He ʻiliahi Niʻihau nō.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 8 o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO ke Ao
Aia nō ʻo Keith Robinson ke noke akula i ka hana e uluāhewa ai ka ʻiliahi Niʻihau. He kanalima makahiki aku nei i hala, e ana aʻe ana kekahi hui i nā lāʻau o Niʻihau, a loaʻa aku nei he ʻiliahi. ʻO ka mea ʻāpiki, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka ʻiliahi ma laila ma mua. ʻO Robinson kekahi lālā o ia hui mua, a ma hope mai, piʻi hou akula ʻo ia i kahi o ia mau ʻiliahi e ulu ana, ua pau naʻe i ka pipi a i ka hipa paha. Akā, ma kekahi wahi e kokoke ana, aia kekahi kupu e ulu aʻe ana. Kūkulu koke ʻia ka pā uea i mea e palekana ai ua lāʻau ala, ʻo ka hope paha ia o ka ʻiliahi Niʻihau. A ma ia hope mai, he nui ka hana a Robinson i mea e laha hou ai ia lāʻau. Wahi a Robinson, he kakaʻikahi loa paha ka ʻiliahi Niʻihau, ʻoiai, ʻaʻohe moʻolelo kahiko e hōʻike ana no ia lāʻau. A ʻaʻohe hoʻi ona inoa a nā kupa i kapa aku ai. A hōʻike mai nō hoʻi ʻo Robinson, ʻaʻole ia lāʻau e pilikia i ka paʻakai.
He mau hale papaʻi ke kūkulu ʻia ana ma kahi e kū nei nā Kauhale o Meia Wright. He 10 ka nui, a ʻo ka mua, e hoʻomaka kona kūkulu ʻia ʻana i kēia makahiki aʻe. He kanakolu ana papahele o ia hale papaʻi mua, a ʻo ke kālā e hoʻolilo ʻia ana, he $260 miliona. He mau wahi noho ia no nā kānaka haʻahaʻa o ka loaʻa makahiki. A ʻo ka nui o nā keʻena noho, he 308. ʻO ka pilikia, i kēia manawa, ʻo ka nui o nā wahi noho loaʻa makahiki haʻahaʻa, he 364. Akā, ma nā hale papaʻi ʻē aʻe e kūkulu ʻia ana, he mau wahi noho hou ana no nā ʻohana nona nā loaʻa makahiki haʻahaʻa, he 1,020 ka nui. Ma ka makahiki 2029 paha e paʻa ai ka hale papaʻi mua i ke kūkulu ʻia. Ua kuhi ʻia, he 14 paha makahiki a emi mai e paʻa ai ke kūkulu hou ʻia ʻana o nā Kauhale o Meia Wright.
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Komo mai kāu māpuna hoe.
ʻO ia hoʻi, e kōkua.
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