09-04-24

Hala akula kekahi wahine leo nahenahe o Hawaiʻi nei i ke ala hoʻi ʻole mai.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 4 o Kepakemapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka heluhelu,

I ka Lāpule nei, lele aʻela ka hanu o kekahi puʻukani kaulana o Hawaiʻi nei. ʻO Teresa Bright nō ia, a ua piha nā makahiki he 64 iā ia. I ka makahiki 1988 ka manawa mua i lilo aku ai ka Makana Nā Hōkū Hanohano iā lāua ʻo Steve Maʻiʻi. A i kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, no ka pā leo a Bright, ʻo Self Portrait, lilo akula he ʻeono Makana Nā Hōkū Hanohano iā ia. A i ka makahiki 2020, lilo akula iā Bright ka Makana Kū i ka Niʻo i ka Wā e Ola ana.

Ma Hilo i ka Pōʻalima nei, ua hemo iho nei he wahi hoʻomalu hōʻaumoe no ka poʻe kuewa. Aia ma ke Alanui ʻo Ponahawai. No ka Pūʻali Hoʻōla ia wahi hoʻomalu. I kēia manawa, he hale peʻa ia nona nā moe he 25. Ke manaʻo ʻia nei, ma kēia hope aku, hiki paha ke hoʻomāhuahua i nā moe a ke 75, me ka loaʻa pū o kahi e kūkulu ʻia ai nā kaʻa he ʻumi, e hiki ai i nā kānaka ke hiamoe palekana ma loko o ko lākou mau kaʻa ponoʻī. Wahi a Sam LeMar, ka luna hoʻolaukaʻi o ka Pūʻali Hoʻōla o ke Kalana ʻo Hawaiʻi, ma muli o ka puʻu kālā i loaʻa mai ke aupuni mokuʻāina a me ke Kalana ʻo Hawaiʻi, he ʻelua makahiki e hemo ai ua wahi hoʻomalu lā. I kēia manawa, he wahi kūikawā ia akā, lana ka manaʻo o LeMar, e mau loa nō.

I ka Pōʻalua nei, he ʻewalu mau kānaka i hopu ʻia aku nei no ka piʻi ʻana aku i ke Alapiʻi o Haʻikū. A ʻo ka nui o nā kānaka i hopu ʻia ma nā lā ʻeono i hala aku nei no ia hana, he 14. I ka lā 12 o Iune, pani ʻia akula ke Ala Kualapa Waena ma muli o ka wāwahi ʻia ʻana o ke alapiʻi, akā, i ka Pōʻalima nei, ua hemo hou ihola a ma laila i piʻi aku ai ia mau kānaka, a i ka hiki ʻana aku i luna, iho ihola i ke Alapiʻi o Haʻikū. A pāpā ʻia, ʻaʻole e hele aku i laila.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Pulupulu ahi.

He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka lelepī.

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