E Ho`i Ka Nani I Moku`ula

Aloha Kākou,


If you are interested in learning more about Moku>ula and its restoration, visit http://www.mokuula.com/ and http://www.mauinei.com/.  You will learn that the mission of the Friends of Moku>ula is:


“To educate the Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian community on the significance of historical sites in a non-exploitive environment; to initiate the process of restoring, protecting
and preserving historically significant sites including the Hawaiian island and
pond at Lahaina known as Moku‘ula and Mokuhinia and; to create diverse economic
opportunities through historic preservation.


We endeavor to incorporate in our work the Hawaiian values of aloha, mālama, mahele, ‘ike papalua, ho>omana and ho'okipa.”


Maui Nei is a cultural tourism company dedicated to presenting the traditions of Hawai>i to Maui's visitors, and is the only tour company who is in partnership with a non-profit organization (The Friends of Moku‘ula).  Together they are dedicated to the restoration of Moku'ula
at Lahaina, Maui.


Loko Mokuhinia is part of many parcels in Lahaina that are Crown and Government land.  It is our kuleana to return the glory to our sacred ‘āina:


E Ho‘i Ka Nani i Moku‘ula
na P.H. Kekuaiwa (1862)


E ho‘i ka nani i Moku‘ula lā
I ka uka wale o Waine‘e lā

 

Kaua‘ula mai ko uka lā
Ka‘alani mai ko ke kai lā

 

Huli aku ke alo i Lāna‘i lā
Ma ke koa iho o Moloka‘i lā

 

Ka malu o ka pu‘u o Ha‘upu lā
Kela pu‘u‘oni‘oni, oi kelakela lā

 

I ka lehua o Kā‘ana ke aloha lā
I ka luna wale o Kalae lā

 

O Makakeua ke makani lā
I ke kai wale o Mikimiki lā

 

Ha‘ina ka ino i ka la‘i lā
No Mānoanoa, he inoa lā

The beauty should return to Moku‘ulā

There in the uplands of Waine‘e

 

The Kaua‘ulā wind is from the mountains

The Ka‘alāni rain is from the sea

 

The front turns toward Lāna‘i

The lower passage of Moloka‘i

 

Hā‘upu hill deflects it

That swaying hill reaching upward

 

It is Kā‘ana's lehua that is admired

Only there above Kalāe

 

Makakeua is the wind

Found only at the sea of Mikimiki

 

Tell the refrain about the calm

A name song for Mānoanoa

 


Mānoanoa was a chiefess who once lived at Moku>ula.

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  • Aloha kaua e Keokiomaui.
    Mahalo nui loa for your posting and poetic enclosure. Just noticed on the Hawaiian Kingdom Independence blog provided as a link on the Moku'ula website that there is a call for Sovereignty Group Leaders to attend Ho'okahi Lahui on August 21st next @ Maui Botanical Garden Amphitheater between 10.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. Organized by Maui County Citizens for Truth and Justice.
    -Aloha.
  • Yes, and she came to Kailua on Oahu and her decendant resided in Lanikai. She adopted a niaupio child and his decendants continue to reside near the Lanikai bridge. Unable to verify, sorry for the fictional history. Maybe someday the technology and the future generation would be able to prove this 'truth'. Much aloha
    • Aloha e Kaohi,

      Mahalo for your manaʻo about ke aliʻi Mānoanoa. If can, would you ask someone in her ʻohana to contact Friends of Mokuʻula? We are seeking the manaʻo and moʻolelo of lineal descendants of nā poʻe kahiko who lived in the areas of Kaluaʻehu and Mokuhinia, as well as descendants whose kūpuna were buried on Mokuʻula.

      As with much of our sacred lands, Mokuhinia and Mokuʻula were buried under rubbish, cane, buildings, parking lots, hotels, etc. The good news is that the mana of the iwi buried there hold the truth of our culture and nation. All we have to do is uncover the truth. That is our kuleana.
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