Ka Ulu Hoi

Ma hope o ‘ewalu makahiki o ka hana nui ua lei ‘ia ka lei o ka lanakila. Ma ka makahiki 1995 ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kula ʻo Pūnana Leo o Waimea e ʻelima pūʻulu, ʻo ia hoʻi nā Kūpuna o ka DOE,  Nā Kālai Waʻa, Nā Aikāne o Puʻukoholā, a me Hālau Kealaonāmaupua. ‘Aʻole i lōʻihi ka wā i kū ai ka Pūnana Leo o Waimea, ʻo kona paʻa akula nō ia. A laila, ua neʻe nā kumu a me nā haumāna i ke Kula Kaiapuni ma Waimea, ʻoiai he hoʻokahi wale nō kula Kaiaʻōlelo ma Waimea, a ʻo ia Kula Kaiapuni nō. Ma ka makahiki 2010 ua hoʻoholo ke poʻo kumu o ke kula haʻahaʻa o Waimea, ʻo Marcy McClelland, e pani i ke Kula Kaiapuni o Waimea. ʻAʻole i pau ko Waimea noke mau ʻana i ka ʻimina i kula kaiaʻōlelo ma ko lākou ʻāina. Ua hui koke nā ʻohana, nā kumu, ka poʻe o ke kaiāulu, a me ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo a ua hoʻokumu hou ʻia ke kula ʻo Pūnana Leo o Waimea. A ma ka makahiki 2011 ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kula kaiaʻōlelo ma Waimea i kapa ʻia ʻo ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna. Ua pili ka Pūnana Leo o Waimea a me ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna a ua kapa ʻia kēia papahana o Ka Ua Paliloa.

Ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia kula he hoʻokahi kumu, a he ʻumi haumāna. ʻAʻole i nui nā haumāna ʻoiai he mea hou ia ma kona kaiāulu. No laila, ua pili nō nei kula hou i kekahi mau kula e kū ana no ka manawa lōʻihi. Penei ia: ʻo ka papa mālaaʻo a i ka papa ʻewalu, aia nō ma lalo o ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, a ʻo ke kula kiʻekiʻe, aia ma lalo o ke kula kiʻekiʻe o Honokaʻa. Akā naʻe ua ʻae ʻia nā haumāna o ʻAlo Kēhau o Ka ʻĀina Mauna e hoʻomau i ke aʻo ʻana ma Waimea, me ka haʻalele ʻole ʻana nō i ka ʻāina hānau. ʻO ke kumu i hana ʻia ai penei , i lawa nā lako a me ke kālā no ke kula. Eia kekahi, ʻo ke kumu i ʻae ʻole ʻia ai nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe e noho ma lalo o Nāwahī, ʻaʻole i ʻae ia kēia ʻano hana e ka DOE. Ua mau ka ulu ʻana o kēia kula, a ma ka makahiki 2024 ua puka ka papa mua o ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna, ua ulu ke ola o kā kākou ʻōlelo makuahine.

 Ma ka lā 8 o Mei, ua hoʻomaka nā hanana mua o ka pule puka kula ma ke kula ʻo ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna. Mālama ʻia ihola he pūʻai ma ke kula me nā ʻohana o ke kula, nā haumāna, a me nā kānaka i kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ke kula. Ma ka lā 20 o Mei, ua hoʻomaka ka ʻaha mua o ka pule puka kula, he ʻaha ʻawa. Na nā haumāna nō, nā mākua o nā haumāna, a me nā ʻelele i kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ke kula. A ma hope mai, ua kaʻi nā haumāna a me nā mākua i nā wahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ke kula. Ma ka lā 21, ua kō ka ʻaha haipule, a ma ka lā 22, ua kō ka ʻaha ma Manaua. A laila ma ka lā 24, ua kō piha ka hana a ua eo ka palapala i nā haumāna o ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna. Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻaha hoʻomoloa kīhei ma Anna Ranch ma ka hola ʻeiwa o ke kakahiaka. I ia wā, ua hui nā mākua, nā haumāna o nā papa haʻahaʻa aʻe, a me ke kaiāulu e nānā ai i kēia ʻaha piha i ka mana. A ma hope, ua pāʻina ka ʻohana no ka lilo ʻana o ka lei o ka lanakila i nā haumāna ʻekolu, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Laʻakea Canario-Carvalho, Nalu Akau, a me aʻu, ʻo Nohealani Mulloy. Akā naʻe ʻaʻole i pau ka hana ma ʻaneʻi.

No laila, e hoʻomaopopo ʻia nō, ua noke ko Waimea, a paʻa ko lākou hana. Ua puka ka papa mua ʻo ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna. E noke mau mākou i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻōlelo makuahine. 

© Nohealani Mulloy 2024