State mismanagement of Native Hawaiian burial grounds Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, chairwoman of the O’ahu Island Burial Council Credit Mark Miller/Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Leaders of Hawai'i island's burial grounds are urging state lawmakers to investigate what they say is systemic and chronic mismanagement by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD). The heads of the state's island burial councils organized a statewide protest this week. Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, chairwoman of the O'ahu Island Burial Council, says some of the issues that continute to plague SHPD are preventing her and her fellow councilmembers from doing their job. Listen