E kūkākūkā ana nā meia o Hawaiʻi nei no ka lawa ʻole o nā wahi noho ma kēia pae ʻāina nei.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 17 o Nowemapa, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
I ka Pōʻahā nei, ma ka ʻAha Kūkā Kanaka ʻŌiwi ma Maui, mālama ʻia aku nei kekahi pānela kahi i kūkākūkā ai nā meia ʻehā i ka pilikia i ka pōkole o nā wahi noho o Hawaiʻi nei. ʻO ka lā haneli ia ma hope mai o ka lā ʻewalu o ʻAukake, ka lā hoʻi i pau ai nā hale he mau kaukani ma Maui. A e ʻōlelo aʻe ana ua mau meia lā, he pono paha ke hana i nā hana kūlike ʻole me ka mea maʻa mau. ʻO kekahi mea a Bissen i hoʻopuka ai, he hiki nō ke kāʻili ke aupuni mai kekahi kanaka a hāʻawi aku i kekahi. Akā, ʻaʻole ia ʻo kāna koho mua, ʻoiai, he mau hopena kūoʻo ke ʻike ʻia. Wahi a Bissen, aia nō ʻo ia me kāna poʻe hoʻokō ke hālāwai nei me nā hui kūʻai ʻāina a me nā hui hoʻokipa malihini mākaʻikaʻi nona kekahi ʻāina a ke noi aku nei i kōkua no nā kānaka he nui ma Maui i hoʻonele ʻia i kahi noho ma muli o nā ahi o ka lā ʻewalu o ʻAukake.
Hou ʻia aku nei kekahi ʻelemakule a puhi ʻia nō hoʻi i ke ahi ma Mānoa i ke kakahiaka nui o ka Pōʻahā nei. Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia aku ʻo ia i ka haukapila ma ke kūlana kūkonukonu. He kanaono kumamāhiku makahiki o ua ʻelemakule nei. A i ka ʻelima minuke i hala ka hola ʻelima o ke kakahiaka, hopu aku nei ka mākaʻi i kekahi kanaka i manaʻo ʻia nāna ia mau hana mānaʻonaʻo. He kanakolu kumamākahi makahiki o ua kanaka lā, a hopu ʻia aku nei ʻo ia no ka hoʻāʻo pepehi kanaka ma ke kekelē ʻelua, ke puhi kolohe ma ke kekelē ʻehā a me ke pale ʻana i ka hopu ʻana a ka mākaʻi.
Hoʻomaka ihola ka paipai ʻana o Nā Mākuahine Kūʻē Kalaiwa me ka ʻOna. ʻO kēia wā kulāia, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ka wā ma waena o ke Ahiahi Lā ʻAi Pelehū a me ke Ahiahi Makahiki Hou, ʻo ia nō ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai ka hapakolu o nā make ulia kaʻa o ka makahiki. I kēia makahiki nei, ke paipai aʻela nā Mākuahine i nā mea kalaiwa, e kau ka lipine ʻulaʻula ma ke kaʻa i mea e hoʻomaopopo ai i ke koho ʻana i mea kalaiwa inu wai ma mua o ka wā pāʻina. A e hoʻāumoe paha ma kahi e mālama ʻia ana ka pāʻina.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
ʻAʻohe e pulu, he waʻa nui.
ʻO ia hoʻi, he palekana ma ka malu o kekahi kanaka kaʻapeha.
Ke Aolama 