10-14-22

Loaʻa hou kekahi lāʻau ʻōiwi.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 14 o ʻOkakopa, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi, ua loaʻa hou aku nei kekahi lāʻau ʻōiwi i kuhi ʻia, ua nalowale loa he 20 makahiki aku nei. I ka makahiki 1971, he ʻekolu wale nō lāʻau i koe ma kahi i loaʻa hou ai ma Kona. A i ka makahiki 1992, ua loaʻa kekahi ma Puʻu Waʻawaʻa, akā, ua make i ka makahiki 2002. A i ka mahina ʻo Malaki o ka makahiki 2021, ua loaʻa hou nō kekahi e ulu ana ma ka ʻāina o nā Kula ʻo Kamehameha ma Kona. ʻO Delissea argutidentata ka inoa o ua lāʻau lā. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻike ʻia ka inoa Hawaiʻi. Akā, ʻane like ia me ka hāhā.

Ua koho hou ʻia aku ʻo Kamaka Hepa lāua ʻo Samuta Avea, ʻo lāua nā kāpena o ka hui pōpō hīnaʻi o Hawaiʻi. ʻO lāua nō hoʻi nā kāpena o kēlā kikina aku nei. Ua hānau ʻo Hepa ma ʻĀlaka. Haʻalele aku nei ʻo ia i ke Kulanui o Tekeka i kēlā makahiki aku nei a lilo i haumāna no ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi. I kēlā kikina aku nei, ʻo ka ʻawelika o kāna mau ʻai, he 9.4, a ʻo ke kāʻili, he 5.0. ʻO Avea, mai ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Kahuku ʻo ia i puka mai ai. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i pāʻani i kēlā kikina aku nei ma muli o ka ʻeha.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

ʻAʻohe hana a Kauhikoa; ua kau ka waʻa i ke ʻaki.

ʻO ia hoʻi, ua pau pono ka hana.

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