Kulu ihola ka ʻaila kā i ka luawai ma Kapūkakī.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 6 o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Hōʻike aʻela ke Kenekoa Brian Schatz, ke Kenekoa Mazie K. Hirono, ka Lunamakaʻāinana Ed Case a me ka Lunamakaʻāinana Kaialiʻi Kahele i ko lākou manaʻo, e hoʻopau aku ke Kuhina o ka ʻOihana Moku, ʻo Carlos Del Toro, i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka hana hoʻāhu wahie ma Kapūkakī. A ʻo ke Kiaʻāina David Ige kekahi me ia mau Luna Kau Kānāwai o Hawaiʻi. I ka Pōʻahā nei, ʻōlelo aʻela ka ʻOihana Moku, ua loaʻa nō ka ʻaila kā ma ka luawai o Kapūkakī. A kūkala aʻela ka Hōkū-Avalataisa o Honolulu, ua nānā ka ʻOihana Moku i ka wai o ia luawai i Iulai, ʻAukake a me Kepakemapa, a he ʻaila kā nō ko loko i ia manawa, ʻaʻole naʻe i hoʻomaopopo ʻia ke Keʻena Ola o ka mokuʻāina a i ka lā 24 o Nowemapa. Mai ke Kaua Honua II, he mau pahu hoʻāhu wahie nunui ko ka ʻOihana Moku, aia ma lalo o ka honua, he 100 kapuaʻi ma luna aʻe o kekahi o nā luawai aniani ʻano nui o Oʻahu nei.
Ma ka Pōʻalima nei, ma hope o nā pāʻani hahana ʻelima, lanakila aku nei nā Wāhine Ānuenue ma luna o Mikikipi Mokuʻāina ma ka puni mua o ka Hoʻokūkū Inoa Moho Pōpō Paʻipaʻi. A i ka Pōʻaono nei, kūʻē aku nei lākou iā Wakinekona ma ka puni ʻelua. A hāʻule pahū koke ihola ka manaʻo o nā wāhine o Hawaiʻi nei, e lilo lākou, ʻo lākou ka inoa moho o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēia makahiki nei. ʻEkolu wale nō pāʻani, a pau ihola.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Anu hewa i ka pō, he kuʻuna iʻa ʻole.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ka hana makehewa.