Maikaʻi Kauaʻi, hemolele i ka mālie.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 25 o ʻApelila, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Ua ʻolu nō ke kino i ka hula i ka pō Pōʻahā nei ma ka Hoʻokūkū Hula ʻo ka Mōʻī ʻOliʻoli. A na Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao o Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala i ʻāhaʻi i ka lanakila, ʻo ia ka Miki Aloha Hula o kēia makahiki nei. A lilo nō hoʻi iā Pavao ka Makana ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. ʻO Tiare-Jennings Iwalani Kamaluoluokatuahine Rebecca Kaʻaumoana Vaughan-Darval o Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine ka helu ʻelua. Ma ka helu ʻekolu ʻo Emalia Pomaialoha KeleihanupīkakeiāPāʻoaehulaleʻaikalaninuiākea Dalire o Keolalaulani Hālau ʻŌlapa O Laka. Ma ka helu ʻehā ʻo Marina Laʻakea Choi o Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua. A ʻo Chloe Makanaleiliʻiliʻi Rei Cummins o Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela ka helu ʻelima.
Ma ka puni mua o ka Hoʻokūkū Inoa Moho Pōpō Paʻipaʻi o ka ʻAhahui Komohana Nui, lanakila aku nei ʻo Irivine ma luna o Notarika ma loko o nā pāʻani ʻelima i ka pō Pōʻahā nei, a no laila, ʻo Irvine ana ka hoa paio o Hawaiʻi i kēia ahiahi. Ma mua o ia hoʻokūkū, e kūʻē aku ana ʻo Kekaha Loa iā Kāna Kieko. ʻO nā lanakila ʻelua ke hui pū ma ka puni inoa moho i ke ahiahi Pōʻaono.
Ma ke koho mea pāʻani o ke Kuʻikahi Pōpeku Aupuni, ua koho ʻia ʻo Tetairoa McMillan ma ka puni mua. ʻO ia ka mea pāʻani ʻewalu i koho ʻia. Ua hānau ʻo McMillan ma Waimānalo a neʻe akula me kona ʻohana i Kaleponi i ka piha ʻana o nā makahiki he 12 iā ia. He ʻāʻapo ākea ʻo ia no ke Kulanui ʻo ʻAlikona.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Niniu Molokaʻi, poahi Lānaʻi.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ka hoʻolewa a me ka poahi ʻana o ke kīkala ma ka hula.