Ua pau iho nei ka helu ʻia ʻana o nā pāloka.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 7 o Nowemapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
I ulu nō ka lālā i ke kumu. A he mea ia e ʻike maka ʻia ana a puni kēia pae ʻāina no nā makahiki he nui. A no laila, hoʻomaka iho nei ke aupuni e hōʻike aku i ka lehulehu, he mea nui nā kumu kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi nei ma ka palapala ʻaelike o ka makahiki 2017. Ma ia palapala ʻaelike, ua piʻi aʻela ka uku hana o ke kumu kula aupuni i ka lā mua o ka makahiki kula 2017. A ʻakahi nō a piʻi hou i ka lā ʻewalu o ʻOkakopa. ʻAʻole naʻe i komo ia puʻu kālā ma nā lima o nā kumu a i ka lā ʻelima iho nei o Nowemapa ma muli o ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻia o ka uku hana. Ma ka pae komo wale ʻekahi, he $36,708 a ʻoi o ka makahiki. Akā, inā ua puka ke kumu mai ka Polokalamu Hoʻonaʻauao Kumu Kula i ʻāpono ʻia e ke aupuni mokuʻāina, ʻo ka uku hana, he $48,428 a ʻoi o ka makahiki.
A ʻo kekahi mau kumu kula o Hawaiʻi nei i alualu i ke kūlana lunamakaʻāinana, e lei ana nō i ka lei o ka lanakila. ʻO Amy Perruso, he Kemokalaka, lilo ihola ʻo ia i lunamakaʻāinana no ka ʻĀpana 46. A ʻo Val Okimoto, he Lepupalika, lilo ihola i lunamakaʻāinana no ka ʻĀpana 36.
Koho hou ʻia ʻo David Ige, ʻo ia ke kiaʻāina o Hawaiʻi nei. ʻO Mazie Hirono ke kū kilakila nei, ʻo ia ke Kenekoa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ma ka ʻĀpana 1 o ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo Ed Case ka lanakila, a ma ka ʻĀpana 2, ʻo Tulsi Gabbard ka lanakila.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Ka ulua kāpapa o ke kai loa.
ʻO ia hoʻi, he koa ikaika.