CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registration
Statement No. 33-58175 of Morgan Stanley Hawaii Municipal Trust, formerly Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter Hawaii Municipal Trust, on Form N-1A of our report dated
January 8, 2002, incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and appearing in
the Statement of Additional Information, and to the references to us under the
captions "Financial Highlights" in the Prospectus and "Custodian and Independent
Auditors" and "Experts" in the Statement of Additional Information, both of
which are part of such Registration Statement.





Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
January 29, 2002