people visit Haleiwa
every year.
But before Haleiwa
transformed into a
surfing mecca and a
popular tourist spot, it
was a sleepy country
town. In tonight's
installment of our series
"Where You Live"... KITV
4's Cam Tran takes us to
this iconic town on
Oahu's North Shore.
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This is the Haleiwa we
see today: An area
bustling with tourists
and traffic and streets
lined with shrimp trucks,
shave ice shops and surf
stores.
But can you believe all
of this used to look like
THIS 100 years ago
BR
47:48 IT WAS A VERY QUITE
LITTLE TOWN As you drive
into Haleiwa, the vast
area from from Weed
Circle to Haleiwa Beach
Park is plentiful in
water and fertile soil.
Seven streams including
the Anahulu, run through
Haleiwa, bringing water
to the sugar fields of
Waialua Agriculture
Company. BOYD REEDY,
LOCAL HISTORIAN
IN:46:16 WHEN THE SUGAR
MILL STARTED THEY WERE
ABLE TO USE THE
FRESHWATERS SPRINGS AT
THE BASE OF HIGH LANDS
WITH THE LARGEST FRESH
WATER OF THE STATE Though
thousands of immigrants
came to work in the sugar
plantation in the late
1800''s the town itself
didn't exist until
Benjamin Franklin
Dillingham opened the
Haleiwa Hotel in 1899 on
the site where Haleiwa
Joe's now sits. BR
IN:47:06 AS THE
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY OF
THE TOWN INCREASED THE
TOWN'S NAME SPREAD OUT TO
COVER THE WHOLE
COMMERCIAL AREA CALLED
HALEIWA 47:09 Haleiwa,
which means home of the
'iwa' bird was the summer
home of Queen
Liliuokalani. Her house
sat between Loko'ea Pond
and Anahulu Stream Long
time resident Vanderlyn
Ana's family used to host
the queen. VANDERLYN
ULUMAHEIHEI ANA , LONG
EXTREMELY UNIQUE IN FACT
IT'S ONE OF IT'S KIND.
RATHER THAN NUMERALS ON
THE CLOCK IT HAS THE
LETTERS OF HER NAME IT
SPELLS THE 12 LETTERS OF
HER NAME, LILIUOKALANI
46:16 Take a close look
and you can see the
intricate details of the
clock. There are SEVEN
different dials
indicating different time
references. BERNIE 47:58
IT USED TO WORK SOME 15
YEARS AGO AND WE DID HAVE
SOMEONE WHO TOOK CARE OF
IT FOR US AND WHEN IT WAS
RUNNING . HE PASSED AWAY
AND SINCE THEN WE HAVEN'T
REALLY BEEN ABLE TO FIND
ANYONE WHO CAN REALLY
MAKE THIS CLOCK WORK
AGAIN 48:18 While Haleiwa
may have been the
playground for Hawaiian
royalty, in the early
1900's it was deeply
rooted in sugar and rail.
FRANCIS FORSYTHE: LONG
TIME RESIDENT
IN:1:28 I REMEMBER THE
TRAINS THAT SERVICED THE
SUGAR PLANTATION BECAUSE
WHEN THE SUGAR CANE FELL
DOWN WE USED TO EAT IT
1:36 Haleiwa became the
commerce center for the
thousands of plantation
workers, with a bank, mom
and pop stores and the
once iconic Haleiwa
Theatre One relic of the
past remains strong...
Matsumoto's Shave ice.
Mamoru and Helen
Matsumoto opened the shop
in 1951 to serve
plantation workers..
STANLEY MATSUMOTO
7:23 IT STARTED AS A
GROCERY STORE BECAUSE MY
PARENTS USED TO SELL
CANNED GOODS, VEGETABLES
MEAT AND SODA CHIPS AND
PRESERVED PLUMS 7: 36 But
the grocery store wasn't
profitable and the
Matsumotos starting shave
ice to make ends meet.
SM:
9:33 EVENTUALLY WE PHASED
OUT THE GROCERY SIDE AND
STARTED SELLING T-SHIRTS
AND OUR FIST T-SHIRT WAS
DONE IN 1976 IN: 09:44
Now the shop is booming
averaging 11-hundred
customers a day yearning
to try the sweet azuki
beans and 40 different
flavors of shave ice.
NATS: 26:11 CAN YOU SAY
YUMMY? YUMMY!
It's not only the yummy
shave ice that keeps the
north shore busy. nats of
surf . As the sugar
industry started to
decline after the 1950s
the surf scene grew
exponentially. RANDY
RARICK, FOUNDER OF TRIPLE
CROWN/BIG WAVE SURFER
52:41 THERE WAS A SURF
MOVIE CALLED RIDE THE
WILD SURF IN 1963 AND
THEY FILMED A LOT OF IT
HERE IN HALEIWA SO IT
REALLY POPULARIZED
HALEIWA SO IN THE 1960'S
IT BECAME THE MOST
POPULAR PLACE TO SURF!
52:54 Nats of surf:
During the winter months
the population of 4
thousand, quadruples for
the Triple Crown of
Surfing. RR 53:30 SURFING
IS WHAT I CALL THE
INDUSTRY ON THE NORTH
SHORE. THE INDUSTRY HAS
PUT NORTHSHORE ON THE MAP
AND HALEIWA IS THE SURF
CAPITOL IN THE WORLD
BECAUSE OF THAT The town
is also looking to the
future. Landowner
Kamehameha Schools
started construction on a
new 27- thousand square
foot shopping center
slated to open in
September. CAM TRAN,
STANDUP: DESPITE THE
RENOVATIONS AND NEW SHOPS
THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO
THE HEART OF HALEWIA OVER
THE YEARS. THE TOWN STILL
HOLDS TRUE TO IT S
HISTORIC CHARACTER AND
COUNTRY CHARM TO THIS
DAY. Haleiwa is home to
34 historic buildings
including the Post Office
which retain its 1920's
shell. The sugar cane of
yesterday is replaced by
new types of farming.
Nats of digging for weeds
41:56
Twin Bridge Farms in
Haleiwa grows local
asparagus . The 80 acre
plot right next to town
produces 250 pounds of
asparagus a day supplying
its signature "Waialua
Brand" to grocery chains
across Oahu. MILTON
AGADER, TWIN BRIDGE FARMS
IN:21:52 WE HARVESTED
ALREADY THIS MORNING AND
IT'S PACKED RIGHT NOW AND
IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE
MARKET TOMORROW SO IT'S
THAT FRESH! 21:57 Agader
and his partner Al
Medrano, both former
sugar company workers ,
opened to keep farming
alive in Haleiwa. MILTON
AGADER, TWIN laid back
feeling remains the same.
JAKE NG, LONG TIME
RESIDENT 07:50 IT'S A
TREAMENDOUS FEELING
LIVING IN HALEIWA BECAUSE
WE FEEL THAT THERE'S NO
PLACE ELSE IN THE WHOLE
WORLD THAT COULD COME
CLOSE TO HALEIWA. WE HAVE
THE OCEAN THE SURFING THE
RIVER. Reporting form
Haleiwa, CT KITV 4 News.
Haleiwa is also home to
more than 30 historic
buildings and
you can check out the
buildings on a walking
tour with the North Shore
Chamber of Commerce.
Coming up tomorrow on
KITV 4 Morning News, we
introduce you to another
industry that's picking
up pace and attracting
many in Haleiwa.