Nui ke alulike o ke ao nei.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 14 o ʻAukake, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
E hopohopo ana kekahi poʻe kupa o Lāhainā, e lilo ana nā wahi noho hou e kūkulu ʻia i nā limu pae. ʻO kekahi manaʻo, ʻo nā hale hou e kūkulu ʻia ana, e pipiʻi loa ana e hiki ʻole ai i nā kupa o laila ke kūʻai. A e haʻalele auaneʻi paha lākou i ko lākou ʻāina aloha. Akā, paipai ana ʻo Tiare Lawrence, kekahi o nā alakaʻi o Lāhainā, ʻaʻole e kūʻai aku i ko lākou ʻāina. E kūpaʻa lākou, a e noho paʻa i ko lākou ʻāina mai nā kūpuna mai. A e alu like ana ko Hawaiʻi i mea e mau ai ke kūpene ʻana o lākou i laila. A he mea nui nō hoʻi kekahi ʻōlelo a Kaleikoa Kaʻeo, kekahi o nā Hawaiʻi Alakaʻi, he mea nui ka lilo ʻana o nā alakaʻi a me nā kānaka o ia kaiāulu, ʻo lākou nā mea ma ke pākaukau kahi e hoʻoholo ai i nā mea e pono ai ma kēia hope aku. ʻAʻole e lilo ia kuleana i nā luna aupuni. A hiki paha ke kākau leka i nā luna aupuni me ka hōʻike aku i ia manaʻo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia, hoʻomalu pono ʻia he 85% o ke ahi ma Lāhainā. A ma Kula, he 60 wale nō pākeneka i hoʻomalu pono ʻia. A ʻo ke ahi ma Kīhei, he 100% hoʻomalu ʻia i ka Pōʻaono nei. A ʻo ke ahi ma Kāʻanapali, ua pau i ke kinai ʻia.
ʻO kekahi nani, ʻo ia ke alu like ʻana o ko Hawaiʻi a me ko ka honua. A pēia pū me ko Maui ma ka hoʻohikihiki ʻana aku i nā mea e pono ai i nā kānaka o Maui Komohana i pilikia. ʻAʻole naʻe i like ka hana a nā luna aupuni ma ke kōkua ʻana. Ua ulu ka hoi i ka ʻōlelo a ia Hawaiʻi Alakaʻi, a Kaleikoa Kaʻeo hoʻi, ma hea lā ke kōkua o nā Keʻena Mākaʻi like ʻole i kēia manawa i kuahaua ʻia ai ka pilikia kūhewa? Akā, i ka wā i holo ai ke kuahaua pilikia kūhewa ma Mauna Kea, piha kuʻi ia wahi i nā mākaʻi a pau o Hawaiʻi. E hoʻomaopopo aku i nā luna aupuni i ia hana hoʻokamani.
Mahalo nui ʻia ke kōkua. A ʻo kekahi mea nui e nele nei ia kaiāulu, ʻo ia ke kakalina, ka pōpene a me ka mea ʻai i kuke ʻia a mahana paha.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
ʻIke aku, ʻike mai, kōkua aku, kōkua mai, pēlā ihola ka nohona ʻohana.
ʻO ia ka mea e ʻike ʻia aku nei ma Maui a me nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe.
Ke Aolama 