Niihau is everything Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, even Kauai, are not. It has 130 residents, give or take, and they live in the town of Puuwai.

This Niihau lamb is more pronounced but not gamey like New Zealand lamb can be. It’s almost more sweet as it must have something to do with its diet,” says Stanislaw.

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 ...

It was reported that Niihau sustained major damage. But Kauai County contributed zero toward repair of the damage, despite the fact that Niihau property taxes were collected by the county that year.

Niihau’s reputation is well deserved. For nearly a century and a half, the privately owned, 70-square-mile island, located 17 miles southwest of Kauai, has been off limits to outsiders, earning ...

Niihau, about 18 miles northwest of Kauai, is the "Forbidden Island." It has been privately owned by the same family since 1864, when Elizabeth Sinclair purchased it from King Kamehameha V for ...

Niihau is everything Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, even Kauai, are not. It has 130 residents, give or take, and they live in the town of Puuwai.

But for $185 Niihau Helicopters will ferry you from Kauai to some of the most inhospitable land in the state. These flight tours are offered two or three times a week.

Niihau was the second Hawaiian island his ships visited; unfortunately, it was also the first where his men could spend a night ashore, and so the tragic spread of venereal disease began.

Niihau’s reputation is well deserved. For nearly a century and a half, the privately owned, 70-square-mile island, located 17 miles southwest of Kauai, has been off limits to outsiders, earning ...