Moe aku nei kekahi puʻukani o Hawaiʻi i ka moe kapu o Niolopua.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēi lā, ka lā 23 o ʻAukake, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
E alu like ana ʻo Greater Good Charities, ka hui mokulele ʻo Southwest a me Lucky Dog Animal Rescue ma ka lawe ʻana aku i nā lako i Maui a me ka lawe ʻana aku i nā pōpoki a me nā ʻīlio, he 130 a ʻoi, mai Maui a i ʻOlekona, i mea e lawa ai ka lumi no nā holoholona i pilikia i ke ahi ʻāhiu o ka lā ʻewalu o ʻAukake. ʻAe ʻia aku nei ke komo ʻana o nā holoholona he 187 no Lāhainā i loko o ka ʻAhahui Kūʻē i ka Hoʻomāinoino Holoholona o Maui, a aia nō ke mālama ʻia aku nei ma ka hale ma Puʻunēnē.
Hoʻi aku nei ʻo Walter Aipolani, ʻo Bruddah Waltah hoʻi, i ke ala hoʻi ʻole mai i kēlā Pōʻahā aku nei. Ma hope ia o ke ʻāʻumeʻume ʻana aku me ka maʻi ʻaʻai akepaʻa no kahi wā lōʻihi. ʻO Aipolani ka mea i kaulana i ke mele Jawaiian, he Rēkē Hawaiʻi hoʻi, e like me ka inoa o kāna pāleo mua. A i ka makahiki 1991, lilo aku nei ka Makana Nā Hōkū Hanohano iā ia no ia pāleo. ʻO ia ke pāleo hanauna like o ka makahiki. Ua haʻalele mai ʻo Aipolani ma hope nei, i kāna wahine, iā Thailiana Denise Leionaona Aipolani, i kāna keiki kāne, iā Kaleo Aipolani, i kāna kaikamahine, iā Autumn Kahealani Aipolani Soares, a me nā moʻopuna he ʻumi kumamākahi a me nā moʻopuna kuakahi he ʻehā. ʻAʻole i paʻa ke anaina hoʻolewa.
Aloha nō ko Lāhainā. He hoʻokahi kaukani a ʻoi aku paha nā kānaka e ʻimi ʻia akula. ʻO ka nui o nā kānaka i make, he 115. Hōʻike aʻela ka ʻOihana Mākaʻi o Maui he ʻewalu mau inoa hou. Hoʻokahi o lākou, he malihini no Kaleponi mai, akā, ʻo nā mea i koe, he mau kupa no Lāhainā. ʻO kahi mea maikaʻi, he nui nō nā kānaka o ka ʻāina e alu like ana ma ke kōkua ʻana aku i ko laila poʻe.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Ka ua Paʻūpili o Lele.
ʻO kekahi ia o nā ua o Lāhainā.