ʻO Waipahu ka inoa moho pōpō pekupeku o Hawaiʻi nei.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 27 o Nowemapa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Hui hou aʻela ʻo Waipahu lāua ʻo Konawaena ma ke kahua pāʻani pōpō pekupeku no ka Inoa Moho Māhele 1 o nā kula kiʻekiʻe o Hawaiʻi nei. ʻO lāua nō nā hui o ka puni inoa moho pōpō peku o kēlā makahiki aku nei. A na Konawaena i kāʻili i ka lanakila ma ka helu ʻai he 38 i ka 28. Akā, i ka pō Pōʻaono nei, lilo aku nei ka inoa moho iā Waipahu ma ka helu ʻai he 53 i ka 28. ʻO ka lua ia o ka inoa moho i lilo i nā keiki o Waipahu. ʻO ka mua, aia i ka makahiki 2018.
A ʻāhaʻi aku nei nā Kāne Ānuenue i ka lanakila ma ka hoʻokūkū pōpō peku hope loa o ko lākou kikina. Ua paʻi a paʻi, he 24 ʻai a kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao. A peku akula ʻo Matthew Shipley i ka pōpō he 51 ʻīā a loaʻa ihola he 3 ʻai. A lanakila aʻela ʻo Hawaiʻi ma ka helu ʻai he 27 i ka 24 a Kololako Mokuʻāina. Inā i lanakila ʻo Kololako, inā ua lawa nā lanakila e pāʻani ai ma kekahi o nā Hoʻokūkū Ipu.
Ma ka pāʻani pōpō paʻipaʻi, lanakila aku nei nā Wāhine Ānuenue ma luna o Kekaha Loa ma loko o nā pāʻani ʻekolu wale nō, lilo ai ka inoa moho o ka ʻAhahui Komohana Nui iā lākou. ʻO Amber Igiede ka Mea Pāʻani ʻOi o ia hoʻokūkū, a he 16 āna hoʻopio i ia pō. A ma muli o ia lanakila ʻana, paʻa ihola ko lākou komo ʻana i loko o ka Hoʻokūkū Inoa Moho o nā Kulanui o ʻAmelika. A ʻo ʻIowa Mokuʻāina ko lākou hoa paio ma ka puni mua. Aia ana ka hoʻokūkū ma ʻOlekona i ka hola 2:00 o ka ʻauinalā Pōʻahā.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Puʻuwai hao kila.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka wiwo ʻole.