Ke ʻimi ʻia aʻela i ala e kanahaʻi ai ke ahikao ma Hawaiʻi nei.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 30 o Ianuali, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
He mau pila kai hāpai ʻia aʻe nei ma ka ʻaha ʻōlelo kau kānāwai o Hawaiʻi no ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke ahikao kū ʻole i ke kānāwai. ʻO ka nui o nā pila, he ʻeono kāuna a emi mai. ʻO kekahi kumu, ʻo ia ka ʻeha ʻana o ke kanaka i ke ahikao, a i kekahi manawa, ʻo ka make nō hoʻi kekahi. Ma ke Ahiahi Makahiki Hou i hala iho nei, ua pā ka maka o Kenneth Meyers o Wahiawā i ke ahikao a make ihola ʻo ia i ka lā ʻehā o Ianuali ma ka Haukapila ʻo ka Mōʻīwahine. Aia nō ke noiʻi ʻia akula kona kumu i make ai. A ʻo ka poʻe i ʻeha i ke ahikao, he mau kānaka o nā makahiki like ʻole, mai ke kaikamahine nona nā makahiki he ʻumi kūmālua a ke kanaka nona nā makahiki he kanalima kūmālima.
He kupapaʻu palaoa ke waiho wale ana ma ka laupapa ma Wailua i ka Pōʻalima nei. A ma muli o ke kai piha, i ke ao ʻana aʻe o ka Pōʻaono, pae maila i uka. He kanaono kona o ua palaoa lā, a he kanalima kūmāono ona kapuaʻi. A ma muli o kekahi mau mīkini ʻeli ʻekolu, hiki aʻela ke kino kupapaʻu i uka loa. Ke noiʻi ʻia ihola ka make ʻana o ka palaoa. He mau kumu paha, ʻo ka ʻeha ma muli o ka hoʻokuʻi ʻia e ka moku, ka hihia i ke aho lawaiʻa, a me ia mea aku, ia mea aku. ʻO ka palaoa, aia nō ma nā kai hohonu a pau o ka honua nei.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Hoʻokuʻi a kole ka lae.
ʻO ia hoʻi, ua kū a pilikia.