He mau kiʻi maka nunui ma ka ʻālapa kai hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka Hale Kaulana o Hawaiʻi Moku.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 3 o Kepakemapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Aia ka Makani Pāhili ʻo Kiko ke ikaika aʻela ma ka hikina o ka Moana Nui Ākea. I ke ahiahi o ka Pōʻalua nei, ʻo ka ikaika o ka makani, he 105 mile o ka hola. A e ikaika hou ana, akā, e nāwaliwali hou ana ke hiki aku i ka Pōʻalima paha a i ka Pōʻaono paha.
Kau aku nei kekahi mau ʻālapa ʻehā i ka hano hāweo, ʻo Joey Estrella, ʻo Charles “Sparky” Kawamoto, ʻo Sharon Peterson, a me Max Unger. Hoʻokomo ʻia aku nei lākou i loko o ka Hale Kaulana o Nā ʻĀlapa o ka Mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi. ʻO Estrella, ʻo ke kumu alakaʻi mua ia o ka hui pōpō hili o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo. He kanakolu kumamāhiku ona makahiki ma ia kūlana. He 657 ona lanakila, he 935 hāʻule a 5 paʻi a paʻi mai ka makahiki 1977 a i ka makahiki 2013. A ma loko o ia mau makahiki, he ʻekolu manawa i hiki aku ai ka hui pōpō hili i nā Hoʻokūkū Inoa Moho Honua o ka NAIA. Ua pāʻani ʻo Estrella i ka pōpō hīnaʻi ma Hilo a i ka pōpō hili ma Mānoa. A lawelawe aku nei nō hoʻi ʻo ia i ka hana ma loko o ke Keʻena ʻĀlapa o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo. ʻO Kawamoto, he kumu aʻo ʻOlumepika ʻo ia a nāna nō hoʻi i hoʻolālā i ka hana ʻia ʻana o ka Pūnāwai ʻAuʻau o Hoʻolulu Pāka. ʻO Peterson, he wahine ia i pāʻani ma nā hui pōpō paʻipaʻi ʻOlumepika mua ʻelua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū i nā makahiki 1964 a me 1968. A ma hope mai, ua lilo ʻo Peterson, ʻo ia ke kumu pōpō paʻipaʻi o nā wāhine o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo mai ka makahiki 1977 a i ka makahiki 2002. A lilo aku nei iā lākou nā inoa moho NAIA he ʻelima manawa a me nā inoa moho o ka Māhele II o ka AIAW. A mai ka makahiki 2003 a hiki i ka makahiki 2021, ʻo ke kumu alakaʻi ia ma Hawaiʻi Prep Academy, a mai ia makahiki a hiki i kēia lā, ma ke Kula ʻo Parker. ʻO Unger, ʻo ia ka huki pōpō o nā Seahawks a ua kāʻili lākou i ka lanakila ma ke Kahului Pōpō Peku XLVIII. Aia nō hoʻi ʻo ia ma ka hui mua o nā Loea i ka makahiki 2014, a he ʻekolu ona manawa i pāʻani ai ma ka Ipu Loea.
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