Do not see why OHA should pay for the transcripts.  They are supposed to help Native Hawaiians however those who oppose TMT cannot say that they speak for all Native Hawaiians.  If these group or groups truly speak for many then it
should not be a problem for them to raise the money for the transcripts.  Why they would have had the impression that OHA would bankroll them is not clear to me. They should have been fundraising from the beginning.
I still do not understand why the TMT builders have not thrown in the towel and gone on to the best alternative site.  Time is rapidly running out and the process is clearly going to be challenged in Court  again so  this will drag things out for months.  Time to move on to either Chile or the Canary Islands.