Hoʻohanohano ʻia ana kekahi mau kānaka o Hawaiʻi nei.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā mua o Nowemapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Kau aʻe ana i ka hano hāweo he ʻeono mau kānaka o Hawaiʻi nei. I ka lā 5 o Nowemapa, e lilo ana ka Makana Kū I Ka Niʻo o ka ʻAhahui ʻOki Leo o Hawaiʻi iā Kata Maduli, Les Ceballos, Nohelani Cypriano, Karen Keawehawaiʻi, Audy Kimura a me Cynthina “Cindy” Ann Lance. ʻO Lance, ua hala aku nei i kēlā ʻaoʻao i ka makahiki 2021.
ʻO Maduli, he kanalima kumamāwalu ona makahiki e hana nei ma ka ʻoihana ʻoki leo. ʻO ia ka mea nāna i hoʻopuka i ke pāleo mua a Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, ʻo Ka ʻAnoʻi, i ka makahiki 1990. Lilo aku nei ka Makana Nā Hōkū Hanohano iā Kamakawiwoʻole no ia pāleo. A ʻo Maduli nō hoʻi ka mea nāna i hoʻopaipai i nā ʻahamele Mākaha Bash ma ka Pūpū o Waikīkī i nā makahiki kanaiwa. I kēia manawa, ʻo Maduli ke alakaʻi o kāna pāna, ʻo the Kata Maduli Experience. I kēlā me kēia mahina, hoʻokani ia pāna ma ka Hale Inu Kī Hōʻalu ma Honolulu a me Ka LookOut ma ʻEwa.
ʻO Ceballos, ua noke i ka mālama a me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ia mea he mele Hawaiʻi he kanakolu kumamālima makahiki ma ke ʻano he kumu papa hīmeni ma ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kamehameha ma Kapālama. ʻO kekahi mea āna i kālele ai ma ke aʻo ʻana i kāna mau haumāna, he ʻano nui ka puana pono ʻana i nā hua Hawaiʻi a like kona ʻano nui me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka leo hīmeni. ʻO kona lāliʻi a me ka mākaukau ma ka hoʻonohonoho mele, ʻo ia ka mea i kō ai ke ʻano kūlia i ka nuʻu o ka Hoʻokūkū Mele o ke Kula ʻo Kamehameha. A ua hui pū ʻo Ceballos me Robert Cazimero lāua ʻo Aaron Sala no ka ʻaha mele ʻo Nā Leo Kāne Kiʻekiʻe ʻEkolu o Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 2004.
ʻO Cypriano, ua hele ʻo ia a kaulana i kona wā ma ka pāna wahine ʻo Rock Candy, a ma hope mai, ma kona ʻano he puʻukani alakaʻi no ka pāna ʻo Golden Throat ma nā makahiki 70. Ma hope mai, alu like ihola ʻo ia me Dennis Graue ma ka haku ʻana a me ke ʻoki leo ʻana i ke mele Līhuʻe i kau ma ke pāleo ʻo Homegrown II i ka makahiki 1978. A i nā makahiki ma ia hope mai, lilo aku nei iā ia nā Makana Nā Hōkū Hanohano he ʻehā. A i ka makahiki 1999, hui pū ihola ʻo ia me Loyal Garner, Melveen Leed a me Carole Kai, ma ka hui puʻukani ʻo Local Divas. A he ʻelua pāleo a ia hui.
Aia nō ke ahi ke lapalapa aʻela ma uka aʻe nei o Mililani ma Oʻahu nei. I ka Pōʻakahi nei i ʻā ʻia ai ke ahi. Ma ka hōʻike a ke Keʻena Kinai Ahi o Honolulu i ka hapalua hola ʻehā o ka ʻauinalā Pōʻalua nei, hoʻomalolo ihola ka poʻe kinai ahi, a he 700 ʻeka i ʻā ʻia i ke ahi. Hoʻomalu ʻia ihola he 30 pākeneka. Wahi a ke Kāpena Kinai Ahi Jamie Song i ka Pōʻalua nei, ʻaʻole i maloʻo ia wahi, a e pā iki wale ana nō ka makani. E hoʻomaka hou ana ka hana kinai ahi i kēia lā.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Ka ʻōpuʻu pua i mōhala.
ʻO ia hoʻi, he pēpē.
Ke Aolama 