Data collected from the Ward Villages construction site in Kaka'ako suggest there may be 335 individuals buried there, a calculation that should have been included in archaeological reports accepted by the state, according to a review by a panel of outside archaeologists.

The three-member panel of members of the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology said the state Historic Preservation Division demonstrated "serious instances of nonfeasance" in failing to demand further investigation of the site, and also failed to demand information necessary to determine how widespread the burials were within the area to be affected by construction.