In 1864, Scottish plantation owner Elizabeth Sinclair purchased Niihau from Kamehameha V, closing off the island and its few hundred Native Hawaiian residents from anyone who didn’t live there.

WAILUKU — For burglarizing a Makawao store and stealing rare Niihau shell lei, a man was sentenced Thursday to a six-month jail term. Kevin MacKenzie, 35, of Pukalani also was placed on four ...

Police returned a dozen of the 25 Niihau lei Tuesday that were stolen from Maui Hands in Makawao in July. Maui Hands photo Maui police returned a dozen priceless Niihau shell lei to a Makawao ...