Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Newspapers
The major local newspaper available on Maui is the daily
Maui News
(
www.mauinews.com
)
, which has decent coverage and a good listing of local events. The
Lahaina News
(
www.lahainanews.com
) is a weekly community paper with news, feature
stories, and entertainment listings. Free local weekly and biweekly newspapers include
the
Maui Time
(
www.mauitime.com
)
and
Maui Weekly
(
www.mauiweekly.com
)
, with the
former focusing heavily on island entertainment options and political commentary.
Hawai'i, like the rest of the United States, employs the imperial system of measurements
for weights and distances. Basically, dry weights are in ounces and pounds; liquid meas-
ures are in ounces, quarts, and gallons; and distances are measured in inches, feet, yards,
and miles. The metric system is known but not in general use.
Electricity
The same electrical current is in use in Hawai'i as on the U.S. mainland. The system func-
tions on 110 volts, 60 cycles of alternating current (AC); type A (two-pin) and type B
(three-pin) plugs are used. Appliances from Japan will work, but there is some danger that
they will burn out, while those requiring the normal European voltage of 220, with other
types of plugs, will not work.
Time Zones
There is no daylight saving time in Hawai'i. When daylight saving time is not observed on
the mainland, Hawai'i is two hours behind the West Coast, four hours behind the Midwest,
five hours behind the East Coast, and 11 hours behind Germany. During the other half of
the year when the mainland is observing daylight savings time, Hawai'i is consequently
three hours behind the West Coast and six hours behind the East Coast. Hawai'i, being just
east of the International Date Line, is almost a full day behind most Asian and Oceanian
cities. Hours behind these countries and cities are: Japan, 19 hours; Singapore, 18 hours;
Sydney, 20 hours; New Zealand, 22 hours; Fiji, 22 hours.
