02-06-26

He mau mākaʻi kai hopu ʻia aku nei.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 6 o Pepeluali, he Pōʻaono. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Hopu ʻia aku nei kekahi mau mākaʻi ʻelua o Honolulu nei i ka pule nei. ʻO kekahi, i ka Pōʻalua nei i hopu ʻia ai no kona hoʻohuoi ʻia, he hana ʻino kūloko. A ʻo ka lua ia o ka manawa. ʻO ka lā 22 o Ianuali i hala, ʻo ia ka manawa mua. ʻO Keone Alika Kalani Kissinger kona inoa. Ua waiho aku nei kāna wahine i palapala hoʻomalu i ʻole e hana ʻino hou mai ʻo Kissinger iā ia. ʻO ka lua o ka mākaʻi, ʻo Chad Alan Fuller, a i hopu ʻia aku nei no ka hoʻohuoi ʻia, e kalaiwa ana ʻo ia ma lalo o ka malu o ka waiʻona i ka wanaʻao o ka Lāpule nei a hoʻokuʻi ai i ke pale alaloa. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻohe kanaka i ʻeha. ʻO ia mau mākaʻi ʻelua, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka pela. ʻO Kissinger, he $2,000, a ʻo Fuller, he $500. ʻAʻole lāua i hoʻopiʻi ʻia, akā, i kēia wā e noiʻi ʻia aʻela kā lāua mau hana, ua kāpae ʻia aku ko lāua mana mākaʻi.

I kēlā pule aku nei, ua hōʻike ʻia aʻela, he ʻelima mau mea i loaʻa i ka maʻi puʻu liʻiliʻi ma Kauaʻi. ʻO lākou ʻelima, he pili nō i ke Kula Haʻahaʻa o Kīlauea. A i ke kakahiaka o ka Pōʻahā nei, he ʻelima hou mea i loaʻa i ua maʻi lā. Ma loko ia o kekahi mau kula, ʻo ke Kula Haʻahaʻa o Hanalei, ʻo ke Kula Kalikiano o Kauaʻi a me ke Kula ʻAilana. ʻO nā maʻi a pau, ʻaʻole i piha nā makahiki he 18 iā lākou. He ʻeiwa o lākou, ʻaʻole i ʻō ʻia i ke lāʻau koʻokoʻo. A hoʻokahi o lākou, ua ʻō ʻia i ka hapalua o ka lāʻau koʻokoʻo. Aia nō nā luna o ke Keʻena Ola ke paipai aʻela i ka lehulehu, e ʻō ʻia i ka lāʻau koʻokoʻo i ʻole ai e loaʻa i ka maʻi puʻu liʻiliʻi.

Eia mai kā kākou ‘ōlelo noʻeau,

Peʻa nā lima i ke kaha o Kaupeʻa.

ʻO ia hoʻi, ua hoka. ʻO ka ʻōpeʻa kua, he mea paoa ia.

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