He kāpili kaʻa paikikala ka hana ma Kahului.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 4 o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Ma ka Maui Marketplace i Kahului i ka Pōʻaono nei, nui nā kānaka e kōkua ana ma ke kāpili ʻana i nā kaʻa paikikala. A e hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻia ana ia mau paikikala i nā keiki o Maui. Ma kahi o ka 400 mau kaʻa paikikala, i pau i ke kāpili ʻia. A ʻo ka pahuhopu, he 750. No laila, e hoʻomau ʻia aku ka hana i kēia Pōʻaono ma ka Maui Marketplace, mai ka hola 9:00 o ke kakahiaka a ka hola 2:00 o ka ʻauinalā. A pēlā ana nō a pau nā paikikala he 750 i ke kāpili ʻia. Ua hoʻomaka ia hana he ʻeiwa makahiki i hala ma Maui a mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia wā Kalikimaka. A ʻo ka mea maʻa mau, hāʻawi ʻia nā paikikala i nā Hui Keiki me Kaikamahine o Maui, nā hale pule a me kekahi mau hui hou aku. Akā, i kēia makahiki, e makana ʻia ana nā ʻohana i pilikia i nā ahi o ka lā 8 o ʻAukake.
A pōmaikaʻi nō hoʻi ka hui puhi ʻohe o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Lahainaluna. Ua nui nā pū kani i hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻia aku, ʻo ka ʻohe puluka, ke kalioneke, ka pū pihi, ke kakopone a me kekahi mau mea hou aku. A pēlā pū me ka puʻu kālā. A e mālama ʻia aku ana ka ʻAhamele Hoʻoilo o ia kula kiʻekiʻe i ka lā 16 o Kēkēmapa. E hemo ana nā puka i ka hapalua hola ʻelima o ka ʻauinalā a e hoʻomaka iho ana ka ʻahamele i ka hola 6:00. Aia ana ma ka Hale Pāʻani Hoʻoikaika Kino ʻo Jimmie H. Greig. A he manuahi ke komo ʻana.
E kūʻai ana ka Hui Mokulele ʻo ʻĀlaka i ka Hui Mokulele ʻo Hawaiian. ʻO ka nui o ke kālā, he $1.9 biliona. ʻĀpono iho nei nā papa alakaʻi o nā hui mokulele ʻelua i ka Pōʻaono nei. Aia naʻe ka holo ʻana a ʻāpono ʻia e nā mea paʻa kea a me nā mea hoʻoponopono pekelala. ʻO ka nui o nā limahana o ka Hui Mokulele ʻo Hawaiian, ua puka 7,300. A ʻo ka hapanui o lākou, e mau ana nō ko lākou mau kūlana hana ke ʻāpono ʻia ke kūʻai ʻana.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Kaha ka ʻio i ka mālie.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka nohea.