Ua Hoʻokaʻawale ʻIa Nā Kamaʻāina No Lahaina E Ke Ahi. E Hoʻohui Hou Ana Kahi Helena Lōkahi Iā Lākou Kekahi I Kekahi.
ʻO kekahi hui hoʻopuka waiwai ʻole hou i hoʻokumu ʻia e Archie Kalepa, he loea kai, makemake ia hui i nā kānaka e ʻike a hoʻomaopopo i ka mea i nalowale loa ma ka wā i ʻai ʻia ai ʻo Lahaina e ke ahi.
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ʻO Lahaina, he kaiāulu ia o nā kupa a me nā kamaʻāina i pili loa kekahi i kekahi, a ua luku nui ʻia e ka ʻoi loa o ke ahi ʻāhiu ma ʻAmelika ma loko o kēia kenekulia ma kinohi o ʻAukake.
Uā kālai hou ʻia ke kaona o Maui e ka nalowale, ke kaumaha, a me kekahi mea mana loa, ʻo ia nō ka mamao ma waena o nā hoa noho.
ʻO nā ʻohana i nalowale ai ko lākou mau home, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia lākou i ʻō a ʻō ma Maui a ma ʻō loa aku. Ke hoʻolimalima nei lākou i nā keʻena noho ma nā kaiāulu hou, ke noho nei me nā hoa ma nā ʻāina like ʻole, a i ʻole, ke noho nei lākou ma nā lumi i uku ʻia e FEMA.
Ua haʻalele kekahi iā Maui no ka noho ʻana ma kahi e ʻuʻuku ai ke kumukūʻai noho. ʻO nā kānaka e noho paʻa nei ma nā māhele i hoʻopakele ʻia e ke ahi, na lākou nō e hoʻopilikia ʻia nei e ka nele ʻana i nā kānaka ʻole he mau kaukani nāna i hoʻoneʻe ʻia.
“ʻO nā kānaka a pau e noho nei ma kēia kāiaulu, nā kānaka hoʻi i loaʻa a loaʻa ʻole ai ka hale, he ʻīnea nō ko laila,” wahi a Archie Kalepa, he keiki noho papa he ʻeiwa hanauna ma Maui Komohana. “I loko nō o ka ʻaelike a me ka ʻaelike ʻole o kākou no ke alahele kūpono, he pono ko kākou lōkahi ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i hoʻolālā kūkulu hou i kākoʻo ʻia e kākou a pau.”
He mau koho paʻakikī ko ke kaiāulu i pili i ke kūkulu hou ʻana. A, wahi a Kalepa, he loea kai a he alakaʻi kaiāulu, ʻaʻole hiki i nā kamaʻāina o ke kaona ke koho inā ʻaʻohe lōkahi o ke kaiāulu.
No laila, ma o kekahi hui hoʻopuka waiwai ʻole ʻo , ka mea hoʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e Kalepa i kēlā mahina aku nei, ke hoʻonohonoho nei ʻo Kalepa i kahi hanana hoʻokuʻikahi no ka hoʻākoakoa ʻana mai i nā kupa, nā kamaʻāina, a me nā malihini mai ʻō a ʻō no ke kōkua ʻana iā Lahaina, a lana kona manaʻo, he hanana ia e hoʻōla a e hōʻaelike aku i nā kānaka.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka ma ka hola 8 o ke kakahiaka ma ka lā 20 o Ianuali me kekahi helena he 4.5 mile mai ke alanui ʻo Lahaina Bypass Road a i Launiupoko, kahi e hoʻoholo ʻia ana nā hana leʻaleʻa no nā ʻohana, nā haʻi ʻōlelo, ka mea ʻai a me nā hulahula a hiki i ka hola 4.
E hele ʻia ana ke alanui ʻo Honoapiʻilani, a e pani ʻia ana hoʻi ia alanui, ʻaʻole hiki i nā kaʻa ke holo ma laila ma ka wā e holo nei ka hanana. Ma ka helena, e ʻike ana nā mea hele wāwae i nā koena o ka mea i ʻai ʻia e ke ahi, a me kekahi mea hoʻomanaʻo no nā luaahi ahi e kū ana ma haʻi o ka wahi hoʻomaka.
“Ke kono aku nei mākou i nā kānaka a pau e hele mai ma kēia lā hoʻokahi, i hiki iā kākou a pau ke hui pū a ʻike leʻa i nā mea i nalowale loa.”
Archie Kalepa, he mea hoʻonohonoho kaiāulu
Ua manuahi lehulehu ka helena a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ma ka pāka kahakai. Paipai ʻia nā kānaka e kau inoa ma , i hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi manawaleʻa i $5.
Mahuʻi ʻo Kalepa, e hōʻea mai ana nā kānaka he mau kaukani no ka hanana, a ʻōlelo maila ʻo ia, he koʻikoʻi nō ke komo ʻana o nā kānaka like ʻole no Lahaina.
Wahi āna, ua hōʻeuʻeu aku ʻo ia i nā alakaʻi kaiāulu like ʻole e kono aku i ko lākou mau hoa kaiāulu e komo mai. Paipai ʻia hoʻi nā kupa me nā kamaʻāina no Maui Nui e komo mai.
No nā kānaka i hele ʻole i Lahaina no ka hōʻihi ʻana i nā kānaka i pilikia i ke ahi, ua ʻōlelo mai ʻo Kalepa, he kono kēia hanana no ke kipa ʻana mai i laila, ka ʻike maka ʻana i ka luku ʻana, a me ke kōkua ʻana i ke kūkulu hou ʻana.
“ʻO ka ʻoiaʻio, pono mākou i ke kōkua ʻana mai o nā kānaka a pau, pono kākou e kōkua kekahi i kekahi,” wahi a Kalepa. “Ke kono aku nei mākou i nā kānaka a pau e hele mai ma kēia lā hoʻokahi, i hiki iā kākou a pau ke hui pū a ʻike leʻa i nā mea i nalowale loa. A laila, hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hoʻomapopo i ke kumu o kēia luku ʻana me ke ʻano a kākou e hōʻalo aku ai i ka luku hou ʻia ʻana.”
Penei ka mākia a Lele Aloha: e hoʻohanohano i ko Ჹɲʻ moʻokūʻauhau a e kiaʻi i kona wai, kona ʻāina, a me kona mau kumuwaiwai moʻomeheu — a ʻo Lahaina ka hoʻomaka, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kapikala o ke Aupuni Ჹɲʻ. ʻO ke kōkua ʻana i ko Lahaina kūkulu hou ʻia ʻana, ʻo ia nō ka wā e hōʻike aku ai ua hui hoʻopuka waiwai ʻole nei i kona mākaukau a me kona waiwai, wahi a Kalepa.
ʻO ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka nele ʻana i nā hale ʻole a me ke kūkulu hou ʻana i nā hale pule he ʻehiku i ʻai ʻia e ke ahi, ʻo ia nō kekahi o nā pahuhopu nui o ka hui.
Ke kau aku nei nō nā maka o ka hui i ka hoʻōla ʻana iā Mokuʻula, ka mokupuni he hoʻokahi ʻeka i puni i kekahi loko wai i noho ai ka hale aliʻi o Kamehameha III. Ua waiho wale ʻia ka mokupuni ma ka pau ʻana o ke kenekulia 18, a ua hoʻopiha kīmeki ʻia ia moku e ke aupuni hou ma ka makahiki 1914 no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka pāka ʻo Malu ʻUlu o Lele.
ʻO kēia hanana hoʻokuʻikahi, ʻo ia nō ka hanana mua loa o ka hui.
“ʻO ke kūkulu hou ʻana iā Lahaina ma o ka hana i piha me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ke kūpono no ko kākou kaiāulu, ʻo ia nō ka mea e nui ai ka holomua ʻana,” wahi a Kalepa. “A laila, i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e kōkua aku ana mākou i nā kaiāulu ʻē aʻe ma ka honua i mea e mau ai ka moʻomeheu, ka manaʻolana, a me ke aloha ʻāina ma ko lākou mau kaiāulu.”
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