Save Hawaiʻi's
"Stairway to Heaven"
In August 2021, the Honolulu City Council voted to demolish the iconic Haʻikū Stairs. The vote came despite an overwhelming public outcry to save the Stairs. In the preceding two years, over 5,000 public comments were submitted with more than 90% favoring preservation. A professional public opinion poll in April 2022 confirmed that a clear majority of O‘ahu residents want to save the Stairs not destroy them. The Stairs are a historic World War II monument eligible for the National Historic Register. They offer a unique, world-class hiking experience, treasured for generations. It would be tragic to lose them.
The Friends of Haʻikū Stairs are spearheading the fight to save the Stairs. We filed a lawsuit against the City & County of Honolulu in August 2023 and are pushing to block the demolition on multiple fronts. With your help we will convince City leaders to heed the public will.
Please donate to support our efforts.
The Omega Station in Ha'ikū Valley today
Photograph by Cody Murphy
The Naval Radio Station (as it was then known) after a fire circa 1943
The VLF Alexanderson Alternator was originally housed in the Naval Radio Station transmitter building. When NHS Haiku was decommissioned the Alternator was carefully dismantled and shipped back to Massachusetts where it was eventually sold for scrap.
Community groups, including the Friends of Haʻikū Stairs, hope one day to turn the Station (now referred to as the Omega Station) into a museum and cultural center
Historical images on this page courtesy of Dave Jessup
The Naval Radio Station