ʻAʻole lawa nā kauka o Hawaiʻi nei.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 17 o Kepakemapa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Ua pilikia ko Hawaiʻi i ka pōkole o nā kauka o Hawaiʻi nei. Mai ka makahiki 2017 a i kēia makahiki nei, haʻalele mai nei he 51 kauka i ka ʻoihana kauka ma Hawaiʻi nei. He mau kumu i pōkole ai nā kauka, ʻo ka ʻoi aku o ka uku hana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo ke emi mai o ka uku ʻinikua, a ʻo ka māhuahua o ke kānāwai luʻuluʻu ma ka hana a ke kauka lapaʻau. A ʻo ka poʻe maʻi ke pilikia. ʻO ka nui o nā kauka nāna ka laikini no ka hana ma ke ʻano he kauka ma kēia mokuʻāina, he 10,000 a emi iki mai. Akā, he 3,400 wale nō o lākou e hana nei ma ke ʻano he kauka.
Aloha nō. Hāʻule iho nei nā Koa Ānuenue iā Pūʻalikoa i ka Pōʻaono nei ma ka helu ʻai he 28 i ka 21. Ua maikaʻi naʻe ka hana a kekahi mau mea pāʻani o Hawaiʻi. ʻO Cole McDonald, he 321 āna ʻīā i nou ai, a he ʻelua ʻai holo. ʻO John Ursua, he ʻeono āna pōpō i hopu ai no nā ʻīā he 123, a he ʻekolu āna ʻai holo. Akā, ʻaʻole i maikaʻi ka holo ʻana o Hawaiʻi. ʻO nā ʻīā holo a Dayton Furuta lāua ʻo Fred Holly, he 22 wale nō ʻīā ke hui pū. Akā, e lilo ana ka noʻonoʻo o nā Koa Ānuenue i ko lākou hoa paio o kēia hopena pule e hiki mai ana, ʻo ia ʻo Duquesne.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Mai ʻike ʻole ʻia nō!
He pane kīkoʻolā ia i ke kanaka e kaena ana no kāna mau hana.
Ke Aolama 