02-09-24

Nui nā kānaka i pilikia ka hanu ʻana ma muli o nā ahi o Lāhainā.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 9 o Pepeluali, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Piha iho nei nā mahina ʻeono ma hope mai o ia mau ahi luku wale o Maui. A ma ka hōʻike a kekahi mau polopeka o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo Alika Maunakea lāua ʻo Ruben Juarez, ua nānā ʻia aku nei nā kānaka he 224. A he 74 pākeneka o lākou, ua pilikia ka hanu ʻana. A ma waena o ia mau kānaka, no ka hapakolu, pau ka pono o ka hana a ke akemāmā. A he 55 pākeneka o nā kānaka a pau i nānā ʻia, ʻike ʻia nā ʻōuli o ka maʻi kaumaha lua. A ʻo kekahi pilikia, wahi a Juarez, ʻaʻohe mea e kōkua ana a e kākoʻo ana paha i ka hapanui o lākou no ia mau pilikia ola kino. He 24 pākeneka o nā kānaka i nānā ʻia, ʻaʻohe wahi maʻa mau e hele ai i ke kōkua lapaʻau. A he 13 pākeneka hou aku, ʻaʻohe ʻinikua ola kino. Ma ka noiʻi ʻana, ʻike ʻia ihola, he 65 pākeneka o ia mau ʻāuna kanaka, aia nō ke noho ihola ma kahi noho kūikawā, a he 58 pākeneka, ʻaʻohe kūlana hana ma muli o nā ahi. A he 24 pākeneka, aia nō ke ʻimi akula i kūlana hana. ʻŌlelo aʻela ʻo Maunakea, lana kona manaʻo, ma muli o nā mea i helu papa ʻia iho nei, e hoʻomaka nā keʻena like ʻole i ka hana pū ʻana me ia kaiāulu i mea e kāhaʻu ai nā pilikia ola kino a ola noʻonoʻo nō hoʻi.

Lanakila hou aku nei nā Wāhine Ānuenue ma ka pāʻani pōpō hīnaʻi i ka pō Pōʻahā nei. ʻO Kaleponi Kāna Kieko ka hoa paio, a ʻo ka helu ʻai, he 64 i ke 52. A ʻo ka hā ia o ka lanakila ma hope kekahi o kekahi. ʻO Lily Wahinekapu, he 16 āna ʻai. A ʻo Daejah Phillips, ka Mea Pāʻani ʻOi o ka ʻAhahui Komohana Nui o ka Pule, he 11 āna ʻai, a he ʻewalu āna lālau. A ʻo Imani Perez, he 10 āna ʻai.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

ʻAʻohe mea nāna e paʻi i ke poʻo.

ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo ia ka ʻoi, ʻaʻohe mea i like kona mākaukau a ikaika paha.

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