A few more details about Ni'ihau that were left out of the article. - There was actually one other landowner, a native Hawaiian couple that the Robinsons had t

A few more details about Ni'ihau that were left out of the article. - There was actually one other landowner, a native Hawaiian couple that the Robinsons had to buy out to own the entire island. The story goes that they didn't want to sell, but one of the Robinsons kept placing gold coins on a table until they gave in. - The Hawaiian that is still spoken on Ni'ihau is probably very similar to the one spoken there from the time of Western contact (James Cook in 1778[*]). However, it is a slightly different dialect than that spoken on the other islands that has become "modern" Hawaiian language. - The article briefly mentions the Japanese aviator who crashed on Ni'ihau after bombing Pearl Harbor. Some say this small side-story to WW2 had some sigificant impact on the decision to intern the Japanese on the US mainland during the war: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau_Incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau_Incident - There is no electricity on the island, but the department of education has installed a solar PV system to run computers and refrigerators at the school. I imagine that other houses may be replacing kerosene lighting with solar PV as well now that prices have come down. - I do not think they have landlines or cell-phones, but I think there is a radio for emergencies. - I think the Helicopter tour runs about $300-$350, someday I may try it.