He 16 moho no ka Makana Kumu Kula ʻOi o ka Makahiki.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 26 o ʻAukake, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
E paʻa ana nō kekahi mau kula ʻelua o ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi i kēia lā ma muli o ka Makani Pāhili ʻo Hone. Ua hala aʻela nō, ʻo ka ʻinoʻino naʻe o nā alanui, ʻo ia ka mea e paʻa ai ia mau kula. ʻO ia nō ʻo ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Kaʻū me ke Kula Haʻahaʻa o Pāhala a me ke Kula Haʻahaʻa o Nāʻālehu.
He 15 kumu kula aupuni a hoʻokahi kumu kula hoʻāmana i koho ʻia e ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao i mau moho no ka Makana Kumu Kula ʻOi o ka Makahiki 2025. A i ka mahina ʻo ʻOkakopa e wae ʻia ai ke Poʻokela. Eia mai nā moho, ʻo Leah Aiwohi o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Kauaʻi, ʻo Robin Cone-Murakami Barros o ke Kula no ka Ninaninau ʻana i ka Hana e Pono ai nā Kumuwaiwai i Kēia Wā a me Kēia Hope aku, ʻo Ian Cablay o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Waialua, ʻo Tennelle Clark o ke Kula Haʻahaʻa o Waiʻanae, ʻo Lauren Collier o ke Kula Haʻahaʻa o Kāneʻohe, ʻo Leah Gouker o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Pāhoa, ʻo Nicole Laeha, o ke Kula Waena o Kailua, ʻo Karla “Viviana” Martinez o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Konawaena, ʻo Jessie O’Neill-Prest o ke Kula Haʻahaʻa o Kīhei, ʻo Jaime “Kumu Eva” Palakiko o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Lāhaināluna, ʻo Jonathan Peralto o ke Kula Waena o Waiākea, ʻo Jennifer Sato o ke Kula Haʻahaʻa ʻo Kūhiō, ʻo Bryan Silver o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kalani, ʻo Erin Takamura- Luu o ke Kula Haʻahaʻa o Kapūkakī, ʻo Sherry Tenn o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Waipahu, a me Kim Virtudazo o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kamapela.
Na Hawaiʻi nō i kāʻili i ka lanakila ma ke kūʻē ʻana aku iā Delawea Mokuʻāina ma ka hoʻokūkū pōpō peku ma ka helu ʻai he 35 i ka 14. Ma ka hapahā mua, paʻa ihola ʻelua ʻai holo iā Hawaiʻi. ʻO ka lua o ka ʻai holo, ma ka peku lilo a Delawea, holo akula ʻo Tylan Hines he 44 ʻīā a loaʻa ka ʻai holo. Ma ka hapahā ʻelua, he ʻai holo kā Delawea a pēlā pū ma ka hapahā ʻekolu, a ʻo ia ka mea i paʻi ai a paʻi nā ʻaoʻao a ʻelua. Akā, ma ia hope mai, hiu aʻela ʻo Hawaiʻi a loaʻa ʻekolu ʻai holo a lanakila ai nā Koa Ānuenue. ʻElua o ia mau ʻai holo, na ke ʻalihikūlele, na Brayden Schager i holo aku a loaʻa. E kūʻē aku ana ʻo Hawaiʻi iā UCLA i kēia Pōʻaono, ka lā 31 o ʻAukake. Ma ka hapalua hola ʻekahi ana e hoʻomaka ai ka hoʻokūkū.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Ka laʻi o Hauola.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ka maluhia.
Ke Aolama 