Kilakila ‘O Haleakala v. Board of Land and Natural Resources.

Opinion of the Court by

NAKAYAMA, J.

It is well established that under Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 91-14(a), “[a]ny person aggrieved by a final decision and order in a contested ease ... is entitled to judicial review thereof under this chapter[.]” In Kaleikini v. Thielen, 124 Hawai'i 1, 26, 237 P.3d 1067, 1092 (2010), this court most recently reaffirmed the principle that a denial of a request for a contested case hearing (or a request to intervene and participate in one) also constitutes a “final decision and order” of an administrative agency from which the aggrieved party may appeal…