Lee Cataluna: Our Strange Fixation With Ni‘ihau

Columnist Lee Cataluna questions why there is a public fixation on the restricted island of Ni‘ihau compared to other private, restricted lands in Hawaii.
Why aren't we similarly obsessed with other "forbidden" parts of Hawaiʻi -- such as those fenced off by billionaires?
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