If exceptions are filed, the hearing examiner shall transmit the record of the proceeding to the director. The record shall include: the application, any request for hearing, motions and requests filed in written form, rulings, the transcript of the testimony taken at the hearing, together with the exhibits admitted to evidence, any documents or papers filed in connection with prehearing conferences, proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law, rules or orders, and supporting reasons, as may have been filed, the hearing examiner's decision, and exceptions, statements of objections, and briefs in support, as may have been filed in the proceeding.
Haw. Code R. § 12-53-21