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Eia mai ka Lā Hoʻoulu Pae Moku - E Kanu i nā Lāʻau!

Lopaka Weltman
1 Kepakemapa 2020

Ke ʻā pinepine mai nei nā kula mahikō kahiko ā mahakea me ka ikaika launaʻole. Ua hele a maʻamau ka pio ʻana o ka uila i ka makani pāhili. Ke pi‘i nei ka ‘ilikai ā pilikia auaneʻi nā alanui a me nā hale i kahi kokoke i kahakai. Ke pau nei hoʻi nā manu Hawai‘i o ka nahele, e laʻa ke kiwikiu, i ka laha ‘ana i uka o ka makika lawe malaria manu. ʻO ke kumu o ia pōʻino ka ho‘omehana honua e ho‘oweliweli nei i ka pae ‘āina a me ka honua holoʻokoʻa.

Kuʻi ka lono i kēlā me kēia lā e pili ana i ka loli ‘ana o ke aniau, me ka pi‘i ʻana o ka ‘ilikai, a me nā pōpilikia kūlohelohe like ‘ole. E ho‘omau anei ‘o Hawai‘i he ‘āina kū i ka moana ākea a hānai i kona po‘e, a i ʻole e piholo ka ʻāina momona i ke kai?


E aho ka ʻeleu i kēia manawa.


‘Oiai, ‘o ke kumu o ka loli ‘ana o ke aniau ka pākela ho‘ohua ‘ana o ke kalapona ‘okikene lua, pono ka hanaʻiʻo o kānaka no ke kāpae ‘ana i nā ‘enehana wāwahie mō‘alihaku a hoʻonui i ka ikehu hana hou e like me ka ikehu kāʻili lā a me ka ikehu ʻapo makani nō ho‘i, a kuapo i nā kaʻa ʻenikini ʻaila me nā kaʻa ʻenikina uila a i ‘ole ka haikokene.


Akā na‘e, i kēia manawa ʻoi loa aku ke kalapona ‘okikene lua i ke ea i ho‘ohua ‘ia ma mua. He aha kā kākou hana e ho‘ēmi ai i ke kalapona ‘okikene lua?


Hahai nō ka ua i ka ululāʻau. He hoa kākoʻo ikaika nō ke kumu lāʻau a waiwai ke kanu ʻia ʻana o nā kumu lā‘au like ‘ole ma nā wahi a pau o Hawai‘i nei. Ho‘opau ka lā‘au i ke kalapona ‘okikene lua, a ho‘ohua i ka ‘okikene. Ho‘omalu ka lā‘au i ka lepo i ka manawa ho‘okahi me ke kāohi i ka ‘a‘aiawā, a palena ‘ole nā ‘ano ho‘onani a ho‘owaiwai o ke kumu lā‘au.


No laila, ua ho‘okumu ‘ia ka hui ku‘ikahi ‘o Lā Ho‘oulu Pae Moku / ReTree Hawaiʻi ma ka makahiki nei no ka hoʻolālā wale ʻana nō i ke kanu ‘ana i nā lā‘au like ‘ole ma ka lā 30 o ‘Okakopa i kēia makahiki ma nā wahi nui wale o Hawai‘i nei.


‘O wai ia hui? Nui nā hui a me nā ‘ano kānaka like ʻole e hana pū ma lalo o ReTree Hawaiʻi, e laʻa nā hui kāko‘o kaiapuni, nā kula, nā pulo aupuni, nā hui ho‘omaluō kaiapuni, nā kānaka kā‘oko‘a, a pēlā aku.


No ke aha e kanu ʻia ai nā kumu lāʻau ma ka lā 30 o ʻOkakopa? No ka mea, hiki mai nō ia lā ma mua o ka hoʻoilo ma Hawaiʻi, no laila ʻoi aku hoʻi ka pahiki o ke ola ʻana o nā lāʻau. ʻO ka lā 30 o ʻOkakopa i kēia makahiki nō hoʻi ka pō Akua ma ka ʻalemanaka Hawaiʻi, he lā maikaʻi no ke kanu ʻana.


E kipa mai e ka mea heluhelu i kahi paena pūnaewele puni honua https://retree-hawaii.org no ke a‘o ‘ana mai i nā ha‘awina koe no ke kumu lā‘au a me ke kāko‘o i ke aniau. A e nānā aku i nā wahi kanu lāʻau o ka lā ho‘oulu ma nā mokupuni like ‘ole, e laʻa ‘o Waimea ma Oʻahu, ‘o Mahaʻulepū ma Kauaʻi, ‘o Keālia Pāka ma Maui, ‘o Puʻu Waʻawaʻa ma Hawaiʻi, a pēlā aku.


‘O kēia paena pūnaewele puni honua https://retree-hawaii.org/planting/ nō kahi a ka mea heluhelu e ʻike ai i nā wahi kanu lāʻau, a e kākau inoa no ka hanalima ma kekahi wahi kanu.


Hiki nō ho‘i ke kanu i lāʻau ma ka hale i kēlā me kēia lā a hiki i ka lā 30 o ‘Okakopa, a laila e kipa i ia loulou no ka hō‘ike i ka helu a me ke ‘ano o nā lā‘au, a e waiho i nā ki‘i. E hoʻonui ʻia ka huinanui pau loa o ka helu lāʻau me ka helu e hōʻike ʻia ma laila. He mea waiwai a kūpono ia i kēia manawa o ka noho ‘ana ma ka hale ma muli o ka ma‘i lele ʻo COVID-19.


E kanu kumu lāʻau kākou no ka ho‘oulu ʻana i ka āina!


© Lopaka Weltman 2020



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