Hoʻomaikaʻi iā Iam Tongi a me Kylee Hamamoto.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 22 o Mei, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
ʻEkolu wale nō moho i koe o ke kikina iwakāluakūmākahi o ka hoʻokūkū Puʻukani Punahele o ʻAmelika. A i ka Lāpule nei, lilo aku nei ʻo Iam Tongi, ʻo ia ka Puʻukani Punahele o ʻAmelika. Ua hānau a hānai ʻia ʻo Tongi ma Kahuku, akā, ma hope mai, neʻe akula kona ʻohana i Wakinekona e noho ai. ʻO kāna mele mua i hīmeni ai, ʻo “Making Memories of Us” na Keith Urban. A ʻo ka lua o kāna mele, he mele ia na Kolohe Kai, kekahi o nā hui hīmeni kaulana o Hawaiʻi nei, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo Cool Down. A ʻo kāna mele ʻekolu i hīmeni ai, ʻo ia ʻo “Monsters” a ua hīmeni pū ʻo ia me James Blunt, ka mea nāna ia mele. ʻO ka makamua ia o ka lilo ʻana o ka makana helu ʻekahi i kekahi kanaka o Hawaiʻi nei. A ʻo nā moho ʻē aʻe ʻelua o ka hoʻokūkū, ʻo Megan Danielle o Keokia ka helu ʻelua, a ʻo Colin Stough o Mikikipi ka helu ʻekolu.
ʻO Kylee Hamamoto, he haumāna ma ke Kula ʻo Punahou, kekahi o nā ʻōpiopio he iwakālua kumamālima i lilo aku ai ka Makana Lelehua Kūlia i ka Nuʻu o Prudential o ka makahiki 2023. He makana ia e lilo i nā ʻōpio no lākou nā makahiki he ʻumi kumamāhā a i ka ʻumi kumamāwalu no ka ʻimi ʻana i mea e pau ai nā ʻākeʻakeʻa a me nā mea alaʻalai ma ke alahele a me ka nohona o ko lākou mau kaiāulu. ʻO Hamamoto, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka hui ʻo WeGo! He hui ia nāna e hoʻoulu i nā wāhine i mea e lilo ai lākou i mau alakaʻi ma ko lākou mau kaiāulu. He ʻumi kumamākolu wale nō makahiki o Hamamoto i kona wā i hoʻomaka ai i ia hui ma ke Kula ʻo Punahou. A ma hope mai, ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia iā WeGo! i hui waiwai hoʻopuka ʻole i mea e kōkua aku ai i nā wāhine o waho o ka Punahou. A ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i mau māhele ma Kaleponi a me Iāpana. Aia ʻo Hamamoto ma ka papa ʻumi kumamākahi i kēia manawa. A ʻo ia wale nō ka haumāna o Hawaiʻi nei i lilo ai ia makana.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Laulaha ka ʻai a ke ʻahi.
He ʻōlelo kēia ke piha nā waʻa i ke ʻahi. A he ʻōlelo nō hoʻi no ka hui lālāwai.
Ke Aolama 