Subsequent to the filing of the decision in this case on January 10, 1973 (54 Haw. 174, 504 P.2d 1330 (1973)), petitions for rehearing were filed by some of the parties. By order of this court dated June 18, 1973, all the parties were requested to file supplementary briefs directed to the issues (1) whether HRS ยง 7-1*fn1 was material to the determination of the water rights of the parties, and (2) whether owners of parcels of land in the Hanapepe Valley, who were entitled to appurtenant water rights for taro raising at the time of the Mahele or the Land Commission Award, were entitled to apply the appurtenant water rights to parcels of land other than that to which the court found the right was appurtenant.
