Puʻuʻohulu Community Hawker Centre incorporates community building programming, including relevant sports facilities, a community garden which can interact with the local producers in Waianae and the market stall at the centre, community meeting spaces, and a strong community heart that centers the surrounding neighborhoods in the Puʻuʻohulu area. 

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The functions of the hawker centre includes, but are not limited to, the dispersal of raw food crops, educational facilities for learning how to cultivate and cook healthy locally-grown food, and reinforce the safety of parks often avoided due to their long association with neglect, fear and crimes. The hawkers themselves become relics of their community as the food they prepare strikes close to the hearts of many who have fond memories of meals once prepared during during childhood.

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The findings of the investigation reafirmed that Hawaiʻi has increasingly more at stake by not supporting local agricultural businesses, not allowing decades old laws to change and not reinforcing the development of a strong culture of food production and connection to the land. Centres would create the stage for these activities to happen. The implementation of a state-wide hawker centre system would help negate the effects felt from decades of development that has seeded the conditions we feel today, especially in disadvantaged communities. 

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Hawker Center Factsheet

Population served:        5,235 residents

Number of Floors:         2

Total 'Covered' Area:    17,428 sqft

Total Hawker Area:       4,252 sq ft

Building Efficiency:      28.1% BoH, 71.9% FoH

Stall Count

Cooked Food:    8 Stalls    44.4%

(Drinks):             2 Stalls    11.2%

Market:               8 Stalls    44.4%

Sundry:               0 Stalls    0%