Author: keaolama

Hopu ʻia iho nei kekahi mau kānaka no ka pahū ʻana o nā pauka pahū ma Āliamanu.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 27 o Ianuali, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Ua hopu ʻia iho nei kekahi kāne a me kāna wahine ma muli o kā lāua hana ma ia pahū ʻana o nā pauka pōkā ma ka Lā Makahiki Hou ma Āliamanu. ʻO Ruben T. Mateo ka inoa o ke kāne, a ʻo Jewel Ann Quines Cabras ka inoa o ka wahine. A he ʻekolu a lāua keiki. I hopu ʻia ʻo Mateo lāua ʻo Cabras ma lalo o ka hoʻohuoi no ka hoʻopōʻino noʻonoʻo ʻole, ka hoʻopōʻino i ke keiki oʻo ʻole a me ka hewa hoʻopahū pauka pōkā. He ʻeha mau kānaka i make a he nui nā kānaka i ʻeha ma muli o ia ulia. Aia nō ka mākaʻi ke noiʻi aʻela, a he mau kānaka hou paha ke hopu ʻia.

I ka Pōʻalima nei, hōʻoia aʻe nei ka ʻOihana Mākaʻi, ʻo ke kupapaʻu i loaʻa ma Ke Iki i ka ʻauinalā o kēlā Pōʻaono aku nei, ʻo ia nō ʻo Joseph “Joey” Fujioka. Ua ʻike hope loa ʻia ʻo Fujioka lāua me kona kōkoʻolua me Samantha Chun ma kekahi hale kūʻai o Mililani ma kahi o ka ʻeono minuke i koe kani ka hola 10:00 o ke aumoe o ka lā 17 o Ianuali. ʻO ka mea minamina, ʻaʻohe wahi mea a loaʻa mai o Chun.

Kāʻili aku nei ʻo Mililani i ka Inoa Moho Pōpō Wāwae o ka Māhele I o ka ʻAhahui Kula Kiʻekiʻe o Oʻahu ma ka helu ʻai he 2 i ka 1 a Kamapela. Ua hahana nō ka pāʻani ʻana. He ʻelua manawa kaulele i mālama ʻia aku nei. ʻO ka hā ia o ia inoa moho i lilo iā Mililani ma hope kekahi o kekahi. A ma ka Māhele II, lilo aku nei ka inoa moho iā Kahuku ma ka helu ʻai he 2 i ka 1 a Waipahu.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Eia aʻe ka makani Kona.

ʻO ia hoʻi, aia kekahi kanaka huhū ke hele maila.

He kauhale hou no ka poʻe kuewa.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 24 o Ianuali, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

ʻAkahi nō a hoʻolaʻa ʻia he kauhale no ka poʻe kuewa. ʻO ka ʻumi kūmāwalu ia o ia ʻano kauhale ma Hawaiʻi nei. ʻO Kūlia i ka Nuʻu ka inoa a aia ma Waiʻanae. A i kēia pule aʻe ana e hoʻomaka ai ka noho ʻana o nā kānaka. Ua lawa ia kauhale e noho ai nā kānaka he 80 a emi mai paha. He manaʻo ko Kiaʻāina Josh Green, e kūkulu ʻia aku he 30 kauhale a puni kēia pae ʻāina ke hiki aku i ka hopena o ka makahiki 2026. A e noi ana ʻo Green i ka ʻAha ʻŌlelo i $100 miliona ma nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana i mea e kō ai kona manaʻo.

Aia nō ka ʻOihana Mākaʻi o Honolulu ke noi aʻela i ka lehulehu i kōkua i mea e loaʻa mai ai ke pihi mākaʻi a kekahi mākaʻi a me kāna pū. Aia nō ma luna o kekahi kaʻa mākaʻi, a ʻelemio ʻia aku nei i ke kakahiaka o nehinei ma Maunalua. ʻO ka lekiō a ia mākaʻi kekahi mea i ʻaihue ʻia aku. ʻAʻole i hōʻike mai ka ʻOihana Mākaʻi i ke ʻano i lilo ai ia mau mea, ua waiho hāmama ka puka, a wāwahi ʻia aku paha ka puka aniani.

Ua loaʻa kekahi kanaka o Oʻahu nei i ka piwa haʻihaʻi iwi i kona wā i huakaʻi aku ai i ka ʻāina ʻē. A ʻo ka mua ia o kēia makahiki nei. ʻO kona ʻāina i hele aku ai, he ʻāina ia i laha ai ka piwa haʻihaʻi iwi. I ka makahiki 2024, he 16 mau kānaka o Hawaiʻi nei i loaʻa i ia piwa ma ka wā i huakaʻi ai i ka ʻāina ʻē. ʻO nā ʻōuli o ka piwa haʻihaʻi iwi, he piʻi koke ka wela o ke kanaka, he poluea, he luaʻi, he ʻōhune a me ka ʻeha o ke kino, a ʻo ka lōʻihi o ia mau ʻōuli, he ʻelua paha lā a i ka ʻehiku paha.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Ahuwale nā pae puʻu o Hāʻupukele.

He ʻōlelo kēia no kekahi mea i ahuwale.

He kupapaʻu kai loaʻa iho nei ma ke Kahakai o Ke Iki.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 22 o Ianuali, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Ua loaʻa iho nei he kupapaʻu a he mau kupapaʻu paha ma kahi e kokoke ana i ke Kahakai o Ke Iki i ka ʻauinalā o ka Pōʻaono nei. A i ka ʻauinalā o ka Pōʻalua nei, hōʻoia aʻe nei ke Kauka Noiʻi Kupapaʻu o Honolulu, he kino kanaka ke kupapaʻu. ʻAʻole naʻe i maopopo inā he hoʻokahi wale nō kino a he mau kino paha, a he mau māhele kino wale nō paha. ʻO kahi i loaʻa ai ia kupapaʻu a mau kupapaʻu paha, ma kahi kokoke nō ia i kahi e ʻimi ʻia aku ana nā ʻōpio ʻelua o Mililani, ʻo Samantha Chun lāua ʻo Joseph Fujioka, nā ʻōpio hoʻi i nalowale i ke aumoe o kēlā Pōʻalima aku nei.

Ua kaiehu ʻia mai nei ke Poʻo ʻAkimalala Linda Lee Fagan o ke Kiaʻi Kai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO Fagan, ʻo ia ka wahine mua i lilo i poʻo no kekahi māhele o ka pūʻalikoa. Na ke Kuhina Hoʻomalu ʻAmelika Benjamine Huffman ia hana. A ua kūkala aʻela ʻo Fox News, ʻo ke kumu o Huffman i kaiehu mai ai iā Fagan, ma muli o ke kālele ʻana o Fagan ma ke kaulike o nā kānaka like ʻole ma mua o ka hoʻomalu ʻana i nā palena o ʻAmelika. Na ka Pelekikena ma mua, ʻo Joe Biden i hoʻokohu iā Fagan, ʻo ia ke Poʻo ʻAkimala o ke Kiaʻi Kai i ka makahiki 2021.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

E kuʻi ka māmā a loaʻa ʻo Kaʻohele.

ʻO ia hoʻi, e kuʻupau aku a kō ka pahuhopu.

ʻO ke Kaʻi Huakaʻi Maluhia ʻo ʻOnipaʻa, aia i kēia lā.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 17 o Ianuali, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

I kēia lā, e kaʻi huakaʻi ana kānaka mai Maunaʻala a i ʻIolani Hale Aliʻi i mea hoʻomanaʻo i ka piha ʻana o nā makahiki he 132 i ka hoʻokahuli ʻia ʻana o ke Aupuni Mōʻī a i mea nō hoʻi e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ko kākou Mōʻīwahine Liliʻuokalani. Hoʻomaka iho nei i ka hola 7:00 ka ʻākoakoa ʻana a me nā hana like ʻole e pono ai. A i ka hapahā i koe kani ka hola 10:00 e hoʻomaka ai ke kaʻi huakaʻi ʻana ma ke Alanui Nuʻuanu no ʻIolani Hale. A ma hope, e mālama ʻia ana nā hana like ʻole ma laila, ʻo ka hula, ka haʻi ‘ōlelo a me ka hoʻokani pila.

ʻAkahi nō a maopopo ka inoa o ke keiki nona nā iwi i loaʻa ma ka lā 29 o Iune o ka makahiki 2014. Aia nā iwi i loko o kekahi kini kila ma ka waihona lole o kekahi keʻena noho ma Waikīkī. Ua pepehi ʻia akula ua keiki lā a make he 60 makahiki aku nei a ʻoi aku paha. He kaikamahine ia. A ʻo Mary Sue Fink kona inoa a ua hānau ʻo ia ma ka lā 29 o ʻApelila o ka makahiki 1959. Manaʻo ihola nā mākaʻi kiu, pepehi ʻia aku ia kaikamahine ma waena o ka makahiki 1961 a me ka makahiki 1963.

ʻEkolu mau paʻahao i mahuka mai ka Hale Paʻahao ʻo Hale Nani ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi i ka lā 13 o Kēkēmapa. A i ka Pōʻalua nei, ua hopu ʻia aku nei ʻo Kawai James Pomroy. ʻO ka lua ia o ka paʻahao mahuka. E holo ana ʻo Pomroy ma ke kaʻa ma ke Ala Loa 11 a pau ihola ke kakalina ma kahi o ka māka mile 33 ma ka Pāka Lua Pele o Hawaiʻi. A ma hope mai, loaʻa aku nei ʻo Pomroy i nā lanakia o ka pāka. ʻO Joseph Canito Fernandez ka mahuka mua, a hopu ʻia i ka lā 18 o Kēkēmapa. A ʻo ke kolu o ka mahuka, ʻo Clyde Takeshi Talosaga Loa ʻŌpio, aia nō ke lele pio aʻela.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

E ala! E alu! E kuilima!

He ʻōlelo kēia no ke alu like ʻana a me ka lauaki ʻana.

Aia nō kekahi ahi ana ʻole ma ke Kūlanakauhale o nā ʻĀnela.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 13 o Ianuali, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Aia nō ke ahi ke pāhola aku nei ma ke Kūlanakauhale o nā ʻĀnela ma Kaleponi, a ma nā hola he 24 i hala iho nei, pau aku nei he 1,000 ʻeka i ke ahi o Pacific Palisades. Ua ʻā ʻia nō ke ahi i kēlā Pōʻalua aku nei. A ʻo ka nui o ka ʻāina i pau i ia ahi, he 22,000 ʻeka a ʻoi aku a kohu mea lā, ʻaʻole e ʻōlelo ke ahi, ua ana ia. A ke hui pū me ke ahi o Eaton, pau aku nei he 36,000 ʻeka, he 56 mile kuea hoʻi, a ʻoi, a he 14 mau kānaka i make, a ʻoi aku paha. A he 16 paha mau kānaka i nalowale. Hōʻike aʻela ke Kiaʻāina Gavin Newsom, e māhuahua auaneʻi paha ka nui o nā kānaka i make. ʻO kekahi pilikia, ua wānana ʻia, e ikaika hou ana ka pā ʻana o ka makani.

Paʻa ihola he ʻaelike kūikawā ma waena o ke Kikowaena Lapaʻau ʻo Mōʻīwahine a me ka ʻAhahui Kahu Maʻi o Hawaiʻi. A he mea maikaʻi nō ia, ʻoiai, inā ʻaʻole i paʻa ka ʻaelike, inā ua hoʻomaka ka ʻolohani ʻana o ka poʻe kahu maʻi o ia haukapila i ka hola 7:00 o kēia kakahiaka nei.

Kau aʻe nei ʻo Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele lāua ʻo Aiden Manutai i ka hano hāweo. ʻO Sagapolutele, ka ʻalihikūlele o Kamapela, ʻo ia ka Mea Pāʻani Kūlele ʻOi o ka Makahiki nei i hala. ʻO ka nui o kāna mau ʻīā i nou ai ma kona wā pāʻani, he 10,653, a he 114 ʻai holo. A ʻo Manutai, ʻo ia ka Mea Pāʻani Kūpale ʻOi o ka Makahiki nei i hala. He ʻāʻiwa no Kahuku ma mua a laila, he ʻāwaʻa. A i kekahi manawa, pāʻani ʻo ia ma ka ʻaoʻao kūlele. ʻO Tupu Alualu ke Kumu Aʻo o ka Makahiki. ʻO ka makahiki mua ia o Alualu e hana ana ma ke ʻano he poʻo no Kāna Lui.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Ehu ahiahi.

He ʻōlelo kēia no ka wā hāpauea.

He ʻopakuma kai loaʻa mai Hawaiʻi moku.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 8 o Ianuali, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

I ka Pōʻaono nei, loaʻa aku nei he ʻopakuma i kekahi hale kūʻai ma Kona ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi. He mea kūʻē kānāwai ka ʻopakuma ma Hawaiʻi nei ʻoiai he mea ia e pōʻino ai nā holoholona ʻōiwi o Hawaiʻi nei. A he mau omoola kā ka ʻopakuma i kekahi manawa, a he mau maʻi nō hoʻi. Ua hoʻouna ʻia mai ka holoholona i Oʻahu nei a hoʻomake ʻoluʻolu ʻia ihola. A ua loaʻa nō hoʻi ʻekolu ʻopakuma ma Oʻahu nei i ka makahiki i kaʻa hope aku nei. ʻO kekahi, ma Kalihi i ka mahina ʻo ʻAukake. ʻO kekahi, ma ke kaona i Honolulu ma Iulai, a ʻo ke kolu, ma ke Awa Kū Moku o Honolulu ma Iune. A mai ka makahiki 2005 a i ka makahiki 2016, he ʻelima hou ʻopakuma. Pehea lā i hiki mai ai ia mau ʻopakuma i Hawaiʻi nei?

Hōʻike aʻela ke Keʻena o ke Kauka Kolokolo o Honolulu i ka inoa o ka hā o ke kanaka i make ma ka ulia ahi kao ma Āliamanu i ka Lā Makahiki Hou. ʻO Carmelita Benigno kona inoa, a he 61 ona makahiki. ʻO nā kānaka ʻē aʻe i pio nā kukui ma muli o ia ulia, ʻo Nelie Ibarra, he 58 ona makahiki, ʻo Jennifer Van, he 23 ona makahiki, a ʻo Cassius Ramos-Benigno, he 3 wale nō ona makahiki. ʻO Ramos-Benigno, ʻakahi nō a hala i ka Pōʻakahi nei ma ke Kikowaena Lapaʻau ʻo Kapiʻolani.

Ma muli o ia ulia ahi kao mānaʻonaʻo, hāpai aʻela ke Keʻena Hoʻokō Kānāwai o Hawaiʻi i ka manaʻo e hoʻokumu ʻia kekahi hui nāna e hoʻēmi a e hoʻopau paha i ke ahi kao kūʻē kānāwai ma Hawaiʻi nei ma o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kānāwai e pili ana i ka mea pahūpahū a me ke ahi kao, noiʻi i ka ulia, kāʻili kū i ke ahi kao kūʻē kānāwai, a pēlā aku. ʻO kekahi mea e pono ai ia hui hoʻokō kānāwai ahi kao, ʻo ia ka puʻu kālā hou mai ka ʻaha ʻōlelo mai e uku ai i mau kūlana hana hou e hiki ai ke lawelawe pono ʻia ka hana.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

E ʻau mālie i ke kai pāpaʻu, o pakī ka wai a pula ka maka.

ʻO ia hoʻi, e akahele ke hele aku i kahi i kamaʻāina ʻole.

Māhuahua ke kumu kūʻai no ka hua moa.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 20 o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Pohā ka lae i ke kumu kūʻai o ka hua moa. Piʻi loa aʻela ke kumu kūʻai. I ka Pōʻakolu nei, $5.57 o ke kākini ma ke Komohana Waena o ʻAmelika. A ma Kaleponi, he $8.85 o ke kākini. Ma muli o ka palū manu e hele nei a laha ia piʻi loa ʻana. He 35 miliona moa wahine hānau hua i make i ka palū manu i kēia makahiki nei, a ʻo ka nui o ia mau moa i loaʻa i ka mea hoʻomaʻi palū manu ma nā mahina ʻekolu i hala iho nei, he hapalua o ia 35 miliona a emi iki.

I ka Pōʻakolu nei, ua loaʻa mai nei kekahi o nā kānaka i mahuka aku nei mai ka Hale Paʻahao ʻo Hale Nani ma Hilo a hopu ʻia ihola. ʻO Joseph Fernandez kona inoa a loaʻa ihola ʻo ia ma kekahi hale ma Hawaiian Ocean View. ʻAʻole i paʻa kona mau hoa mahuka, ʻo Clyde Takeshi Talosaga Loa ʻŌpio lāua ʻo Kawai James Pomroy.

Lanakila aku nei ʻo Maryknoll ma luna o El Capitan ma ka Pōʻakolu nei ma ka helu ʻai he 72 i ke 44. A ʻo ka mea pāʻani nui o ka ʻai, ʻo Puaʻena Herrington. He 38 āna ʻai. Ua paʻa ihola he 30 ma ka hapalua mua. A me ka ʻeha nō o kona kuʻekuʻe wāwae. He ʻeono āna kī kolu i komohia, ʻekolu kāʻili, a ʻelua ʻaihue. He ʻeiwa ʻai a Rebekah Lum Kee a pēlā pū me Talitha Tupola. ʻO ka lā mua ia o ka Hoʻokūkū Kono ʻo Tony Sellitto.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Hala nā lā ʻino o ka hoʻoilo.

ʻO ia hoʻi, ua pau ka wā pilikia.

He ulia mokulele kahi i make ai ʻelua mau pailaka.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 18 o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Hoʻokuʻi akula kekahi mokulele i kekahi hale ma kahi e kokoke ana i ke Kahua Hoʻolulu Mokulele ʻo Daniel K. Inouye. He mokulele ia no ka hui mokulele ʻo Kamaka. ʻElua pailaka o luna o ka mokulele. A ua pau lāua i ka make. ʻAʻohe ʻōhua o luna. Ua haʻalele ihola ka mokulele i ke kahua mokulele no Lānaʻi akā, ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu kona lele ʻana, a ʻo kona pilikia ihola nō ia. ʻO Hiram deFries lāua ʻo Preston Kaluhiwa nā pailaka. A nui ka mahalo iā lāua no ke kuʻupau ʻana i ka hana i ʻole ai e pōʻino ke ola o nā kānaka ma ka honua. Aia kekahi ulia o ka mokulele Kamaka ma Molokaʻi i ka lā 15 o Ianuali o ka makahiki 2023. ʻAʻohe ola i pōʻino, akā, ua ʻeha ihola ʻelua mau pailaka.

Noi aʻe nei ke Aupuni Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi, ʻaʻole e halihali ʻia aʻe ka manu mai kekahi mokupuni a i kekahi no nā lā he 90, akā, ʻaʻole ia he koina, na kēlā me kēia e koho i ka hoʻokō a me ka hoʻokō ʻole paha. Hoʻomaka iho nei i kēlā Pōʻalima aku nei. Ma muli ia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka palū manu H5N1 ma kēia pae ʻāina. E hopohopo ana nā luna aupuni o laha loa ia maʻi a puni ʻo Hawaiʻi.

Holo ihola ka manaʻo o Caylen Alexander e lilo i mea pāʻani pōpō paʻipaʻi no ke Kulanui o Mikouli. He mea pāʻani ʻo Alexander no Hawaiʻi ma nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei. Akā, ma hope mai o ke kikina nei i hala, komo akula ʻo ia i ka ʻīpuka lele kulanui i mea e komo ai i kekahi kulanui.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau.

Hāʻale i ka wai a ka manu.

He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka uʻi.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 15 o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

He manaʻo ko ke Kahua Ola Kino o ka Mōʻīwahine e kūkulu i haukapila hou ma kahi e kokoke ana i ke Costco ma Kailua i Kona ma Hawaiʻi. He 80 ana moe o ia haukapila a he kahua kuʻu mokulele pinao ana nō hoʻi kona i mea e pōkole loa ai ka manawa e lele ai i ke kikowaena lapaʻau ʻeha kūpilikiʻi ma Oʻahu nei. A i mea e paipai ai i nā kauka, nā kahu maʻi a me nā limahana e hana ma laila, e kūkulu ʻia ana he 300 paha wahi noho emi ma kahi wahi e pili ana. ʻO ka nui o ke kālā e hoʻolilo ʻia ana, he $400 miliona a i ka $500 miliona paha.

Lilo aku nei ka Makana Heisman iā Travis Hunter o Kololako. ʻO ka nui o kona mau pāloka helu ʻekahi, he 552, a ʻo ka huina o kāna mau ʻai, he 2,231. ʻO Hunter, pāʻani ʻo ia ma ka ʻaoʻao kūpale a me ka ʻaoʻao kūlele o Kololako. Ma ka ʻaoʻao kūpale, he ʻāʻiwa ʻo ia. A ma ka ʻaoʻao kūlele, he ʻāʻapo. ʻO Ashton Jeanty, he ʻāpohu no Boise Mokuʻāina, ka helu ʻelua. Ma hope koke aku nō o Hunter, he 309 ona pāloka helu ʻekahi, a he 2,017 āna ʻai. ʻO Dillon Gabriel, he ʻalihikūlele no ʻOlekona, ka helu ʻekolu, he 24 ona pāloka helu ʻekahi, a he 516 āna ʻai. A ʻo Cam Ward o Miami ka helu ʻehā, ʻeono ona pāloka helu ʻekahi, a he 229 āna ʻai.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Na wai ke kupu ʻo ʻoe?

ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo wai kou makua?

ʻAkahi a loaʻa mai ʻo Hannah Kobayashi i kona ʻohana.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 13 o Kēkēmapa, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Ua loaʻa maila ʻo Hannah Kobayashi, ka wahine i manaʻo ʻia, ua nalowale, a hana kolohe ʻia paha. Akā, i ka Pōʻakolu nei, ʻōlelo aʻela kona ʻohana, ua kamaʻilio nō me ia, a aia i Mekiko. Ua nui ke kālā i hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻia ma kahi hoʻoulu kālā ʻo GoFundMe, he $47,000 a ʻoi. A hōʻike aʻe nei ka ʻohana o Kobayashi, inā makemake e hoʻihoʻi ʻia kāu kālā i hāʻawi ai, e hoʻopihapiha ʻia ka palapala hoʻopiʻi ke hiki aku i ka lā 18 o Kēkēmapa.

He ʻekolu mau Wāhine Ānuenue pāʻani pōpō paʻipaʻi i komo aku nei i ka ʻīpuka lele kulanui. ʻO Caylen Alexander kekahi. ʻO Alexander ka Mea Pāʻani ʻOi o ka Makahiki o ka ʻAhahui Komohana Nui. A ʻelua makahiki aku nei, ʻo ia ka Mea Pāʻani Haumāna Hou o ka Makahiki o ia ʻahahui. A i kēia kikina nei, ʻo ia ka ʻoi ma ka hoʻopio, he 602 ma mua o ke komo ʻana i ka Hoʻokūkū Inoa Moho o ka ʻAhahui ʻĀlapa Kulanui ʻAmelika. ʻO ka lua i komo i ka ʻīpuka, ʻo Jacyn Bamis. He mea pāʻani ʻo Bamis i pāʻani no Clemson a hele mai i Hawaiʻi no ke kikina 2023. A ʻo ke kolu, ʻo Jackie Matias, he loea paʻi ulele. Inā haʻalele lākou, he pilikia nō, ʻoiai, e puka ana ʻo Kate Lang, ka Mea Hānai ʻOi o ka Makahiki, a pēlā pū me Tayli Ikenaga, ka Mea Pāʻani Kūpale ʻOi o ka Makahiki.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Eia aʻe ka makani Kona.

ʻO ia hoʻi, aia lā kekahi kanaka huhū ke hele maila.