12-18-23

E pilikia auaneʻi paha ko kākou mau hoa hānau ma Aotearoa.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 18 o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Ma ke koho pāloka aku nei ma Aotearoa ma ka mahina aku nei ʻo ʻOkakopa, nui aʻela nā luna aupuni mākeʻe kūlana. A ke paipai aʻela i ka “pono kaulike” o nā kānaka a pau o laila, ʻo ia hoʻi, e hoʻopau ʻia aku ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā hewa i hana ʻia aku i ka poʻe Māori. A no laila, e kāpae ʻia aku paha ke keʻena ola Māori a me nā papahana e pōmaikaʻi ai ke kaiāulu. A ʻo kekahi mea paha e hana ʻia, ʻo ia ka pāpā ʻana i nā keʻena aupuni, ʻaʻole e hoʻohana i te Reo Māori. He manaʻo ko kekahi luna aupuni, e mālama ʻia ke koho kūikawā no ka pono a me ka pono ʻole paha o ke Kuʻikahi o Waitangi. Ma ka wā like i koho ʻia ai ia mau luna aupuni mākeʻe kūlana i koho ʻia ai ka luna aupuni ʻōpiopio loa ma ka moʻolelo o Aotearoa. A he Māori nō, a he lālā no ka ʻAoʻao Māori. ʻO Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke kona inoa. ʻŌlelo aʻela ʻo ia, i loko o nā pule ʻelua wale nō, kūʻēʻē aʻela ke aupuni i kona mau ʻano a pau ma nā ʻano a pau.

Hoʻopakele ʻia aku nei ʻo Nathan Grocholski Lopez ma hope o kona ʻau ʻana he ʻehā hola ma ke kai. I ka ʻauinalā Pōʻahā nei, ma waena o ka hola 5:00 a me ka hola 5:30, haʻalele ihola ʻo Grocholski Lopez a me kekahi mau haumāna ʻehā i ka pāka kahakai o Mahaiʻula ma nā waʻa kaukahi hoʻokahi kanaka a e holo ana no ke Awa o Honokōhau. A ma hope mai o ka hola hoʻokahi, kahuli aʻela ka waʻa o Grocholoski Lopez, a moku ihola ke kaula i paʻa ai ʻo ia i ka waʻa, a lilo akula ka waʻa i ke kai. Holo ihola kona manaʻo, e ʻau no Honokōhau. A i ia manawa, ua pōʻeleʻele ihola a nui aʻela ka makani. A ma ka pōmaikaʻi, loaʻa aku nei ʻo ia i nā kānaka e huli ana iā ia he 2.5 mile ma kai aku o ke Kahakai ʻo Pine Trees.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Akāka wale nō ʻo Kaumaikaʻohu.

ʻO ia hoʻi, ua ahuwale.

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