< hoʻi hope Keolapono, ka Honu o Waiehu Hakualokualapa Bolacito 28 Pepeluali 2021 I nā hulina hema o Maui, aia kahi moku liʻiliʻi ʻo Honuaʻula. ʻO ia nō kahi nona kēia moʻolelo. He mālie a laʻi hoʻi ka nohona kakahiaka o Honuaʻula. I ka puka mai o ka lā a me kona mau kukuna, hoʻomālamalama ʻia mai ke alo o Haleakalā a i loko hoʻi o ke kūʻono o Honuaʻula. Noenoe mai ka Uakea i luna o ka ʻili kai a neneʻe aku i ke kula. ʻO kēia wahi aloha kahi e hoʻomaka ai kēia moʻolelo. I ka poli o ke kūʻono kahi e noho pū nei nā hoa iʻa a pau. No ka nui o ka uluwehi o ke kai, leʻaleʻa a hoʻonanea hoʻi nā iʻa i ka loaʻa o ka ʻai. Aia hoʻi i laila nā nalu leʻaleʻa e heʻe ai. I kekahi manawa, kipa mai nā kānaka maoli a luʻu pū iho lākou i laila. Nanea nā iʻa i ka holo pū ʻana aku me nā kānaka maoli no ka e auaa maikaʻi ka launa pū ʻana o lāua. I ke kūʻono, ua palekana nā iʻa i ka manō nui. ʻO ke kumu, noho nā manō nui ma waho o ke kūʻono no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopilikia i ia mau iʻa e noho wale ana i laila. I kekahi manawa, kipa aku kekahi honu nui nona ka inoa ʻo Keolapono. No Waiʻehu mai ua Keolapono nei. Ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia i ke kahe ʻana o ka wai o nā wai ʻehā a pēlā nō i loaʻa ai iā ia ka mana mai nā ahupuaʻa ʻehā mai, ʻo Waikapu, ʻo Wailuku, ʻo Waiheʻe, a ʻo Waiʻehu. Holo ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi lōʻihi mai Waiehu aku a ʻau i kēia mau kai e like me nā hoa aloha ʻē aʻe o Honuaʻula. Kipa pinepine ʻo ia i ke one o Honuaʻula, akā inā nō hiki mai nā malihini, ʻo kona hoʻi aʻela nō ia i kai. Hoʻi ʻo ia no ka mea e ukali ana nā malihini iā ia. Ma hope o kāna huakaʻi hoʻi ʻo ia i kona hale, akā naʻe i kona haʻalele ʻana, nīnau aku nā iʻa iā ia e kōkua iā lākou ma ka hoʻopakele ʻana mai ka malihini nīele mai. A no ia kumu i manaʻo ai ʻo Keolapono e pili ana i nā pilikia o kona mau hoa a me kona kōkua ʻana aku. I ka hala ʻana o ke kūʻono ʻo Maʻalaea iā ia, ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka makani ikaika. Ikaika a wikiwiki loa kēia mau makani ʻo Maʻalaea hoʻohālike ʻia me ke kino ʻo Keolapono. Like kona holo ʻāwiki ʻana me ua makani nei. E holo mua a hiki i kona hōʻea ʻana mai i ke kōā ʻo Pailolo. Ma ʻaneʻi, ua nānā ʻo ia i nā manō nui a me ko lākou ʻai ʻana i nā iʻa. E holomua a hiki i kona hoʻi ʻana i ke one o Waiʻehu. I kēlā pō, i mua o kona hiamoe ʻana, ua noi aku ʻo ia i nā wai ʻehā i ka ʻike pono no ke kōkua ʻana i kona mau hoa iʻa. No laila, hoʻomaka ka heleleʻi nui ʻana mai o ka ua Lililehua a e kahe ana me he wai lā a piha nā kahawai i ua ua Lililehua nei. Keu ʻo ia a ka hauʻoli i ke kōkua ʻana o ka ʻāina iā ia me kona mau hoa. hiamoe nō me nā leo nui o nā lani. I ke kakahiaka ʻana aʻe, hoʻomaka ʻo Keolapono e hele hou i ke kūʻono ʻo Honuaʻula. Inu nui ʻo ia i ka wai mai nā wai ʻehā mai e loaʻa ai ka ikaika i mea e holo ai i kāna huakaʻi lōʻihi i Honuaʻula. I kona hiki ʻana mai i ke kūʻono, ua haʻi ʻo ia i kona hoa iʻa no ka hiki iā ia ke kōkua aku iā lākou. Ua nānā ka iʻa pīhoihoi i ka holo ʻana o ua Keolapono nei i kahakai. Ua noho lōʻihi ʻo ia i kahakai a hiki i ka hele ʻana mai o nā malihini a pau. ʻUme ʻo ia nei i nā malihini a kokoke i kona kino, aia nō a aukukū nā malihini, kolo wikiwiki ʻo ia i ke kai i hahai ʻia e nā malihini a pau. Ukali nā malihini i ka honu wiwoʻole i ke kai. Ka pakī ʻana a nā malihini e hoʻopihoihoi i nā manō! Hoʻomaka aʻela ka manō e holo i kahakai. Ua haʻi ʻo Keolapono i nā manō e hōʻoki i ka ʻai ʻana i kona mau hoa iʻa a ʻai i kēia mau malihini. Ua ʻaelike nā manō a hoʻomaka i ka ʻai ʻana i nā malihini. Ua makemake nui nā manō i ka ʻono o ka poʻe malihini. No ia mau kumu, hoʻoleʻaleʻa iho nā iʻa i ke kūʻono ʻo Honuaʻula. No laila, ke ʻike ʻoe i kekahi honu nui i ke kūʻono o Honuaʻula, ʻo Keolapono nō ia e alakaʻi ana i nā malihini i ka manō e malu ai ua ʻāina nei. Pīpī Holo Kaʻao. © Hakulokualapa Bolacito 2021 na Hakulokualapa Bolacito ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope He Moʻolelo no Pōpōʻalaea a ʻo Waiʻānapanapa Lopaka Weltman 1 ʻOkakopa 2020 He ‘āina ‘o Wai‘ānapanapa ma ke ahupua‘a ‘o Honokalani ma ka moku ‘o Hāna ma Maui. ‘O ka Lani ha‘aha‘a lāua ‘o ke Ōnini-puaʻiʻo kona mau ua, ‘o ka ‘Ai-maunu lāua ‘o ka I‘a-iki kona mau makani. ‘O ke kumu paha o ka inoa ke ‘ano ‘ānapanapa o ka wai o kekahi pu‘uone ma Wai‘ānapanapa. Kaulana nō ia i ka nani o kahakai a me ka hae o ka nalu. E kipa ‘ia ka pāka moku‘āina ‘o Wai‘ānapanapa e nā malihini a me nā kama‘āina i kēlā me kēia lā. He ‘āina aloha ‘ia nō ia. Eia nō na‘e, ‘a‘ole lau nā malihini i kēia makahiki ma muli o ka ma‘i ahulau ‘o COVID-19. Eia mai he ʻōlelo hoʻoheno na Samuel Kapu e hoʻomanaʻo aʻe ana i kēia ʻāina aloha. Makemake au e ʻike aku A i ka ua lani haʻahaʻa Me ka Waiʻānapanapa A ʻo Maui nō lā ka ʻoi Kaulana nō ho‘i ‘o Wai‘ānapanapa ma ka lāhui Hawai‘i i ka mo‘olelo o ke ali‘i wahine ‘o Pōpō‘alaea. Wahi a kekahi mo‘olelo i kākau ‘ia e E. H. Paulo ma ka Nūpepa Kū‘oko‘a ma ka lā 12 Iulai 1862, ua lilo ke ali‘i wahine he uku i ke ali‘i ‘o Ka‘akea ma ka pā‘ani hā‘awe i kūkulu ‘ia e ka mō‘ī ‘o Kamohoali‘i. He ali‘i kapu nō ho‘i ‘o Pōpō‘alaea, a u‘i wale nō ho‘i. Pi‘i a‘ela ka lili o Ka‘akea ma muli o ke aloha o ka po‘e iā Pōpō‘alaea a me kona aloha i kona kaikunāne hānau hope. No laila ikaika kona makemake e ho‘omake iā Pōpō‘alaea. A laila, mahuka ‘o Pōpō‘alaea me kekahi ʻōhua āna, a pe‘e ma loko o kekahi lua wai ma loko o ka pu‘uone ‘o Wai‘ānapanapa. Ma ka pō nō lāua e hele ana i kauhale o Honokalani no ka ‘imi ‘ana i mea ‘ai. E ho‘omeheu ana ‘o Ka‘akea iā lāua a ‘ike kā i ka mā‘alo o ke aka o ke kāhili i ka ʻili o ka wai. ‘O ka pepehi maila nō ia ā make nā wāhine ‘elua i ke ko‘i a Kaʻakea, a kahe ke koko i ka wai. Ho‘omana‘o ‘ia mai ka mea kipa i ka pu‘uone ‘o Wai‘ānapanapa i ko lāua make i ka pō Kū. E ‘ula‘ula ka wai ia wā. A pūkoko aku nō ka wai i ka ōpae ‘ula i kona pua ‘ana. Hau‘oli nā ‘ōpio Hawai‘i a me nā keiki nō hoʻi i ka lu‘u ‘ana iho i ka pu‘uone i waho o ka lua wai ā ‘au aku i ka lua wai i loko. E ‘au ana paha ‘o Pōpō‘alaea lāua ‘o ka ʻōhua e like me ko lāua make. Akā na‘e, ua pau a‘ela kekahi malihini i ka make i ka makahiki 2017 a pāpā ‘ia ka po‘e ‘a‘ole e hele i ke ala hele a hiki i ka pu‘uone mai ia wā a hiki i kēia lā. Eia nō na‘e, nui wale ka le‘ale‘a o ka hele wāwāe ʻana ma nā ala hele ‘elua ‘ē a‘e e pili ana i kahakai ma ka hulina Hāna a me ka hulina Nāhiku o ka pāka. A hoihoi nō ho‘i ka ʻai ‘aina awakea ma ke one uliuli ‘ele‘ele wale. E ‘ike pinepine ‘ia nā lāwai‘a ma kahakai i kēia wā o ka malihini ‘ole. Mau nō ka waiwai o Wai‘ānapanapa no ka po‘e ‘one‘i a me nā kama‘āina a pau nō ho‘i. Mau nō ke aloha o nā kama‘āina a pau i ia wahi pana, a mau nō ko lākou makemake e mālama i ia wahi pana. E loli ana anei ke ‘ano o ke kipa ‘ana i Wai‘ānapanapa i ka wā i ‘ae ‘ia ai ka ho‘i ‘ana o ka malihini ma ka mahina ‘o ‘Okakopa? ‘O ia paha, ‘a‘ole paha. Lawa nō ka nui o ka pāka no ka malihini a me ke kama‘āina pū akā, pono e kau ka palena o ka helu o nā malihini no ka mālama ‘ana i ka ‘āina. © Lopaka Weltman 2020 ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope He Aloha no Miloliʻi Nāinoa Alefaio 1 ʻOkakopa 2022 Aia i Kona Hema ma ka ʻokana ʻo Kapalilua i ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi, ma laila kekahi kauhale kaulana loa i ka lawaiʻa. Mai ka wā kahiko a i kēia mau lā noho nā ʻohana ʻōiwi ma Miloliʻi ma ke ʻano o ko lākou mau kūpuna lawaiʻa. Piha kēia wahi pana ʻo Miloliʻi i nā lawaiʻa ʻōiwi o Hawaiʻi nei i kaulana i ka hānai a lawe ʻōpelu ʻana. Hānai kēia mau lawaiʻa i nā ʻōpelu ma o ke kuʻu ʻana i ka ʻai palupalu. ʻAi nā ʻōpelu i ua palupalu nei a hoʻoulu lāhui lākou i hiki i nā lawaiʻa ke lawe i ka iʻa me ka pono a me ka hōʻeha ʻole i ka lāhui ʻōpelu. He mea koʻikoʻi ke ʻano o ka palupalu, ʻaʻole loa makemake ko Miloliʻi i ka ʻiʻo ma loko o ka palupalu. Hoʻopuka ʻia ka ʻōlelo "ʻAʻole Chop Chop," no ka makemake ʻole i ka ʻiʻo a i ʻole ka iʻa ma loko o ka ʻai palupalu. He hana aloha ʻāina kēia na ko Miloliʻi. ʻO ka iki hāwaʻe ihola nō ia o Miloliʻi. I kēia mau lā, he kumu hou e kaulana ai ua ʻāina nei ʻo Miloliʻi ma laila i hoʻokumu ʻia iho nei he CBSFA hou. ʻO ka CBSFA (Community-based Subsistence Fishing Area) o Miloliʻi, he kūlana ia no ke kaiāulu o laila, nāna e hoʻoholo i mau polokolamu e mālama ai i ko lākou ʻāina. ʻO ka pahuhopu o kēia ʻano mea he CBSFA ʻo ka mālama ʻana i nā iʻa a me nā mea waiwai o ka poʻe ʻōiwi o laila. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia kūlana CBSFA ma muli o ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe o Miloliʻi i ka hoʻēmi ʻia ʻana o nā iʻa o ia kaha ma muli o ka lawe nui ʻia ʻana e nā lawaiʻa. He hihia nui ka lilo nui ʻana o ka iʻa i nā lawaiʻa naʻaupō, a he hihia nui loa ke hoʻomau ʻia ka lilo loa ʻana no nā makahiki he nui. ʻO ka makemake o ke kaiāulu ʻo ka mālama pono wale ʻana nō i ko lākou home a me kā lākou pahu hau, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kai me nā iʻa o loko. ʻO Kalanihale ka hui aloha ʻāina e alakaʻi a e hoʻoholomua ana i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi ma o ke aʻo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka lawaiʻa ʻōiwi i nā ʻōpio o Miloliʻi. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ua hui nei i ka makahiki 2012 me ka pahuhopu ʻo ke aʻo ʻana aku i ka ʻike o nā kūpuna o Miloliʻi e pili ana i ka lawaiʻa pono ʻana a me ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi. Mālama ua hui hanohano nei i nā kumuwaiwai o ke kai o Miloliʻi, a hoʻoholo lākou i mau polokolamu e aʻo ai i ka lawaiʻa ʻana i nā ʻōpio o Miloliʻi a me nā ʻohana o Kona Hema. I kēia mau lā ʻo lākou ka hui alakaʻi o ke kaiāulu a me ka CBSFA o Miloliʻi. Ma muli o ke kūlana CBSFA, hiki i ka hui Kalanihale a me ke kaiāulu o Miloliʻi ke mālama i nā kumuwaiwai o ka ʻāina ma o ke kau ʻana i mau kapu e mālama ai i ka iʻa a me ke kai o Miloliʻi. Hana ka hui Kalanihale me ka ʻahahui DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) a me ka DAR (Department of Aquatic Resources) me he mau konohiki lā, e kilo ana i nā iʻa a ʻāpono ana i nā rula hou ke pilikia kekahi mea, akā ʻo Kalanihale a me ke kaiāulu o Miloliʻi nā alakaʻi maoli o kēia hana. Ke ʻike ka poʻe o Miloliʻi i kekahi hihia ma ke kai, hoʻoholo ʻia ke kilo nui ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai o kai. Inā ʻike ʻia ke emi ʻana o kekahi lāhui iʻa, e hoʻoholo ana ka hui Kalanihale i kapu nāna e pāpā i ka poʻe kānaka, ʻaʻole e lawe i kēlā ʻano iʻa no kekahi manawa. Inā ʻike ke kaiāulu i ka loli ʻana o ka wā e māhuahua ai kekahi lāhui iʻa e kuapo ana i ka manawa no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kō lākou lāhui, e kuapo ana nā alakaʻi o ka CBSFA i ka manawa e hōʻolepāpā ai i ka lawe ʻana i kēlā iʻa. Ma muli o nā rula e mālama ana i nā kumuwaiwai o Miloliʻi, hiki i ka hui Kalanihale ke aʻo aku i ka hanauna hou i ka ʻike o nā kūpuna a mālama i ke ʻano o ka lawaiʻa ʻōiwi me ke kākoʻo o DLNR a me DAR. Wahi a kūpuna he mea koʻikoʻi loa ka mālama ʻana i nā lāhui iʻa. Mālama ka Hawaiʻi i nā iʻa ma o ka hānai ʻana i nā iʻa i ka ʻai palupalu, a me ke kilo ʻana i nā mea e pono ai ka lāhui iʻa a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā rula o ka ʻāina inā he pono. He wahi kupanaha ʻo Miloliʻi, a ʻike ʻia ke kupanaha o lākou ma o ka hana nui a ke kaiāulu e mālama ai i kākō lākou pahu hau. Aia i Miloliʻi kahi a kākou e ʻike ai i ke ola maoli ʻana o ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi ma ke au hou. No kēia mau rula e haku ʻia ana e Kalanihale mā, ke ʻike ʻia kekahi mea hou e pono ai nā lāhui iʻa o ke kai, hoʻolale ka hui i nā keʻena ʻoihana o ka mokuʻāina a ʻāpono ʻia nā rula. ʻO nā hui o nā keʻena mokuʻāina nā mea e hoʻokō i nā rula, akā noho ka hui Kalanihale ma ke ʻano he kiaʻi no ke kai a me ka ʻāina o Miloliʻi. Hiki ke ʻāpono ʻia nā rula e ke kiaʻāina ma o ka pūlima ʻana i palapala e lilo ai nā rula i mau kānāwai. I ka lā 2 o ʻAukake o kēia makahiki 2022, ua pūlima ke kiaʻāina Ige i ka palapala e lilo ai nā lula a ka CBSFA i mau kānāwai. Ke ʻike nei ke aupuni mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi i ke koʻikoʻi o nā wahi e like me Miloliʻi. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Miloliʻi ʻo ia "ke kaiāulu?kauhale lawaiʻa hope loa o Hawaiʻi nei." E aho kākou e ʻike i ka mana o kēia ʻāina, a hahai paha kekahi mau kaiāulu ʻē aʻe o Hawaiʻi i kēia ʻano hana. ʻO ia hoʻi, e hoʻokō i ke aloha ʻāina, ka mālama ʻāina, a me ka mālama moʻomeheu ʻōiwi, a e hoʻokumu i mau CBSFA hou. E lilo kākou i mau alakaʻi no ka hanauna hou ia ola ai me ka pono o nā akua a me ka ʻāina, e like me ko Miloliʻi. He aloha nō iā ʻoe e Miloliʻi. ​© Nāinoa Alefaio 2022 ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope Ua Pau ʻo Waiola i ke Ahi Kailana Keen 5 ʻOkakopa 2023 Eia nā ʻohana ma Lāhaiana, Maui, ke luʻuluʻu nei i ke aloha. Hoʻokahi mahina aku nei, ua hele a pau loa ka nani o Lāhaina i ke ahi. Ua ʻā nā hale a me nā halekuʻi a pau loa, a ua hele kekahi mau kānaka i ke ala hoʻi ʻole mai. Nui loa aʻela nā leo uwē o ka lehulehu me ke kulu makawalu ʻana o ka waimaka i ka pau ʻana o ke ola o kānaka a me nā mea waiwai i ke ahi. ʻO kekahi o nā hale i pau, ʻo ia nō ka hale pule kupaianaha loa ʻo Waiola i kū ma ke alanui ʻo Waineʻe. Ma ia hale pule nō i mālama ʻia ai nā mea waiwai pili loa i ka mōʻaukala o ke aupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi, nā mikionali, a me nā kupapaʻu o kekahi o ko kākou mau aliʻi. Eia mai ka moʻolelo o ua wahi hale pule nei ʻo Waiola. I ka mahina ʻo Mei i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāwalu iwakāluakumamākolu, ua haʻalele ʻo Keōpūolani, ka wahine a Kamehameha Paiʻea, iā Oʻahu no Maui no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā haʻawina o ka Baibala Kahiko a me nā mikionali. Ua kauoha aku ʻo ia iā Reverend William Richards a me Reverend Charles Steward e hoʻokumu i ka hale pule mua loa ma Maui no nā kupa o ia wahi. I nā mahina mua loa o ko lākou hui ʻana, ʻaʻohe hale e hālāwai ai, no laila, ma ke one nō i mālama ʻia ai. ʻAʻole i lawa kēia noho ʻana ma ka hale kaupoku ʻole. Ma ka lā ʻumikumamāhā o Kēkēmapa i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāwalu iwakāluakumamāwalu, ua hoʻoniho ʻia ka pōhaku kihi i ke alanui ʻo Waineʻe, ʻo ka hoʻomaka aʻela nō ia o ke kūkulu ʻana. I kēlā manawa, ua kapa ʻia ia hale pule ʻo Ebenezer. Ma hope o ke kūkulu hou ʻana i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāwalu kanakolukumamālua, ua kapa hou ʻia ʻo ia i ka inoa ʻo Waineʻe, a kapa hou ʻia ʻo Waiola i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāiwa kanalimakumamākolu ma hope o ka hoʻolaʻa hou ʻana. He hale pule waiwai loa nō ia ma muli o kona kūkulu ʻia ʻana e nā mikionali mua ma Hawaiʻi a me ko lākou mālama ʻana i nā mea waiwai. No nā mikonali, ʻo kēia kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ia hale pule, he mea nui ia no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ko lākou manaʻo a puni ʻo Hawaiʻi. Wahi a Mike Smola, ke alakaʻi hōʻikeʻike ma Hawaiian Mission Homes, ka waihona pili loa i ka hale pule ʻo Waiola, ua pau nō kekahi mau mea waiwai loa i ke ahi. He mau kiʻi pena a he mau kiʻi i kahakiʻi ʻia e Edward Bailey, kekahi o nā mikionali mua loa. Eia hou hoʻi, ua pau nā puke hoʻomanaʻo a me nā leka a Reverend William Richards a me Reverend Charles Steward, a me nā kuamoʻo ʻōlelo kahiko o ka hale pule. He mau palapala waiwai loa nō ia no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka mōʻaukala o ua hale pule nei a me nā kuleana a me ka manaʻo o nā mikionali o ia manawa. He hōʻike hoʻi kēia no ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama pono ʻana i nā waihona ʻē aʻe, kahi e mālama ʻia ai nā mea waiwai o ka mōʻaukala Hawaiʻi a me nā mea koehana. ʻO nā aliʻi i kākoʻo nui i kēia haʻawina a nā Kalikiano, e laʻa ʻo Keōpūolani, Kaumualiʻi, Kauikeaouli, a me Nāhiʻenaʻena, ua kau ʻia ko lākou mau kino kupapaʻu ma laila. Ua pau nō ko lākou mau kia hoʻomanaʻo i ke ahi. Auwē! Nui ke aloha. ʻOiai, he kaumaha nui ka nalo ʻana o ia hale pule, ua piʻi aʻe nō ka ʻonipaʻa mau ʻana o nā limahana ma laila. I nā wā mua i pilikia ai ua hale pule nei, hoʻomau nō lākou i ke kūkulu hou ʻana, a pēlā ana paha i kēia manawa. ʻAuhea ʻoukou e ka poʻe aloha i kēia lāhui, e kōkua mai ʻoukou. Inā ua pā kou naʻau a makemake ʻoe e kōkua i ke kūkulu hou ʻia ʻana o ka hale pule ʻo Waiola, e kaomi i kēia loulou: https://www.waiolachurch.org/page/give . Ma laila nō e lū aku ai i ke kālā i mea e kākoʻo ai i ke kūkulu hou ʻia ʻana o ka hale pule ʻo Waiola. © Kailana Keen 2023 #kuikalono #aina #moolelokahiko ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope He Haliʻa Aloha no Konanui Kahikinaokalā Domingo 1 ʻOkakopa 2020 E ala e Ka‘ū mai ʻOkiʻokiaho a i Mawae, kāhiko o Mākaha, e ala e Puna, Puna Kumākaha, e ala e Hilo na‘au kele! Hilinaʻi Puna, kālele iā Kaʻū. ʻAuhea wale ana ʻoe e ka malo ʻeka, ka hulu kupuna o ka pō nona ke kua wehi, e pōʻai mau ana i ka piko o Wākea. Kanu ʻia i hea ka ʻawa a Kāne? Aia nō ia i ka ʻawa kau lāʻau o Puna, ka ʻāina Houpo o Kāne. Kani maila ka inoa ʻo Konanui, nā kupa ʻai au maoli o Puna a me Kaʻū, i halihali ʻia mai e ka makani “koʻele papa” o Puna.ʻO Joseph Konanui ka makuakāne, ʻo Elizabeth Konanui ka makuahine, hānau ʻia mai ua wahi pili ʻohā nei, ʻo Jerry Konanui, he mamo hiwahiwa na Hāloa. E kuʻu LPM, “lepo pōpolo mahiʻai” o ʻOpihikao, nui ka haʻo o kēia wahi keiki ʻohā iā ʻoe. ʻO wai lā kēia ʻōpū aliʻi, he loea no ka mahiʻai. He ʻumeke kāʻeo no ka ʻike. Ua hoʻohuli ʻia nā lima i lalo i ka honua, a ua ola nō. I kuʻu wā hūpēkole, ua ʻike maka wau i nā hana kupaianaha a ua laeʻula nei, ka lae i ʻula pau i ka lepo ʻulaʻula i puehu ʻia e ka ʻāina kua makani hiehie o Kaʻū nui. ʻAʻole loa ʻo ia he kanaka hoʻokano, a i ʻole he kanaka haʻakei. ʻAʻole loa ʻo ia i hōʻoio i kona ʻike he lehulehu a he manomano. Nona nō ka lālā kau kolokolohai, a ua haʻaheo nō ʻo ia i kona mau ʻāleuleu. He ʻike laha nō ia i ka lehulehu, he loea maoli nō ʻo Konanui. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kāna inoa kapakapa nona iho ʻo LPM, “lepo pōpolo mahiʻai,” he ʻōlelo hoʻokanahaʻi i kona ʻano akamai. Ua loa nō kona hele ʻana i Oʻahu nei mai kāna nohona i Pāhoa, a pōkole wale ka moena o ka noho.Eia nō naʻe, he laulā a ākea nō ke ʻano hoʻokipa, ua lawa no ka hālāwai ʻana a puni ke kānoa ʻawa, ua lawa mau ka ʻai a me ka iʻa, ua lawe mau ʻia mai ka poi paua a Keāiwa, a lako nō hoʻi i ke aloha, a me ka nanea a nūnēnūnē mau ʻana me ia. Akamai wale ʻo Konanui i nā ʻano kalo like ʻole a ka poʻe kūpuna, i ona mau hiʻohiʻona, kahi e mahi kūpono aku ai iā ia, a me nā ʻano ʻike he nui a he lehulehu e pili ana nō i ke kalo. Mikioi a noʻeau nō kona hōʻoia ʻana i kēlā kalo kēia kalo, he ʻike leʻa, he ʻike maopopo, a he ʻike maoli nō kona. Loiloi ʻia nā māhele a pau o ke kalo. Mākaʻi ʻia ka piko o ka lauʻalo, kona waihoʻoluʻu, ka ʻiʻo a me ka ʻaihē, makaʻala ʻia ke ʻano o ke kōhina, ka hā a me ka lau. Hele aku ʻo ia kiʻi i kalo, lālau wale i ke kalo, ʻaʻole i ʻū, puka mai ka inoa o ia kalo, a ʻapo wale, hāʻule ihola mai nā lehelehe me ka maopopo loa. Ua like nō ka nui o ka ʻike i loaʻa maiā Konanui no nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole. Ua noho a kupa ʻo ia, a hele a lōea i nā mea kanu kupuna like ʻole, ke kalo, ka ʻawa, ka ʻuala, ka ʻulu, a he nui wale aku. Moʻolelo mai ana ʻo ia no kona wā kamaliʻi, i ka wā a ka ʻohana i ʻākoakoa pū ai i ka hale e hana ai i ka poi, he lā i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no ka hana. Komo nā lālā a pau loa o ka ʻohana, mai nā ʻao i lawa ka nui e paʻa ai i ka hue wai, a hiki i nā lāʻele mahaoʻo. Wahi a Konanui, ʻo ia ka wā i launa ai ka ʻohana, ka wā e hoʻoili aku ai ka ʻike a me nā loina o ke kupuna i ke keiki, i mea e hoʻokahua aku ai i ia mau mea no ke kanaka makua ʻana. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i mākaukau no kēia aʻo ʻana aku i ka nui poʻe mai kona wā keiki. He kanaka hana uila ʻo ia, a he lawaiʻa. Wahi āna, ua ala maila ʻo ia i kekahi kakahiaka me ke kahe ʻana o ka hou, a piʻi aʻela ka ʻōkakala ma ka ʻili, ʻo kona hoʻomaopopo aʻela nō ia i kona kuleana e hoʻomau ai i ka ʻike o kona mau kūpuna, a e hoʻoili aku i kēlā ʻike i nā hanauna aku. Mai ia wā, ua hele ʻo Konanui a puni ka pae ʻāina e aʻo aku a aʻo mai ai i nā mea like ʻole no ke kalo. Nīnau mau ʻia ʻo ia penei: “E ʻAnakala, he aha ke kalo ʻoi loa o ka maikaʻi?” A puana mau ʻo ia i kēia pane nei: “ʻO kaʻu kalo punahele ke kalo aʻu e ʻai ana, ke kalo i mua oʻu i loko o ka ʻumeke poi,” me ka manaʻo e mahalo i ka mea loaʻa. ʻO kona leo hoʻokikina mau, kona leo hoʻolale mau, kona leo aʻoaʻo mau hoʻi, ʻo ia ka mahi ʻana i ke kalo me ka naʻau maikaʻi. Me ka manaʻo, he mea kēia kalo e hoʻōla mai ana iaʻu, e hānai ana iaʻu, a e hoʻomana ana iaʻu. ʻAʻole nō i pau kona ʻano loea ma ka mahiʻai wale nō. Noʻeau ʻo Konanui i ka hana poi, ke kuʻi ʻai, ke kālai papa kuʻi ʻai, ke kālai pōhaku kuʻi ʻai, a he nui wale aku. ʻOi loa kona ʻano maiau, maʻemaʻe, a mikioi wale ma ke kuʻi ʻai ʻana. No kona ʻano “pana” kūpaianaha ma ke kuʻi ʻai ʻana i lohe ʻia kēia inoa o ka makani “koʻele papa.” Ua kālele a koi hoʻokina nui ʻo ia ma kēia ʻōlelo nei ʻo, “Nani ke kalo,” me ka manaʻo, e maha a maikaʻi ke ʻano a ka naʻau i ka wā a Hāloa e noho pū ana. ʻAʻohe ʻōlelo ʻino, manaʻo ʻino, hana kolohe, hana lapuwale, a pēlā wale aku, mai ka wā e kanu ai i ka huli a hiki i ka wā e kau ana ka mikiʻai i ka waha. I ka wā i hāpai ʻia maila kekahi pila ma ka ʻahaʻōlelo e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kalo ma o ka GMO, ʻo ia ka genetically modified organism ma ka ʻōlelo haole, ua lilo nō ia pila ʻo ka “taro security bill” i pilikia maoli no kākou nā Hawaiʻi. Akā, ua maʻa nō ʻo Konanui i ka ʻai kalo paʻa, a ʻo ka moni kūpono nō ka hana. E like me kāna hana mau, lawe ʻo ia i ke kalo paʻa, a hana i poi ʻulika, i poi linalina ʻono maikaʻi, he hua no ka hana maiau. Ua huliāmahi mai nā mahiʻai kalo like ʻole o ka paeʻāina, e alakaʻi i paio e kūʻē ai i kēia hana ʻino ʻana i ke kalo. ʻAʻole loa ʻo Konanui i hiki aku i ke ʻano ao kahi. ʻOi kaʻakaʻa nō nā maka, a hala kēia hulu kūpuna. Ua lohe pepeiao mākou i nei leo waha wali, a ua ʻike maka nō i kona akamai. I ia lā o ka hoʻolewa, pakapaka ua nā waimaka, a loʻiloʻi wale i ka heleleʻi. Ua hoʻi nō i ke ala koʻiʻula a Kāne, eia nō naʻe, e mau ana nō kona ilina i kēia au e neʻe nei, a i nā hānauna e hiki mai ana. Ua kapu hou nō ka Hāloa iā ʻoe e Konanui, ka heke aʻo nā mamo a Hāloa. © Kahikinaokalā Domingo 2020 na Kahikinaokalā Domingo ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope ʻŌʻili Pulelo ke Ahi o Kamaile Māhie Beck 4 Kēkēmapa 2023 Mai ka wā mai i hōʻea mai ai nā malihini i Hawaiʻi nei, a hiki i kēia wā, ua mākaʻikaʻi ʻia he wahi pana i kapa ʻia ʻo Hāʻena, e nā malihini i ʻike ʻole i ke ʻano o ia wahi. E hōʻea mai ana lākou me ke kuko nui iā ia me he paredaiso lā, no ia mea e hoʻomāunauna ana lākou i ia wahi. Hāiki ia kahakai a me ke alanui kīkeʻekeʻe ʻo Kūhio, a pihakuʻi i nā malihini. I loko o ka lā hoʻokahi, he ʻelua kaukani malihini e kipa ana iā Hāʻena. No ka poʻe Hawaiʻi e noho ana ma laila, hana nui ka hōʻea ʻana aku i ko lākou home a me ka haʻalele ʻana mai. ʻAʻole kēia he mea hou. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau i ka poʻe Hawaiʻi ka hoʻokipa malihini me ke aloha, ʻaʻohe o kākou makemake e hōʻino wale aku. Akā, ua ahuwale kā lākou hana ʻino ʻana mai iā kākou a me ko kākou ʻāina. No nā kau ā kau, ua kiaʻi nā kānaka Hawaiʻi i kēlā wahi pana, a pēlā ana nō ka poʻe ʻōiwi o ia ʻāina. I ke au ʻana mai o ka manawa, e ʻaʻaiawā ʻia ana ke alanui i Hāʻena ma muli o nā hana kohu ʻole a ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. I ʻApelila o ka makahiki 2018, ua hiki mai ka ua loku me ka wai hālana pōʻino. Ua uhi ʻia ke alanui i ka hāneʻe ʻana iho o ka mauna, a ua paʻa maila ke alanui. Ua hana pū ke kaiāulu e hoʻoponopono i ko lākou ʻāina. Ua emi maila ka nui o nā malihini i komo i Hāʻena, mai ka ʻelua kaukani a hiki i ka ʻole. Ua hele a maikaʻi Kauaʻi, hemolele i ka mālie. A no laila, ʻo kēia ka manawa kūpono hou, e hāpai ai i ka nīnau: Pehea kākou e noho ʻoluʻolu ai me nā malihini? I ka manawa i paʻa ai kēia alanui, ua hoʻopaʻa pū ka Department of Land and Natural Resources i ka pāka ʻo Hāʻena. Ua hana pū ka DLNR me nā ʻoihana manawaleʻa o Haleleʻa i kekahi palapala ʻaelike no ke kahu ʻana i ia pāka mokuʻāina. Ma o ka palapala ʻaelike me ka Hawaiʻi State Parks, ua hoʻomaka ʻia kēia ʻōnaehana no ka hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻana i nā kupa o ia ʻāina. He ʻōnaehana lawe ʻōhua kēia i hoʻokumu ʻia e hoʻēmi ai i ka nui o nā kaʻa a me nā malihini ma Hāʻena. ʻElua ʻoihana manawaleʻa i ʻauamo i kēia kuleana, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka Hanalei Initiative, no ka ʻāina e hoʻohiwahiwa ai i ka ua loku, lāua ʻo ka Hui Makaʻāinana o Makana, no ka pali ʻō ahi o Makana. Hoʻokō ʻia kēia ʻōnaehana no kekahi kumu kikoʻī, ʻo ia hoʻi, no ka mālama ʻana i kēia wahi no nā hana maoli. He ʻekolu koho a ka poʻe malihini. 1) E hoʻokū i ko lākou kaʻa ma Waipā he ʻāina uluwehi, ʻeono mau mile ma mua o ka pāka o Hāʻena. E kūʻai i kekahi likiki lā no ke kaʻa ʻōhua. He kanakolu kūmālima kālā no ka makua, a he iwakālua kūmālima kālā no ka ʻōpiopio. Hōʻea ke kaʻa ʻōhua i kēlā me kēia iwakālua minuke. I ka hōʻea ʻana ma ka pāka ʻo Hāʻena, e uku ʻia ʻelima kālā no ka uku komo a ka mokuʻāina. 2) E hoʻopaʻa i kekahi wahi hoʻokū kaʻa ma o ka pūnaewele. ʻO kēia kahua hoʻokū kaʻa, aia ma ka pāka ʻo Hāʻena. He ʻumi kālā no kēlā me kēia ʻeono hola. A e uku ʻia ʻelima kālā no ka uku komo a ka mokuʻāina. 3) E komo me ka ʻole o ke kaʻa e hoʻokū ai, a uku ʻia ʻelima kālā no ka uku komo o ka mokuʻāina. A pehea nā kamaʻāina? Ma hea lākou e hoʻokū ai i ke kaʻa? Ma nā wahi hoʻokū kaʻa ma ka pāka ʻo Hāʻena, aia ke komo ʻana a hōʻike ʻia aku ka laikini kalaiwa kaʻa ma ka ʻīpuka a manuahi ke komo ʻana. Ua kau palena ʻia ka nui o nā wahi hoʻokū kaʻa e kūʻai ʻia ana i nā malihini, i mea e lawa ai nā wahi hoʻokuʻu kaʻa o nā kamaʻāina. He akamai hoʻi kau! ʻO ka uku komo wale nō ke kālā e lilo ana i ka mokuʻāina. No laila, iā wai e lilo ai ke kālā keu? E hoʻolilo ʻia kēia kālā i ka Waipā Foundation no nā polokalamu pili ʻāina. E hoʻolilo ʻia kēia kālā i ka Hanalei Initiative no ke kaiāulu ʻo Hanalei, no ke kūkulu ʻana i kekahi kahua pāʻani, i kekahi kahua kinipōpō hīnaʻi, a pēlā aku. E hoʻokomo ʻia kēia kālā e ka Hui Makaʻāinana o Hāʻena i nā hana mālama ʻāina, e like me ka mahiʻai kalo a me nā polokalamu ʻōpio. Me kēia ʻōnaehana hou, piha ka pāka ʻo Hāʻena ke hiki mai nā malihini he 900, ʻaʻole e like me nā malihini 2,000 i hōʻike ʻia ma mua. Emi loa ka heluna o nā kaʻa, a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke amo mai ka pāka aku. Eia kekahi, hoʻonui ʻia ka uku kaʻa he 200 kālā no ke kū kaʻa ʻana ma haʻi o ke alanui. A no laila, hiki i ka poʻe Hawaiʻi ke hele lanakila ma ko lākou ʻāina me ka pilikia ʻole. E paipai ʻia ke komo ʻana o ka poʻe Hawaiʻi i kēia wahi. Mai poina kākou, e hoʻomau i ke ola o kēia ʻāina. Kau mai ʻo Haleleʻa i ka mālie, Ke one pua rose aʻo Mahamoku, Nani wale Hīhīmanu kū kilakila, Kilakila Nāmolokama kau i ka ʻohu, He lei ʻohuʻohu ke kēhau o Māmalahoa, Pā mai ka ʻŌmaʻokaulehua, Heleleʻi nā wai maka o Lūpua, Pakika i ka limu o Manuʻakepa, Kūpaʻa kākou ma hope o Kilioe Pōhaku, I ola mau nā iwi o ka ʻāina. Ola nā iwi! E hoʻāʻo ʻia kēia ʻōnaehana i nā wahi ʻē aʻe mai ka piʻi ʻana o ka lā i Haʻehaʻe a i ka mole o Lehua! Koe aku ia, e nānā ana kākou. © Māhie Beck 2023 #alohaaina #aina #keaopolitika Mahalo a nui no ka noʻonoʻo a me nā manaʻo o Mehana Blaich Vaughn lāua ʻo Kamealoha Forrest i kākau ʻia ma kēia mau lālani mele. ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope E ala! E alu!! E kuilima!!! ʻĀnela Akiu 17 ʻOkakopa 2024 ‘Auhea ‘oukou e nā pua i‘a i komo mai i nā loko uluwehiwehi o Hawaiʻinuiākea, kahi e pili a‘e ai i nā wai māpuna o nā kūpuna, ‘ano‘ai me ke aloha. He wahi ho‘olauna kēia i kekahi mau ‘o‘opu ‘ai lehua o Hawai‘inuiākea, ‘o ia ho‘i ka hui i kapa ‘ia ‘o ka Papa Haumāna Kauleo o Hawai‘inuiākea (Hawaiʻinuiākea Student Advisory Board). Ua ho‘okumu ‘ia nei hui me ka mana‘olana e paipai aku i ke kūkā kama‘ilio ‘ana a nā haumāna me nā alaka‘i o kēlā me kēia māpuna o Hawai‘inuiākea. He aha lā ka pahuhopu o kēia kama‘ilio ‘ana? ‘O ka ho‘oponopono ‘ana i nā pilikia e kau ana ma luna o nā haumāna, ‘o ka ho‘olālā ‘ana i nā hanana le‘ale‘a like ‘ole, a ‘o ka ho‘olaha ‘ana i ka nūhou o Hawai‘inuiākea i nā haumāna. I mea e kō ai kēia mau pahuhopu ʻekolu, ua hoʻomāhele ‘ia nei hui i ‘ekolu mau kōmike li‘ili‘i: ke kōmike hoʻolaha, ke kōmike hoʻolālā, a me ke kōmike ʻuao. He hui laulā ka hui mua. ‘O ke kōmike ho‘olaha ke haku i nā ‘ōlelo ho‘olaha no ka lehulehu haumāna. I mea e maopopo a‘e ai nā hana a Ka Papa Haumāna Kauleo a me Hawai‘inuiākea i nā haumāna, na kēia hui e mālama a e hoʻolaha aku i ia mau hanana ma o ka leka uila, nā pelaha, a pēlā aku. He hui kālai ka lua o ka hui. ‘O ke kōmike ho‘olālā ke kūkulu i nā hanana no kēia makahiki kula. Na lākou e mālama i nā mea pono no kēia mau hanana. Na lākou ‘ekolu e waiho aku i nā palapala kula, e ho‘omākaukau i nā mea pono, a pēlā aku. No laila, e ka mea heluhelu, e maliu mai, a ke ʻike aku ʻoukou i nā hanana a nei kōmike e alaka‘i ana, e naue aku nō! He hui hāpai ka hui hope loa. ‘O ke kōmike ‘uao ke noho pū me nā alaka‘i o Hawai‘inuiākea i mea e maika‘i a‘e ai ko kākou Kula a me ke Kulanui holoʻokoʻa. Ke lana nei ka mana‘o, ʻo ka lilo ʻana o nei hui i leo ho‘okahi no nā haumāna, i mea e hāpai ʻia a‘e ai nā pilikia, nā nīnau, a me nā mana‘o kōkua o nā haumāna i mua aku o nā luna o kēlā me kēia māpuna o Hawai‘inuiākea. E kuʻu mea heluhelu ē, eia nō paha ʻoe ke nīnau iho nei, "‘O wai lā nā haumāna e komo ana i ka hana a kēia Papa?" Eia ka pane. I kēia makahiki kula hou, ua hoʻonoho ‘ia ‘eiwa mau haumāna ma ua Papa nei. He mau limahana mai loko mai o Ka Papa Lo‘i ʻo Kānewai a me NHSS, a he mau haumāna laepua a laeo‘o hoʻi mai Kamakakūokalani a me Kawaihuelani. Ua hoʻonoho ‘ia nō hoʻi ho‘okahi haumāna mai ASUH, i mea e ulu a‘e ai ka pilina me ke Kulanui holo‘oko‘a. Eia nā haumāna i hoʻonoho ʻia, nā ʻoʻopu ʻai lehua hoʻi: No Kawaihuelani, ‘o Kawaiola Kapuni, mai ‘Ulupalakua, Maui, lāua ‘o Hoakalei Watanabe, mai Waipi‘o, ‘Ewa. No Kamakakūokalani, ‘o Kapaia‘ala Earle, mai Honouliuli, ‘Ewa, ‘o Kuhi Leong, mai Waiau, ‘Ewa, a me Kūna‘e Diehl, mai Ioka, Penekelewinia. No NHSS ‘o Kalawai‘a Nunies, mai Moanalua, O‘ahu, a me Ki‘inani Rosario mai Wai‘anae, O‘ahu. No Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘o Kānewai, ‘o Kalena Okumura, mai Maunalua, O‘ahu. A, ʻo ka haumāna i hoʻonoho ‘ia no ASUH, ‘o kou mea kākau nei nō, ʻo ‘Ānela Akiu, mai Kalihi, O‘ahu. ‘Oiai he noho ko kēia lālā no ASUH, he haumāna ‘o ia ma lalo o Hawai‘inuiākea. ʻO mākou hoʻi ke hui pū a kālailai i nā mea pili i ka hele kula ‘ana. No laila, e ka mea heluhelu, eia nō mākou ke hāpai aʻe nei i wahi nīnau, penei: "He aha nā manaʻo, nā pono, a me nā makemake o nā haumāna o Hawaiʻinuiākea? Ua ho‘ouna ‘ia aku nei he anamana‘o i nā haumāna a pau ma lalo o Hawai‘inuiākea, i ʻike ʻia ai ua mau manaʻo nei e ka Papa. He wahi noi kēia e hoʻopihapiha aku i ua mea nei i mea e mōakāka ai ka mana‘o o nā haumāna. E ka mea heluhelu, he mau haumāna wale nō nā lālā o kēia Papa, ʻaʻole nō he kumu a he luna paha. No laila, mai hilahila, e leka uila iā mākou ma hshksab@hawaii.edu inā he mau mana‘o kou, a i ‘ole e kama‘ilio pū me kekahi o mākou kekahi. ʻŌlelo ʻia e nā kūpuna, I maikaʻi ke kalo i ka ʻohā . Eia hoʻi, I maikaʻi ke kulanui i ka haumāna . ‘Oiai ‘a‘ole paha kēia ʻo ka mana‘o laulā o ka lehulehu, ‘o ia nō ka ‘oia‘i‘o. ‘A‘ole hiki i kekahi kula ke holomua me ka nele ‘ana i nā haumāna ‘ole. No laila, he mea kūpono loa ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mana‘o o nā haumāna i ke kulanui i mea e holomua ai ke kulanui i nā lā e hiki mai ana. Na kākou poʻe haumāna e kū‘ē aku i nā hana ‘ino a ke kulanui o Hawai‘i ma Mānoa, a e ‘aelike pū aku i nā mea pono. ‘O ka hana a nei hui ka ho‘okumu ‘ana i ka pilina pālike ma waena o nā alaka‘i o Hawai‘inuiākea me kā lākou mau haumāna, i wahi e pane ai kekahi i kekahi a hui pū no ka hoʻopaʻa pono ʻana i ka ‘ike kūpuna. Ke lana nei ka mana‘o no ka holo pono ‘ana o Hawai‘inuiākea a me ke kulanui o Hawai‘i ma Mānoa, a na kēia hui ka ne‘e mua. © ʻĀnela Akiu 2024 ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope E Halalē! Kahanu Cuban 15 Nowemapa 2021 E halalē! E halalē! He keu a ka ʻono. ʻO ka ʻono o ka mea ʻai, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻohaliʻa ai i ka hale ʻaina a kākou e pāʻina ai. I koʻu ʻike ʻana, ʻo ke kaimine, ʻo ia ka meaʻai kū hoʻokahi a puni ʻo Hawaiʻi! ʻO ka palupalu o ka nulu, ka mikomiko o ke kupa, ka moʻa pono o ka ʻiʻo, a pēlā wale aku. Nui ka poʻe puni i ke kaimine ma Hawaiʻi. ʻAʻole ka ʻono o ke kaimine ʻo ke kumu hoʻokahi i makemake ʻia ai, akā ʻo kona hoʻākoakoa ʻana i ka poʻe lāhui like ʻole i kahi like kekahi. Ke hui nā hoa o ka ʻai kaimine, hōʻonoʻono ʻia ka launa pū ʻana ma kahi hoʻokahi, e like hoʻi me ka hui ʻana o nā nulu, ka ʻiʻo, a me ka lekuke i loko o ke pola like. ʻO ka wā kēia o ka ʻono! Wahi a koʻu hoa, he aloha nui i ke kaimine kekahi, ʻo Daichii Ramen ka hale ʻaina kū hoʻokahi a puni ʻo Hawaiʻi. Wahi āna, e like hoʻi me ka puana a kēia mele, penei: he ʻono nō i ka nahunahu pū! Ma Daichii Ramen, hiki ke kūʻai i hoʻokahi kaimine maʻamau me ʻelua ʻai hou aʻe e laʻa ke gyoza a me ka laiki palai no ʻumikūmālua kālā wale nō! He emi nō ke kumu kūʻai. He make pono nō! No laila, ua hoʻoholo wau e kipa i ia wahi ma kahi o ke kikowaena kūʻai ʻo Kahala. I koʻu hōʻea ʻana aku i ka hale ʻaina ʻo Daichii Ramen, ua piʻi koke koʻu hoihoi i ka ʻike ʻana aku i nā ʻano kaimine like ʻole ma nā pelaha hoʻolaha ma ke aniani o ka hale ʻaina. ʻO ke kaimine wonton ʻoe, ke kaimine charsiu ʻoe, ke kaimine udon ʻoe, a pēlā wale aku. Wehe akula wau i ka ʻīpuka o ka hale ʻaina a aloha wale ke kuene iaʻu me ka piha hauʻoli. Noho wau ma ke pākaukau a hoʻomaka wau e heluhelu i kā lākou papa kuhukuhi meaʻai. ʻOka wau i ke kaimine maʻamau, a me ʻelua ʻai hou aʻe, ke gyoza a me ka laiki plai. Ua hoʻoholo wau e ʻoka i ke kaimine maʻamau ʻoiai he kahua kaimine paha ia no nā ʻano kaimine like ʻole ā lākou. I ko ke kuene kau ʻana mai i ke kaimine maʻamau a me nā ʻai ʻelua ʻē aʻe, ua moni ka hāʻae i ka honi ʻana aku i ka ʻono o ke kupa kaimine. Kiʻi akula wau i ka lāʻau ʻai, ʻonou ihola i ka lāʻau ʻai i loko o ke pola a hoʻomaka wau e lālau i nā nulu palupalu. A laila, hoʻoluʻu wau i ke puna Kepanī i loko o ke kupa a hoʻohui akula i nā nulu me ke kupa ma luna o kaʻu puna Kepanī. Hū ka ʻono ke nānā aku. Me ka ʻeleu, puhi wau i ka wela o ke kupa a hoʻokomo ihola wau i ke puna Kepanī i hoʻopiha ʻia ma loko o koʻu waha. ʻO ke kupa, he ʻono ʻiʻo nō! Ua lawa nō ka wela o ke kupa a ua mikomiko pono. ʻO ka nulu, kāhāhā! He ʻono ʻiʻo nō kekahi. Noʻu, ʻo ka palupalu o nā nulu kaʻu punahele a pēlā ʻiʻo nō kā lākou ma Daiichi Ramen. ʻO ka ʻiʻo, he keu hoʻi a ka ʻono kekahi! Ua pokepoke pono ʻia a ua moʻa pono ʻia kekahi. ʻO kekahi mea i pūʻiwa ai au, ʻo ka nui o ke pola! ʻAʻole ia he mea liʻiliʻi. ʻO kā Daichii Ramen hoʻonaninani ʻana i ke pola kekahi mea ʻē aʻe i pūʻiwa ai au. ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka nori ma loko o ke kupa, ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ʻekolu narutomaki ma waena konu o ke kaimine, a laila ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka lekuke i pokepoke pono ʻia ma luna aʻe. He nani maoli nō i ka maka! No laila, e ke kaiāulu puni nui i ke kaimine, he leo paipai kēia e haele i ka malu o ka hale ʻaina ʻo Daichii Ramen. ʻO kēia nō ka hale ʻaina kaimine kū hoʻokahi o Hawaiʻi nei. ʻAʻole i hewa ka manaʻo o koʻu hoa, he ʻoiaiʻo nō! E halalē! E halalē! He ʻono ʻoiaiʻo nō. Mahalo e ko Daichii Ramen! ​© Kahanu Cuban 2021 ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope O Pau Auaneʻi Kākou Kaʻula Kauikeaokea Krug 1 ʻOkakopa 2020 ʻO ke au i kahuli wela ka honua, o ke au i kahuli lole ka lani. Hānau Kumulipo i ka pō he kāne, hānau Pōʻele i ka pō he wahine. Hānau ke koʻa, hānau ka iʻa, hānau ke kalo, a hānau maila ke kanaka. Mai ka wā mai i wela ai ka honua a i lole ai hoʻi ka lani, ua ola kānaka me he hakina liʻiliʻi lā o nā mea ola a pau o ka honua. A hōʻea maila ʻo kānaka i kahi huliau o ka nohona, ka wā like i hoʻokaʻawale aku ai kekahi mau lāhui kanaka iā lākou iho mai ka honua mai. Mai ia wā mai i hoʻomaka ai ka honua e heleleʻi i nā lima o kānaka. I ka lā iwakāluakumamākahi o Kepakemapa i ka makahiki ʻelua kaukani iwakālua, ua hoʻolaha ʻia kekahi uaki ma Nūioka e helu ana i ka manawa e koe nei ma mua o ka pōpilikia ʻana o ka honua i ka ua mea ʻo ke kāhuli ʻana o ke ʻano o ka lani (Climate Change). He ʻehiku makahiki ka nui manawa i koe a kau mai ua pōpilikia lā. Inā e hoʻoponopono ʻole kākou i ka nohona o kākou i kēia manawa ʻānō, e kō auaneʻi ka wānana a ua uaki nei. “He aliʻi ka ʻāina, he kauwā ke kanaka.” He ʻōlelo noʻeau kēia i laha ma kēlā kihi a kēia kihi o Hawaiʻi akā ʻaʻole wale nō ia he ʻōlelo noʻeau, he kuanaʻike a he nohona ia na ko kākou poʻe kūpuna. Pēlā kākou i ola ai ma mua o ka hōʻea mai o nā malihini. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻāina a me ona mana i akua ai ke akua. ʻO ia mālama ʻana ka mea nui. Ua pili akula kākou i ka ʻāina, i ka makani, i ka ua, i ka uila, i ka hekili, i ka mahina, i ke kai, a me nā mea ola ʻē aʻe a pau o ka honua. Ma muli o kēlā kuanaʻike i hoʻokahua a mālama pono ʻia ai ka nohona kupuna o nā mokupuni o Hawaiʻi nei. Aia hoʻi, ʻaʻole i holo moana aku ko kākou mau kūpuna i mea e naʻi ai i nā ʻāina ʻē me ka ʻānunu e hao wale ai i kā haʻi waiwai. ʻAʻole hoʻi i lawe ʻia ke Akua i nā ʻāina ʻē e hoʻokikina ai i ko laila kānaka e hoʻomana like. Ua ō pono kākou ma Hawaiʻi nei ma muli o ka pilina mālama i hoʻāmana ʻia ma waena o kākou a me ka ʻāina kohu ʻohana no ka pupuʻu hoʻokahi. I kumu hoʻohālikelike ka moʻolelo o Hāloa e akāka ai kēia pilina. He keiki kamahaʻo ʻo ia na ka mana hōkū o ka lani a me ka lani ākea. Ua lilo akula hoʻi ia keiki i kuaʻana hānai no kākou nā kānaka a hiki i kēia wā ʻānō. ʻO ka honua, ka ʻāina hoʻi ko kākou makua. Pēlā ka ikaika o ia pilina ʻōiwi o kākou. Kau maila ka hāliʻaliʻa o ke au ma mua, ke au i ola ai ka poʻe ʻōiwi me he kauwā lā na ka ʻāina. Ia wā like nō i kau ai kākou ʻōiwi i ko kākou ola i nā lima o nā akua, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka honua. He mea naʻe kēia nohona pūlama ʻia i ka lima o Papahānaumoku i mau i nā lāhui ʻōiwi a pau o ka honua i ka wā o ko kākou ʻōiwi pū ʻana. ʻO kekahi lāhui naʻe, ʻaʻole i kālele ma luna o ia pilina aloha ʻāina. Ua kālele ʻia ka makeʻe a me ka ʻānunu. Ua hoʻomaka kekahi lāhui e noho ana ma kahi mai o ʻEulopa a me ʻApelika ʻĀkau (The Fertile Crescent) e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho mai ka honua mai. ʻO ia wā nō ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ko ka honua heleleʻi ʻana i ka manaʻo o ua lāhui lā he akua lākou i hoʻokūlana ʻia i aliʻi e kū ai i ka honua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e ko lākou Akua, i hana ʻia ʻo kānaka i ke aka o ke Akua no ka mea ʻo lākou ka ʻelele a ke Akua. No ia kūlana i ulu ai ka manaʻo i loko o lākou o ua lāhui lā e naʻi i ka honua holoʻokoʻa a me kona mau mea ola a pau me ka mana kohu akua. Aloha ʻino. Ma loko o ka puke ʻo Ishmael i kākau ʻia e Daniel Quinn, ua hoʻākāka ʻia ka wā o kēia hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o kānaka iā ia iho mai ka honua mai, ʻo ia ka wā i ʻai ai ʻo ʻAdamu a me ʻEva i ka hua kapu o ka mahina ʻai ʻo ʻEdena. No ka mea, ua hoʻokapu ʻia kēlā hua kapu na ke akua me ka pāpā ʻia o ʻAdamu lāua me ʻEva ʻaʻole e ʻai o like auaneʻi ko lāua ʻike me ko ke Akua. ʻO ka wā naʻe i ʻai ai ʻo ʻEva a me ʻAdamu i ka ‘ai a ke Akua, ʻo ia ka wā i komo ai ka manaʻo i loko o ke kanaka, ʻo ke kanaka ko ka ʻelele Akua hoa like. ʻO ia ka wā i pau ai ko ke kanaka ʻike ʻana iā ia iho he lālā pū ʻo ia no ka ʻohana honua kūlohelohe. I ka holo ʻana o nā makahiki he tausani a ʻoi, ua kū ua lāhui lā i ka moku a ua hoʻomaka ʻo kānaka e naʻi ʻāina me ka hao hoʻopōʻino ʻana i nā waiwai o ka honua nei no ke kālā. Me ka ʻike leʻa hoʻi o nā kānaka o ka honua nei i ko ke kanaka kaualakō ʻana i ka honua a ka make. E mau ana kēia omo pau ʻana i ka wai o ka honua a māloʻo pau. E mau ana kēia kua pau ʻana i nā mea ulu o ka honua a panoa pau. E hoʻopaumāʻele ana i ka lani a me ke ea me ka mau pū ʻana nō hoʻi o kēia luku pau ʻana o ke kanaka i ke ola o ka honua a pau loa. A hiki i ka wā e loli loa ai ka nohona a me ke kuanaʻike o ke kanaka, e mau ana kēia hāʻule pahū ʻana o kākou. No laila, e ka mea heluhelu, ʻo ke ala hea lā hoʻi hā ke pono ai kākou? I koʻu manaʻo a ʻo koʻu manaʻo wale nō kēia, aia ke ala e ola ai ka honua i nā ʻōiwi e like me kākou Hawaiʻi. ʻO ka nohona i ola ai nā kūpuna ma mua o ka lawe ʻaihue ʻia o ke aupuni, ʻo ia ka nohona kūpono no kēia hope aku. ʻO ka hilinaʻi wale ʻana nō ka mea e pono ai. E hilinaʻi i ka waiwai o ka pilina pīnaʻi ʻo ke aloha ʻāina. E hilinaʻi i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻāina a me ona mau lālā kohu kaikaina. E hilinaʻi nō hoʻi he lālā nō kākou kānaka no ke ao kūlohelohe. ʻO ke akua ke komo, ʻaʻoe komo kanaka. He nani ia, ke mālama kākou i ke akua, hilinaʻi kākou i kona mālama ʻana mai iā kākou. I kēia wā nei nō, e hoʻi kākou a pau i ka ʻāina ʻoiai no laila mai ke ola o kākou. ʻO ka ʻāina ke akua. E kanu nui ʻia ka ʻai a me nā mea ulu nāna mai ke ola a me ke kūʻonoʻono o kākou. Ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka momona i ka ʻāina, e hoʻihoʻi pū ʻia nā loina kupuna i pili pū. ʻO ke kālepa ʻana aku me ke kālepa ʻana mai i ka waiwai e aʻo hou ai kākou i ke alu like ʻana. Ma ia alu like ʻana o kākou e ola ai ka honua, ʻaʻole ma ke kālā. ʻO kēia wā, a ʻo kēia wā wale nō, ka wā e huli ai ke au e lilo hou ai kākou i kauwā no ko kākou haku aliʻi, ka ʻāina aloha. E wāhi aku kākou i ka wānana a ua uaki lā o hala auaneʻi ka Puʻulena. He aloha ʻāina kēia iā ʻoukou pākahi a pau. © Kaʻula Kauikeaokea Krug 2020 na Kaʻula Krug ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope Lanakila ka Palapala ʻAelike Uniona i kā Kākou ʻŌlelo; Lanakila kā Kākou ʻŌlelo i ka Palapala ʻAelike Uniona Nāihe Paʻaluhi 28 Pepeluali 2022 E nā hoa aloha ʻōlelo ʻōiwi mai kahi pae a i kahi pae o ka pae ʻāina, no ka mole ʻolu o Lehua a i Haʻehaʻe, mai lalo lā o nā pua o ka honua a i luna lā o nā manu o ka lewa, ke aloha o ke ao Hawaiʻi iā kākou a pau. He ao nani nō hoʻi ko nā mea a pau e ola ana ma Hawaiʻi a, e like me nā manu o ka lewa, ke ola nei kā kākou ʻōlelo aloha i nā lani, ma luna hoʻi o ka mokulele. I kēlā me kēia mahina Pepeluali, hoʻolālā a mālama ʻia kekahi huakaʻi mokulele ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi i nā ʻāina like ʻole e lele ai ʻo Hawaiian Airlines, ka hui mokulele hoʻokahi nāna i hoʻōia kūhelu i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo e uku keu ʻia ai nā kuene mokulele. No ia mau huakaʻi kūikawā, kuene ʻia ka mokulele e ka poʻe ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a pēlā e mālama ʻia ai ka walaʻau ʻana me ka poʻe ʻōhua a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma ka ipu leo mokulele. Aia nā kuene o Hawaiian ma lalo o ka malu o ka uniona AFA, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Association of Flight Attendants. He uniona kēia e mālama ana i nā kuene he 2,100 a ʻoi iki aʻe o Hawaiian a me nā kuene o kekahi hui mokulele ʻē aʻe e laʻa ʻo Alaska Airlines, Jetblue, United Airlines, a pēlā aku nō. Ma kahi o ka makahiki 2017 i pau ai kā mākou palapala ʻaelike, he palapala e helu papa ana i nā koina a me nā lula like ʻole e hoʻokō ai nā kuene, nā luna, a me ka hui hoʻolālā i ka lele ʻana o ka poʻe hoʻokele mokulele. He ʻekolu makahiki ke kū ʻole ʻana o kekahi palapala ʻaelike hou. I loko o ia wā nele i ka ʻole o ka palapala ʻaelike hou, koho bālota akula mākou kuene e kūʻē. I ka makahiki 202, ua pōmaikaʻi mākou i ka paʻa ʻana maila o ka palapala ʻaelike hou ma waena o mākou a me nā luna o ka hui mokulele, ma mua pono nō o ka wā i pani ʻia ai nā uapo pae o ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma muli o ka maʻi ahulau. ʻO kekahi ʻōlelo paʻa o kā mākou palapala ʻaelike hou, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka ke kūlana o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me nā kuene i wali iā lākou ka ʻōlelo. ʻO kēia mau kuene “language qualified,” uku hou ʻia no ka mākaukau i ka ʻōlelo Kanaka. ʻO ke kuene, inā paʻa iā ia ka ʻōlelo Palani, Kepanī, Kōlea, Pākē, a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo Kāmoa, he mea maʻamau ka hai ʻana aku a me ka uku hou ʻana aku iā ia no ka walewaha o kēia mau ʻōlelo. A, ʻakahi nō a komo ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi i ia huina kūhelu. A kauoha kūhelu ʻia kēlā ʻuku hou e kā mākou palapala ʻaelike. He keʻehina hou nō kēia no ka ʻōlelo a kākou. He mea minamina naʻe ke kūlana kūikawā o kēia ʻano uku a me kēia ʻano lele ʻana ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole mālama ʻia nā huakaʻi ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma waho o Pepeluali. Akā, ʻike ʻia ka pahuhopu, ʻo ia ke kū ʻana o ia mau huakaʻi ma nā mahina he 11 koe o ka makahiki. ʻAʻole ʻo Pepeluali ʻo ka mahina hoʻokahi e hoʻoheno ai a e ola ai nō hoʻi kā kākou ʻōlelo Kanaka aloha. I kēlā me kēia lā e pono ai ko kākou nohona Kanaka i ka ʻōlelo me he kaula ʻaha lā e pili ai ko kākou naʻau i ka naʻau a me ka mauli o ka ʻāina a me nā kūpuna. He lanakila liʻiliʻi naʻe kēia e waiho ai kākou a hahai nā hanauna e puka mai auaneʻi i kēia ao māʻamaʻama. E ola nō ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma nā ala a me nā ao a pau loa o ka nohona Kanaka. ​© Nāihe Paʻaluhi 2022 na ka Hui Mokulele ʻo Hawaiian ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope He aha ka Waiwai o ka Inoa? Kamalani Moriguchi 15 ʻOkakopa 2021 ʻAnoʻai kākou e nā hoa welo like o Hawaiʻi nei. Me ka puʻuwai hāmama a me ka naʻau haʻahaʻa au e hāpai nei i kēia nīnau iā ʻoukou pākahi a pau: ua waiwai anei ka inoa? ʻAe, waiwai loa ka inoa. ʻO nā inoa ʻāina, nā inoa o nā kānaka, a pēlā wale aku. He mana ko ia mau mea, a he waiwai nui kekahi. No laila, inā ua nalowale nā inoa pana a me nā moʻolelo pili i kekahi ʻāina, he mana anei ko ia ʻāina? ʻAe, he mana ko laila. Inā he mana ko kekahi mea, he waiwai hoʻi ko kēlā mea. Lua ʻole ke koʻikoʻi o ka ʻimi hou ʻana i nā inoa ʻāina pili i ko kākou mau one hānau ponoʻī. ʻOiai au e holo nei i koʻu wā kula, mau nō koʻu ʻapo ʻana i nā mea maʻamau mai ka wā o ko kākou mau kūpuna, a ʻo kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi aʻu i ʻapo ai, ʻo ia ke koʻikoʻi o nā inoa. Ua noho au i ke ahupuaʻa ʻo Honouliuli no iwakāluakūmākahi mau makahiki a i ka hapanui o ia mau makahiki, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu nā moʻolelo pili i kēia ʻāina, nā inoa, a pēlā wale aku. I kēlā makahiki aku nei, ua hāʻawi ʻia maila kekahi haʻawina, ʻo ia nō ka haku ʻana i mele no koʻu one hānau. Ua makaʻu loa au i ia hana, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe oʻu ʻike e pili ana i koʻu ʻāina ponoʻī, a ʻano hilahila nō au i kēlā wā. Akā, ua holomua au a ua ʻimi hoʻi i mau kānaka i noho a kupa i ia ʻāina ʻo Honouliuli a ua noi akula iā lākou e kaʻana i ko lākou manaʻo me aʻu. Ua aʻo ʻia au nā mea he nui. ʻO Kupuna Shad Kāne lāua ʻo Kumu Mikiʻala Lidstone kekahi o nā kānaka i kōkua mai iaʻu. Ke noho nei au i Kapolei, akā, ʻo ka inoa pololei o kēia māhele o ka ʻāina, ʻo ia nō ʻo Kaupeʻa, he kula loa e ʻauana nei nā ʻuhane. Aia ʻekolu mau puʻu kau i ka hano i Honouliuli: ʻo Puʻuokapolei, Puʻupālailai, a me Puʻuomakakilo. He mau moʻolelo ko ia mau puʻu a eia kekahi: ua hoʻopuka ʻia ka inoa ʻo Puʻupālailai i ka moʻolelo o Hiʻiakaikapoliopele, a ma laila i kapa ʻia ai ʻo Puʻupālailai he “anaina na ka wahine”. He pilina ko ia mau puʻu, a aia ka waiwai i ka pilina i huki ʻia ma muli o ka ʻimi noiʻi ʻana i nā inoa pololei o ia mau puʻu. I ka loku ʻana o ka ua i Hanalei (ka inoa pololei no Makakilo), kahe iho ka wai i Puʻupālailai a laila, kahe mau ka wai i ke kumu o Puʻuokapolei a wahi a nā kupa o ia wahi, waiwai loa ka ʻāina ma ke ke o Puʻuokapolei i ke kanu ʻana. Aia i ʻaneʻi ka waiwai. I ko kākou ʻimi ʻana i nā inoa pololei o nā ʻāina i ʻike ʻia, aʻo hoʻi kākou i ka pilina o kēlā ʻāina me ka ʻāina a puni ona. Inā maopopo iā kākou ka pilina o ka ʻāina, hiki iā kākou ke mālama pono i ko kākou ʻāina ma muli o nā mea i aʻo ʻia. Mau nō koʻu aʻo ʻana e pili ana i koʻu one hānau, akā, he hana kēia na ke aloha. He kuleana ko kākou e ʻimi hou ai i nā inoa pana a me nā moʻolelo pili i ia mau wahi. ʻAʻole kēia he hana maʻalahi, he hana mau nō ia, akā, waiwai loa ka hana. No laila, e oʻu mau hoa heluhelu, e holomua! E ʻaʻa kākou i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā inoa i hūnā ʻia, nā inoa i hele a nalowale ma muli o ka holoi ʻia ʻana o kā kākou ʻōlelo a me ko kākou mau moʻolelo. E ʻaʻa kākou i ka hana nui! © Kamalani Moriguchi 2021 na Kamalani Moriguchi ko mua ko hope

< hoʻi hope No hea mai ke Aloha ʻĀina? Kanoa Cleveland 31 Malaki 2022 ʻO ke Aloha ʻĀina, ʻo ia nō ke kahua kamahaʻo o ka lāhui Hawaiʻi, ke kahua hoʻi i kūkulu ʻia ai ka nohona pōmaikaʻi i maʻa i ko kākou poʻe kūpuna. He mea nō ia e ola ai ka lāhui, no ka mea, aia hoʻi ke ola o kākou i ke ola pono o ka ʻāina o kākou e noho ai. No laila, maopopo leʻa nō paha ka waiwai o ke Aloha ʻĀina i ka hapa nui o ka lāhui Hawaiʻi. Akā, he pohihihi naʻe ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi haʻina paʻa loa no ka nīnau: He aha ia mea he Aloha ʻĀina? Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole hoʻi paha maopopo pono ke kumu maoli o ke Aloha ʻĀina i ka lāhui a pau. E nā hoa aloha, mai ka puka ʻana mai o ka lā i kai o Haʻehaʻe a hiki i ka kona kāʻili ʻia aku e ka moku ʻo Lehua, hāpai ʻia kēia mau nīnau ʻelua: He aha ia mea he Aloha ʻĀina, a no hea mai ia? Eia nō kou wahi mea kākau ke pane aku nei i kēia mau nīnau ʻelua. ʻO ka manaʻo e pili ana i ke Aloha ʻĀina e puka mai ana me ka maʻalahi o ka maopopo ʻana, ʻo ia nō ka mahalo piha i ka mea i loaʻa mai ka ʻāina mai, a me ka mālama ʻana aku i ka ʻāina i mea e hoʻomau ʻia aku ai ke ola o ka ʻāina a me ke kanaka. He manaʻo maikaʻi kēlā, akā, he manaʻo hou aku koʻu e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke aloha no ka ʻāina. ʻO ke ʻano o ia aloha no ka ʻāina, kūlike nō hoʻi ia me ke ʻano o ke aloha no ka ʻohana, no ka mea, maopopo i ke kuanaʻike Hawaiʻi he pilina ʻohana ka mea e pili ai ka lāhui i ka ʻāina. ʻO ia nō ke Aloha ʻĀina. No hea mai ke Aloha ʻĀina? Aia ka haʻina o kēia nīnau i ke kumu o ua pilina ʻohana nei, ʻo ia nō hoʻi ka moʻolelo kupaianaha o Papahānaumoku lāua ʻo Wākea. Ma loko o kēia moʻolelo, ʻike ʻia aku kekahi moʻokūʻauhau o ka lāhui Hawaiʻi. Aia ma ka mua o ia moʻokūʻauhau ke Kanaka Maoli mua loa, ʻo ia nō ʻo Hāloa, maiā ia mai i puka mai ai nā Kānaka Maoli a pau. ʻO ko Hāloa mau hānau mua, ʻo ia nō hoʻi ke kalo mua loa a me nā moku o kēia pae ʻāina nei. He ʻohana ʻoiaʻiʻo ka ʻāina no kākou, a eia nō hoʻi ke kumu maoli o ia kahua o ka lāhui, ʻo ia hoʻi ko kākou aloha palena ʻole no ka ʻāina e ola ai kākou. © Kanoa Cleveland 2020 na Kanoa Cleveland ko mua ko hope