10-12-17

He pila kai ʻāpono ʻia no ka puhi paka ma luna o ke kaʻa ʻokomopila.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 12 o ʻOkakopa, he Pōʻahā. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

ʻAkahi a ʻāpono ʻia aku nei ka ʻAha Kūkā o Honolulu nei i ka Pila 70. He pila ia e pāpā ana ʻaʻole e puhi paka ma luna o nā kaʻa ʻokomopila ke kau pū ke keiki. A ʻaʻole wale nō ʻo ka paka, ʻo ke kikaliki uila, a me nā mea puhi uila like ʻole. Ma ke koho pāloka, he ʻewalu luna i ʻāpono, a ʻaʻohe lālā kūʻē. He ʻeiwa lālā o ka ʻAha Kūkā, akā, aia ka Luna ʻAha Kūkā Joey Manahan ma ka ʻāina ʻē. Ua kuhi ʻia, e pūlima nō ka Meia Kirk Caldwell i ia pila. Na Brandon Elefante lāua ʻo Ron Menor i hāpai i ka pila, a ʻo kekahi kumu o ka pila, ʻo ka mea maʻa mau, ʻaʻohe koho a ke keiki i emi iho kona mau makahiki i ka 18 ma ke kau a me ke kau ʻole paha i ke kaʻa e kalaiwa ʻia e ke kanaka makua. ʻŌlelo kekahi poʻe, he pākela kau kānāwai kēia. A ʻo kekahi nīnau i hāpai ʻia aʻe, pehea lā e hoʻokō ʻia ai ua kānāwai nei. Akā, nui ka poʻe i kākoʻo i ka Pila 70. ʻŌlelo kekahi, ʻaʻole maikaʻi iki ka hanu ʻana i ka uahi a ka mea puhi paka. A ʻaʻohe wahi mea a maliu o ke kanaka makua i ka ʻōlelo paipai, ʻaʻole e puhi paka ma luna o ke kaʻa ke kau pū ke keiki. Ma ke Kalana ʻo Hawaiʻi, aia nō kahi kānāwai like e kū ana mai ka makahiki 2010. A ma Kauaʻi, mai ka mahina ʻo Iulai o ka makahiki 2016, e kū ana kahi kānāwai e pāpā ana ʻaʻole e puhi paka ma luna o ke kaʻa ke kau pū ke keiki, he 12 a emi mai. Ua hoʻāʻo aku nei ka ʻAha ʻŌlelo o Hawaiʻi e hana i kānāwai no kēia pae ʻāina a puni, ʻaʻole naʻe i holo. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a puni, ma nā mokuʻāina he ʻewalu a me Poko Liko, he kānāwai nō, akā, ʻokoʻa ka makahiki o ke keiki o kekahi, a ʻokoʻa hoʻi kekahi.

Ua pani ʻia ka mākālua e waiho wale ana i ka haʻalele ʻana iho o Chris Naeole i kona kūlana kumu aʻo laina kūlele. ʻO ka mea nāna i pani aku, ʻo ia ʻo John Estes. A i kēlā makahiki aku nei, hoʻomaka ihola kāna hana me ka hui pōpō peku o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi, a he kumu kōkua ʻo ia ma lalo o Naeole.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

ʻO Muku ka lā, mumuku ka hana.

He ʻōlelo aʻo, ʻaʻole e hoʻomaka i kahi papahana i ka pō i o Muku, o kō ʻole ia papahana.

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