1.   At its very tip sits Maunaloa Town, a former Dole pineapple plantation.

2.   Native Hawaiian plants, flowers and breadfruit, lychee and mango trees adorn the courses that once were part of a vast pineapple plantation.

3.   Other trees are being put to work, with plantings of koa on a pineapple plantation in Hawaii extracting ethylene dibromide from groundwater.

4.   The Hotel Lanai, in the center of the island, was built to house visiting company executives during the heyday of the pineapple plantation.

5.   Del Monte wants to invest in pineapple plants, with an eventual expansion to pineapple plantations, The Nation newspaper said.

6.   Last week, the elephants roamed out of the reserve to raid several pineapple plantations.

7.   The investment also includes a pineapple plantation and canning factory, he said.