10-24-22

Ua hala akula i kēlā ʻaoʻao kahi kanaka oli kaulana o Hawaiʻi nei.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 24 o ʻOkakopa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Moe aku nei ʻo Kaʻupena Wong i ka moe kapu o Niolopua ma kona hale ma Mākaha i ka lā 24 o ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa. He loea ʻo ia ma ke oli ʻana. A he kanaka hoʻonaʻauao ʻo ia a he haku mele nō hoʻi. Ua hoʻomaka kona aʻo ʻana mai i ke oli ʻana i ka makahiki 1952 ma lalo o ka malu o Mary Kawena Pukui. He mau makana kai lilo aku iā Kaʻupena Wong, ʻo ka Makana Nā Hōkū Hanohano i ka makahiki 1993, ʻo ka Makana Kū I Ka Niʻo o ke Kula ʻOki Leo o Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 2004 a hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia kekahi ma ka Holo Mele Hawaiʻi Kaulana i ka makahiki 2008. Ua piha iā Kaʻupena Wong nā makahiki he 93, a haʻalele ihola i kāna kaikamahine hanauna, iā Haunani Denhart i hope nei.

Ua komo hou ʻo Tua Tagovailoa i ka pāʻani pōpō peku ʻana. I ka pō Lāpule nei, ʻo Tagovailoa ka ʻalihikūlele o Miami, a lanakila aku nei nā Naiʻa ma luna o Pitabuga ma ka helu ʻai he 16 i ka 10. He 261 ʻīā a Tagovailoa i nou ai. Ma nā hoʻokūkū ʻekolu i kaʻahope aku nei, a Tagovailoa i pāʻani ʻole ai, ua hāʻule ʻo Miami.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Hāʻale i ka wai a ka manu.

He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka uʻi.