05-12-25

E loli paha ka inoa kūhelu o Hawaiʻi Moku.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 12 o Mei, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

E hoʻololi ʻia iho ana paha ka inoa kūhelu o ka mokupuni nui o ko kākou pae ʻāina nei. ʻO ka Mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi ka inoa kūhelu i kēia manawa, akā, aia nō ke manaʻo ʻia nei, ʻo Hawaiʻi kona inoa hou. E koho pāloka ana ka Papa Hawaiʻi no nā Inoa ʻĀina i ka hālāwai ma ka mahina ʻo Iune. Na Kauka Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Oliveira, ka Hope Luna Kulanui no ka Holomua o Nā Haumāna o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi, i hāpai i ia manaʻo i ka mahina ʻo Malaki o ka makahiki 2024. Aia ʻo Oliveira ma ka Papa Hawaiʻi no nā Inoa ʻĀina. ʻO ke kumu i manaʻo ʻia ai e hoʻololi i ka inoa, ʻo Hawaiʻi Moku ka mokupuni hoʻokahi o nei pae ʻāina nona ka ʻōlelo “mokupuni ʻo” ma kona inoa kūhelu.

Hōʻole aku nei ka Papa ʻĀina a Waiwai Pili ʻĀina i ka Palapala Hōʻike Hopena Kaiapuni a ka Pūʻalikoa ʻAmelika no Pōhakuloa ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi. Ma muli o ka nui o nā hōʻike a nā kānaka i hiki kino aku i ka hālāwai, nā kānaka i hōʻike ma ka Zumalani, a me nā mea i kākau i hōʻike i holo ai ka manaʻo o ia papa pēlā. Akā, e holo mua ana ke kūkākūkā ʻana no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana o ka pūʻalikoa i ia ʻāina.

Eo iho nei nā Kāne Ānuenue iā UCLA ma ka hoʻokūkū pōpō paʻipaʻi i loko o nā pāʻani ʻekolu. A hāʻule pahū ihola ka manaʻo e lilo ʻo Hawaiʻi ka inoa moho. E kūʻē aku ana ʻo UCLA iā Kekaha Loa no ka inoa moho i kēia lā.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Aia i Kona i Honalo.

He ʻōlelo kēia no kekahi mea i nalowale.

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