Kuʻu ʻino ihola kahi mokulele pinao.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 16 o ʻAukake, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Aia nō ke Kiaʻi Kai a me ka Pūʻali Kinai Ahi o Honolulu ke ʻimi akula i kekahi mau kānaka koa o ka mokulele pinao i kuʻu ʻino iho nei ma kai aku o Ka Lae o Kaʻena i ka pō Pōʻalua nei. I ka hola 10:08 o ia pō i hoʻomaopopo ʻia ai ke Kiaʻi Kai, a hoʻouna koke ʻia akula kahi hui hoʻopakele. A i ka hola 11:28 i ʻike ʻia ai kahi wahi o ke kai i piha i nā ʻāpana like ole o ka mokulele. A ma hope iki mai, kāhea ʻia aku ka Pūʻali Kinai Ahi o Honolulu i kōkua. E hoʻomaʻamaʻa aku ana ʻelua mokulele pinao ʻIo ʻEle Hiwa a me nā ʻōhua ma waena o ka Lae o Kaʻena a me ke Kahua Mokulele o Dilinahama i ka wā i pilikia ai.
Ma Kailua, Kona, he 32 mau kānaka kuewa e noho akula ma kahi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no lākou. ʻAkahi nō a hemo ia wahi he hoʻokahi pule aku nei a ʻoi iki aku. Ua nui ka poʻe hoʻomaloka no ia wahi, a pēlā pū me ka mea nāna e lawelawe aku nei i ka hana ma laila i mea e holo pono ai. ʻO Linda Vandervoort kona inoa. Wahi a Vandervoort, ua kāhea ʻia ka mākaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā, akā, ke hele nei a maʻa nā kānaka i ke ʻano o ka nohona hou. I kinohi, ua manaʻo ʻia he 20 wale nō kānaka e noho i laila, akā, ua piʻi aʻe ia helu a ke 32. He mau lula nō, ma hope o ka hola 5:00 o ke ahiahi, he pono ke kākau inoa ka poʻe kipa; pāpā ʻia, ʻaʻole e loaʻa ka lāʻau ʻona a me ka lama ma ia wahi; a hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kekahi mau wahi i wahi puhi paka. Akā, ʻaʻohe kanaka i haʻalele, a ʻaʻole i kipaku ʻia aku kekahi. A ʻo kekahi pōmaikaʻi, he wai mānalo ko ia wahi, a hānai ʻia ʻelua ʻaina i kēlā lā kēia lā.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Hoʻohewahewa ke aloha, aia i Puna i Nānāwale.
Hoʻopuka ʻia kēia ʻōlelo i ka wā a kahi kanaka e nānā wale aku ai i kona hoa me ke eʻe ʻole ʻana i ke aloha.