Kōkua ana ke Koa Kiaʻi Lāhui ma ka Moku o Keawe.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 7 o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
No ka nui o nā kānaka e mākaʻikaʻi aku ana i ka luaʻi ʻana o ka pele o Mauna Loa, kūkala aʻe nei ka Meia Mitch Roth o ke Kalana ʻo Hawaiʻi i kēlā pule aku nei i ka hemo ʻana o ke Alanui Saddle kahiko i mea e emi ai ka nui o nā kaʻa ma ke Alaloa ʻo Daniel K. Inouye. A i ka Pōʻalua nei, hiki akula he 20 mau koa o ka Pūʻalikoa Kiaʻi Lāhui o Hawaiʻi i laila no ka hoʻomalu ʻana. ʻO ka manawa hana o ia mau koa, he ʻumi kūmālua hola ka lōʻihi, a e kōkua ana ma ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā kaʻa ma nā ala kūpono a me ke komo ʻole ʻana i nā wahi i pāpā ʻia.
Ua loaʻa mai nei ka lua ʻakēʻakē ma ka Pāka Lua Pele o Hawaiʻi he mau mahina aku nei ma muli o kahi ʻīlio hoʻokolo manu. A ʻike ʻia nō ka ʻakēʻakē keiki ma ia lua. A ʻakahi nō ʻo ia a puka mai mai loko mai o ka lua hoʻokahi mahina ma mua o ka puoho ʻana o ka pele o Mauna Loa i ka lā 27 o Nowemapa. He manu kai ka ʻakēʻakē, a ʻo ia ka manu kai liʻiliʻi loa a kakaʻikahi loa nāna e hoʻopiʻi ma Hawaiʻi nei. A he manu ʻane nalowale loa ia. ʻO ka pūnana ʻakēʻakē mua ia i hōʻoia ʻia ma ua pāka lua pele lā. Na Charlotte Forbes Perry i ʻike mua aku i ia ʻakēʻakē keiki. He mea kālaimeaola ʻo Forbes Perry no ka Māhele ʻIke Hoʻolaulima Pākīpika o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi. A he palapala kāna me kona hui e ʻae ana i ka noiʻi ʻana i ka manu kai ma ka pāka lua pele.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Hoʻokuʻi a kole ka lae.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka i kū i ka pilikia.