I ka lā 17 o ʻIanuali i mākaʻikaʻi ai ka poʻe aloha ʻāina no ko kākou aliʻi wahine aloha, ʻo Liliʻuokalani. Ua lāhui mākou i ke kakahiaka nui a ua ʻālana ʻia he hoʻokupu no ko kākou mau aliʻi ma Mauna ʻAla. A laila, neʻepapa akula mākou me ka lōkahi i ka hale aliʻi ʻo ʻIolani.

ʻO ke Aloha ʻĀina, ʻo ia nō ke kahua kamahaʻo o ka lāhui Hawaiʻi, ke kahua hoʻi i kūkulu ʻia ai ka nohona pōmaikaʻi i maʻa i ko kākou poʻe kūpuna. He mea nō ia e ola ai ka lāhui, no ka mea, aia hoʻi ke ola o kākou i ke ola pono o ka ʻāina o kākou e noho ai. No laila, maopopo leʻa nō paha ka waiwai o ke Aloha ʻĀina i ka hapa nui o ka lāhui Hawaiʻi.

I ke kakahiaka o ka Pōʻaono, ua hoʻomaka hou ʻia ko mākou mākaʻikaʻi ʻana ma kai o Nānākuli, i ka Pāka hoʻi ʻo Kalanianaʻole. Haʻi ʻia ka moʻolelo, he pōhaku ʻume iʻa i loaʻa akula i kekahi kupa o Nānākuli ma ka moe ʻuhane.

Ua laha akula nō kēia ʻōlelo e kaulana nei ʻo ke Aloha ʻĀina mai ʻō a ʻō o ka pae ʻāina. Ua lohe nui ʻia nō ma nā ʻano wahi like ʻole. Ua ʻike pinepine ʻia nō ma nā ʻano palapala like ʻole. Ke ola maoli nei nō kēia ʻōlelo ʻo ke Aloha ʻĀina ma waena o kēia Lāhui.

I ka hopena pule ʻelua o Malaki, ʻo ia ka lā 11-13, ua hui pū mai nā lālā o Ke Pānānā Aloha Writers’ Institute no ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā kaha one ʻai aliʻi nei o Kakuhihewa. ʻO ka wā mua loa kēia i kū ai he alo a he alo ua mau kānaka nei, he mau mea kākau, mea kahakiʻi, mea ʻimi noiʻi, a mea haku puke hoʻi no Kawaihuelani.