This Week on Maui TV News:

Aloha Honu - This week a very fortunate boatload of humans witnessed the release of six precious young honu - off to start their lives in the great big sea. Courtesy of Maui Ocean Center and Pacific Whale Foundation, we'll take you there.

Tighter Rules - The Maui County Council unanimously voted to require tighter restrictions on who, where and how reef animals are taken from the sea.

Looking Up- Hotels, resorts and condos are filling up again - finally - after two years of dismal numbers. But the celebration is slightly tenuous because the profits are "thinner." We'll explain.

Also this week on Maui TV News:

Them's Fightin Words - "A little help from his 'friends'" may not be helping one of the major Democratic candidates for governor. We caught up with Mufi Hannemann to get the back story on how Ed Case's endorsement of Hannemann's opponent might work to Mufi's benefit.

New Brass - There are two new captains in the Maui Fire Department. We'll introduce you to them.

Count-Down - The last effort is being made this month to try to draw in some 4,000 families still holding out on the 2010 Census in Hawai'i. We've got the island-by-island numbers.

In Sports, it was a long trip here - and an even longer trip back to Japan for the Kwansei Fighters after facing King Kekaulike.

In Curtain Call - is it still magical after 6,000 times? Paul Janes-Brown catches the 2010 version of Warren and Annabelle and has his answer.

In Coming Attractions - Native Plants, a U.S. Senator and the "Tour de Kihei" And that's just the beginning.

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