E ʻā loa ana ka ipukukui, ʻaʻole e pio i ke Kauaʻula.
ʻO ia aʻela ke poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 2 o ʻOkakopa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Waiho aku nei ʻo Keʻeaumoku Kapu lāua ʻo Uʻilani Kapu i hoʻopiʻi i mua o ka ʻAha Kaʻapuni o Maui. He hoʻopiʻi ia i ka Hui Uila Hawaiʻi, ke aupuni mokuʻāina, ke Kalana ʻo Maui, nā Kula ʻo Kamehameha, a ʻo kekahi mea i komo pū i loko o ia pūʻulu, ʻo ia ʻo Peter Martin a me kona hui ʻo West Maui Land, a pēlā pū me nā hui wai ma lalo ona, ʻo Launiupoko Irrigation Co., ʻo Launiupoko Water Co. a me Launiupoko Water Development Kaupalena ʻIa. E ʻōlelo ana ʻo Kapu mā, i ʻoi loa aku ka maloʻo o Lāhainā ma muli o ka hana a Martin a me kona mau hui ma ka hoʻokahe ʻana aku i ka wai o nā kahawai i nā ʻāina ma Maui Komohana i kūkulu ʻia e lākou. ʻO ka lua kēia o ka hoʻopiʻi iā Martin a me kona hui ʻo West Maui Land Co. A ʻo ka mua ia e hoʻopiʻi ana i ia mau hui wai o Launiupoko.
A ma ka Pōʻaono nei, ua piha ke Kahua Pāʻani ʻo War Memorial i nā kānaka mākaʻikaʻi. A ʻike aku nei lākou i ka lanakila ʻana o ka hui pae ʻōpio a me ka hui pae oʻo o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Lahainaluna ma luna o Balawina. ʻO ka helu ʻai ma ka pae ʻōpio, he 14 i ka 9. A ma ka pae oʻo, he 42 i ka hua kakā. ʻAʻole naʻe ia ʻo ka mea nui. Ua nui ke aloha a me ka mahalo i nā keiki o Lahainaluna a me ko lākou hoʻomanawanui ʻana i nā mea a pau ma hope mai o ke ahi o ka lā 8 o ʻAukake. He mau keiki lākou e lana ai ka manaʻo e maikaʻi ana nā mea a pau ma kēia hope aku.
Aloha nō nā Koa Ānuenue. Ua eo iho nei lākou iā Newaka Las-Vegas ma ka helu ʻai he 44 i ka 20. ʻO kekahi mea maikaʻi, ʻaʻohe hoʻokūkū o kēia pule, a no laila, he wā ia e polapola ai a e ola hou ai nā mea pāʻani i maʻi a i ʻeha paha.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Kano ke kihi poʻohiwi o Honokōhau.
He ʻōlelo mahalo i ko Honokōhau, Maui no ko lākou paʻahana.