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I Mālama ʻia ka Niu: E Pau ka ʻUku CRB

Maikalewa Keamoai-Koka
17 ʻOkakopa 2024

ʻO ka inoa kēia o ka ʻuku i pae mai ā laha aku i ka moku o Kakuhihewa a he pilikia hou no ka lāhui. He inoa kaumaha kēia, a he inoa hoʻi i ʻike ʻia paha i ka nūhou kūloko i kēia mau lā. ʻO ia nō, ua pili i ka laha ʻana o ka ʻuku lāʻau niu. Ma hope o ka makahiki 2013 i hōʻea mai ʻo ia ʻuku. I loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi ua laha ka luku ʻia ʻana o nā kumu niu he nui lehulehu o Oʻahu nei. Eia ka lono weliweli ʻo ka laha ʻana o ka CRB: he mea ʻē ka CRB; ʻaʻohe mea maoli i Hawaiʻi nei i hiki ke pale aku ā pālulu paha i ia ʻuku. Me he maʻi lele lā i ka wā o Kapena Kuke i kipa mai ai. Eia au ke hāpai nei i kekahi nīnau no ko kākou noʻonoʻo ʻana, pehea lā au e ʻike ai i nā hōʻailona o ka niu maʻi? 


He mau hōʻailona ko ka maʻi lele, a he mau hōʻailona nō hoʻi ko kēia ʻuku. Eia kekahi, a he mea kupaianaha paha kēia, ʻaʻole wale nō ka niu ʻo ke kumu lāʻau hoʻokahi e ai ʻia ana e ka CRB. Na CRB Hawaiʻi i aʻo mai, he mau mea kanu i Hawaiʻi nei e hoʻoluku ʻia ana e ka CRB. ʻO ke kalo kekahi, ka ʻuala paha, ka pūhala kekahi, a me ka niu nō hoʻi; Inā he mea kanu me ka ʻiʻo i loko, i luna, a i lalo paha, ʻo ia nō ka mea e makemake ai ʻo ka CRB. No laila, ʻokoʻa nā hōʻailona o ka loulu maʻi, ʻokoʻa nō nā hōʻailona o ka niu maʻi, ʻokoʻa nō hoʻi nā hōʻailona o ka pūhala.  


ʻEhā mau wā o ka ulu ʻana o ka CRB, ʻo ia hoʻi ka wā kūkaela, ka wā naio, ka wā pupa, a me ka wā oʻo. Ke hui pū nā wā a pau o ka CRB e ola ana, he ʻumikūmālua ā ʻumikūmāwalu paha malama mai ka hānau ʻana a i ka make ʻana. I ka wā naio o ka CRB, he mau hiʻohiʻona pili i ka hōʻoia ʻana. ʻO ke kino o ka naio, me he “C” lā ā ʻano malohi ʻo ia. ʻO ka CRB oʻo, ʻelua ona hiʻohiʻona, he kiwi moākaka i ke poʻo o ka CRB a nui ke kino o ka CRB ma kahi o ʻelua ā ʻekolu paha ʻīniha. ʻO nā CRB wahine, i ko lākou wā i ulu ai ā hiki i ke oʻo ʻana, hiki iā lākou ke hānau i nā kūkaela he hoʻokahi haneli kanaono kūmālima. 


I ka wā naio, noho ʻo ia i loko o ke kumu niu a ʻai hoʻi i nā mea palupalu i laila. ʻO ia nō ko lākou kumu o ka wili ʻana i waena o nā kumu lāʻau like ʻole, makemake lākou e ʻai i ka ʻiʻo o loko. Inā ʻaʻole loaʻa kekahi kumu lāʻau i ka CRB, ʻeli ʻo ia i ke kīpulu a ʻai i kekahi mea kanu ʻē ʻaʻe, e laʻa ʻo ke kalo. No laila, e hāpai hou ʻia ka nīnau, pehea lā au e ʻike ai i nā hōʻailona o ka niu maʻi? Me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ihola, ʻaʻole wale nō ka niu ʻo ka mea hoʻokahi e hoʻopōpilikia ʻia nei e ka CRB. 


Eia ka hōʻailona nui loa o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kumu lāʻau i ka CRB, no nā kumulāʻau like ʻole. E nānā pono ʻia ke kumu a me nā lālā o ia lāʻau. ʻO kahi maʻamau o ka lāʻau e makemake ai ka CRB ʻo ia nō nā lālā waena i ka wēkiu, ʻo nā muʻo paha. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka puka a hakahaka paha ma laila, he hōʻailona moākaka kēlā, aia ka CRB i loko. Akā, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻike i ka puka i luna, e nānā ʻia aku nā lālā, he mau paʻipaʻi paha. ʻO ka lālā niu, he mau lālā i kīhae ʻia me he hiʻu lā o ke akule, ʻo ka lālā loulu, he mau lālā i kīhae ʻia me he ʻōlepe lā. ʻO ia nā hōʻailona moākaka no ka hōʻoia ʻana he CRB nō e ola nei i loko o kēia mau kumulāʻau. 


E ka mea heluhelu,. e nānā pono kākou, a makaʻala. No ka mea,ʻo kākou ka mea e pale ana i nā mea kanu waiwai nui loa. ʻO ka papahana a ke Aupuni o Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia nō kā kākou hōʻike ʻana iā CRB Hawaiʻi inā e hopu ʻia kahi ʻuku. No ka ʻike hou aku i loaʻa iā CRB Hawaiʻi, e ʻoluʻolu e huli ʻia ke kahuapaʻa ʻo www.crbhawaii.org, a i ʻole, e kāhea aku iā CRB Hawaiʻi i ka helu (808) 679-5244. E mālama ʻia nā kumu niu o Hawaiʻi nei!


© Maikalewa Keamoai-Koka 2024

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