Hoʻomalu maʻi ʻia ka hui kinipōpō peku o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 7 o ka mahina ʻo ʻApelila, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Make iho nei kekahi ʻōpio i ke kī pū ʻia e ka mākaʻi ma Makalē. A ʻeha ihola ʻekolu mau kānaka, ʻo kekahi o lākou, ua ʻeha kūkonukonu. Ua ʻike akula nā mākaʻi i kekahi kaʻa i ka haʻalele ʻana i ka Pāka Kahakai o Kawaikuʻi a holo nui akula ma ke Alaloa ʻo Kalanianaʻole, a laila, i ke Alaloa H-1 a laila, i ke Alanui ʻo Kapiʻolani. A ma hope, hoʻokuʻi ʻia akula kekahi mau kaʻa mākaʻi ʻelua a holo ʻia akula kahi pā kaula hao a laila, komo akula ke i ke Alawai ʻo Kalākaua. ʻO nā kānaka a pau o luna o ke kaʻa, he ʻeono lākou, a lele ihola i lalo, a naholo akula. Ua paʻa naʻe lākou a pau i ka hopu ʻia. ʻO ka ʻōpio i make, he 16 ona makahiki. A ʻo ka mea i ʻeha kūkonukonu, he 18 ona makahiki.
I kēia lā, ua hiki maila ka hōʻike no ka loaʻa ʻiʻo o kekahi mau mea pāʻani pōpō peku o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi i ka maʻi COVID-19. He ʻelima lākou, a mai ka lā 31 o ka mahina ʻo Malaki, he ʻewalu ka nui. A no laila, aia nō nā mea pāʻani pōpō peku he 81 ke hoʻomalu maʻi ʻia nei ma ko lākou wahi noho. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ʻaʻohe a lākou papa e hui ana he alo a he alo i kēia kau nei. Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kupu lau i ka lā 25 o Malaki a e holo ana a ka lā 23 o ʻApelila. Akā, i ka Pōʻakahi nei, ua kūkala ʻia, e hoʻomalolo ʻia ana ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pōpō peku. ʻO nā mea pāʻani i loaʻa i ka maʻi, ʻaʻole nō i ʻike ʻia nā ʻōuli kūpilikiʻi.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
He hoʻokele waʻa no ka lā ʻino.
ʻO ia hoʻi, he kanaka koa.
Ke Aolama 