E mālama ʻia ana nā hoʻokūkū kinipōpō pekupeku o ka ʻAhahui ʻUmi Nui.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 16 o Kepakemapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Ua loli ihola ka manaʻo o ka ʻAhahui ʻUmi Nui, e mālama ʻia ana ke kau kinipōpō pekupeku. I kēlā mahina aku nei, ua koho pāloka ka ʻAha o nā Pelekikena a me nā Poʻo Nui o ka ʻAhahui ʻUmi Nui, a he 11 pāloka no ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana aku i ke kikina, a he ʻekolu i kūʻē, ʻo ia ʻo ʻŌhaio Mokuʻāina, ʻo ʻIowa, a ʻo Nebaraka. Akā, ma ke koho pāloka ʻana aku nei ma ka Pōʻalua nei, ua pau loa nā pāloka no ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana i nā hana ʻālapa. A no laila, e wehe ʻia ana ke kikina kinipōpō peku i ka hopena pule ʻehā o ka mahina ʻo ʻOkakopa. E pāʻani ana nā hui a pau o ia ʻahahui, he 14, i nā hoʻokūkū he ʻewalu ma loko o nā pule ʻewalu, a he manawa paha e pāʻani ai i ka iwa o ka hoʻokūkū ma ka lā 19 o Kēkēmapa.
Ua loaʻa aku nei ka Hope Kiaʻāina Josh Green i ka mea hoʻomaʻi COVID-19, a hoʻomaka ihola ka ʻike ʻia o nā ʻōuli. He piwa kona, a he kahe ka hou anuanu, he kunukunu a me ka māluhiluhi. Akā, aia nō ʻo ia ke lawelawe akula i ka hana hope kiaʻāina ma kona hale. Wahi a Green, he ʻelima a ʻeono paha āna hālāwai o ka lā, a ke hana akula ma kekahi mau māhele o ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka wehe hou ʻana i ka mokuʻāina. Ua loaʻa nō hoʻi nā kiaʻi ʻelua a Green i ka mea hoʻomaʻi. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻole i loaʻa kāna wahine a me kā lāua mau keiki ʻelua i ke COVID.
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