" option was a more strategic move than outright opposition, but many of those gathered were disappointed that OHA did not take a stronger stance on the issue.

If the State of Hawaiʻi has no legal authority to lease public land to the university, the proposed sublease for the TMT would also be illegitimate.

For Native Hawaiians, the protection of Mauna Kea is an ancestral responsibility to responsible land stewardship and a means of ensuring Mauli Ola, or a holistic sense of health and wellbeing.

NASA environmental findings mean that neither TMT nor any other development on Mauna Kea can be approved without being in violation of the Mauna Kea Conservation District rules and regulations.