The history of Ganja in Hawaii is pretty interesting..
I can't reveal my source but the story makes sense to me so I will share it...
There are many on the mainland who believe that many of the Hawaiian heritage strains (discussed above ex. kona gold) are landrace... Apparently not true...
First signs of the magic herb came in the the late 1850s when the Chinese were brought to Hawaii to work in the suger cane fields.. Not a major incursion of Marijuana because it stayed within the Chinese immigrant community but it was something that supposedly stuck around until present day history... The Chinese were the first of many different immigrant groups that came to Hawaii to work the fields, including the Portuguese, Filipinos, Japanese, and Koreans.. (The Chinese were the only ones to bring any ganja along with other herbs)
Another influx supposedly came in the late 1940s and 1950s with the jazz musicians and hollywood scene that were being transplanted to the islands..
Then in the late 1960s to Mid 1970's California hippies who traveled to exotic places collecting strains brought them here to grow, mostly concentrated in the area southwest of Hilo... and like any other invasive species, the hippies fanned out to the other island spreading their joy to the uncles of yesteryear...
These strains became the basic ingredients for what would later become Maui Wowee, Kona Gold, etc etc..
Oaxacan varieties (mexico), Columbian Gold, Panama Red, and Thai were the sativa bases... and Afghan as the main indica source...
What say you?