Aia ana nā hana like ʻole ma ʻIolani Hale no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka hoʻokahuli aupuni.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 17 o Ianuali, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
E naue aku i ka Hale Aliʻi ʻo ʻIolani i kēia lā no “ʻOnipaʻa Kākou,” kahi hanana e kulāia ana i ka piha ʻana o nā makahiki he 125 i ka hoʻokahuli aupuni. Nui ana nā hana like ʻole, e hoʻokani pila ana kekahi, e hula ana kekahi, a e haʻi ʻōlelo ana kekahi. I ke kau ʻana o ka lā i ka lolo, aia ana kekahi mau hana ma ke Kapikala, ʻoiai, ʻo ka lā hemo ia o ke Kau ʻAha ʻŌlelo.
ʻAkahi nō a paʻa nā kūlana hope kumu aʻo a pau o ka hui pōpō peku o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi. I nehinei, kūkala ʻia aku nei ka hai ʻana i nā mea hope ʻelua. Ua haʻalele mai nei ʻo Legi Suiaunoa a me Kefense Hynson no ka lilo ʻana i kumu aʻo no ʻOlekona Mokuʻāina. A no laila, ʻimi akula ʻo Nick Rolovich a loaʻa maila nā mea nāna e hoʻopiha i ka mākālua. ʻO Andre Allen ke kumu aʻo ʻāʻapo hou. A ʻo Ricky Loko ke kumu aʻo laina kūpale hou.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
ʻOnipaʻa.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo mākia ia a ko kākou Mōʻīwahine Liliʻuokalani.