Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 4. Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 657-3

(a) In the cases enumerated in subsection (b), all the provisions of this part, or any other statute of limitations, shall apply to a claim stated as a counterclaim against an opposing party in the same manner as if an action thereon had been commenced at the time when the opposing party commenced the opposing party's action or served the pleading stating the opposing party's claim, or if a different time is applicable to the opposing party's claim under the provisions of this section then at that time.

(b) Subsection (a) shall apply if the claim stated as a counterclaim:

(c) Within the meaning of this section a counterclaim includes a claim asserted against the plaintiff by a third-party defendant and in that situation the plaintiff is deemed an opposing party.