“ʻI he ʻaho ní, ne u fakahū atu ki he Fakataha Alēlea ʻo e Vahefonuá ha lao ke fakatonutonu ha konga ʻo e Lao ʻo e Vahefonuá ke tokoni vave ki hono fakalahi ʻo e ʻinivenitoli ʻo e ngaahi fale ʻoku maʻu ʻe he niʻihi ne hao mei he vela ʻo e vaotaá ʻi ʻAokosí,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ʻo e Vahefonua Mauí ko Richard Bissen. “ʻI hono liliu ʻo e ngaahi ʻiuniti taimi nounoú ki ha ngaahi ʻapi nofo totongi taimi lōloa, pea totongi kinautolu ki he kakai kuo nau hiki ʻi he fakatamakí, ʻe fakaʻatā ai ʻa e kau ʻea ʻo e ngaahi ʻapi nofo totongi taimi nounou ʻe lauiafe ʻi Maui, ngaahi ʻapi nofoʻanga taimi mo e ngaahi ʻapi ʻoku ʻikai nofoʻi ʻe ha taha ʻoku ʻaʻaná mei he totongi tukuhau ʻo e ngaahi ʻapi moʻoní.

“Te tau lava ʻo tokoniʻi ha niʻihi tokolahi ange ʻoku nau hao ʻoku nau fie maʻu ha fale ʻaki hono fakaʻatā vave ʻa e ngaahi ʻiuniti taimi nounoú mei he tukuhau ʻo e koloa moʻoní ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau lisi ai ki he kau nofo ʻoku nau hiki mei honau ngaahi ʻapí ʻa ia naʻe uesia ʻe he fakatamaki ʻo e vela ʻo e vaotaá. ʻOku ou tui ʻoku fie maʻu ha feilaulau vahevahe ʻi he taimi ko ʻení. Ko ia ai, 'oku ou fakataumu'a foki ke fokotu'u atu ki he Fakataha Tokoni 'o e Vahefonua ke hiki hake 'a e tukuhau koloa ki he ngaahi fale nofo totongi taimi nounou kotoa pe, ngaahi 'iuniti timeshare mo e ngaahi koloa 'oku 'ikai nofo'i 'e he tokotaha 'oku fakafuofua'i 'oku laka hake he pa'anga 'e taha miliona 'oku 'ikai ke nau kau ki he polokalama ko 'eni 'oku fakataumu'a ke tokoni ki hotau kakai Maui ke ma'u ha ngaahi fale. Ko e kau maʻu ʻapi ʻoku nau tokoniʻi hotau ngaahi fāmili ʻoku uesia ʻe he fakatamakí ʻaki ʻenau ʻoatu ʻenau ngaahi ʻiunití te nau maʻu ha fakaʻatā tukuhau. Lolotonga ko kinautolu ‘oku nau fili ke ‘oua ‘e lava ke nau tokoni ‘aki ‘enau tokoni lahi ange ‘i he tukuhaú ke fakafoki ‘aki ‘a e mole ‘o e pa‘anga tukuhaú.”

‘Oku feinga ‘a e lao ke fakatonutonu ‘a e Vahe 3.48 ‘o e Lao ‘a e Vahefonua Maui pea ‘i he fakangofua ‘e he Fakataha Tokoni ‘e kamata ngaue ia ‘i Sanuali 1, 2024. ‘E faka’ata ‘a e tukuhau koloa mei he ‘aho 20 ‘o Fepueli, 2024 – Sune 30, 2025. $11.85 ki he $1,000.00 takitaha ‘o hono mahu’inga kuo sivi’i, ‘a ia ko e fika ua ia ‘i he ngaahi fakakalasi kotoa ‘o e totongi tukuhau.

Hangē ko ʻení, kapau ʻoku ʻi ai haʻo koloa ʻoku fakafuofuaʻi ʻi he $1,000,000 ʻoku fakakalasi ko e TVR-STRH, ko hoʻo tukuhau ki he taʻu fakapaʻanga ko ʻení ko e $11,850. Kapau te ke lisi kotoa ho koloa pea kamata a e lisi i he aho 1 o Sanuali, 2024, pea osi i he aho 31 o Tisema, 2024, te ke ma u ha holo $5,925 i he tukuhau o e ta u ni (vahe 2) pea mo e $11,850 kakato i he tukuhau o e ta u kaha u kapau te ke kole ki he aho 00 o Sanuali an2024. ‘o e $17,775.

“Ko e taha ʻeni ʻo e ngaahi founga lahi te mau fakaʻaongaʻi ke fakaleleiʻi ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fie maʻu fale taimi lōloá,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen. “ʻOku kei hokohoko atu pē ʻeku sivisiviʻi mo ʻeku timí ʻa e ngaahi fili kotoa pē ke ʻomi ha ngaahi fakaleleiʻanga fakataimi mo fakataimi lōloa ʻe ala fai ki he ngaahi falé. ‘Oku mau kei fehangahangai mo e ngaahi pole lahi ‘o e vai, vai ‘uli mo e ngaahi langa fakalakalaka ‘i West Maui – ko e ngaahi tu’unga na’e ‘osi faingata’a kimu’a ‘i he fakatamaki ‘a ia kuo ‘ikai ke malava ai ha ngaahi fili ‘e ni’ihi.”

ʻOku lolotonga ʻi ai ʻa e ʻiuniti timeshare ʻe 2,500 ki he 3,000 ʻi he Vahefonua Mauí, ʻapi ʻoku ʻikai nofoʻi ʻe ha taha ʻe 12,000 ki he 14,000 pea mo e ngaahi ʻapi nofo totongi taimi nounou ʻe 12,000 ki he 14,000.

‘E fanongoa ‘a e fokotu’u lao ko ‘eni ‘i he fakataha ‘a e Fakataha Tokoni ‘o e Vahefonua ‘i he ‘aho 5 ‘o Tisema, 2023.