Hoʻike week 1

Three Mountain Alliance & Holoholo ma Kamokuna

Today this afternoon we went down to honumakapa'a.  We went holoholo we caught fish we caught Po'opa'a, Kupipi and mamo.   Ali'iloa caught a fish it was pretty strange i dont know the name but im sure he knows i know that Honokea,Ali'iloa,Hi'ilei and every one else caught an i'a (fish)Then we went for a swim in Honumakapa'a we all had fun today  and now we are resting on our long fun day. But tommorow we are going to clean the fish hen we will fry it and eat it

Today the Three Mountain Alliance came and we made masks of different ocean animals.  We could choose between an aholehole, a hee, a limu kohu, a coral, a honu, a shark, or a haukeuke.  We talked about the food chain in the ocean and about how we can help to make sure there will always be fish for us to eat.

What do ocean animals eat?

Kahiaai Ahuna- "'Ai ka manini a me ka humuhumunukunukuapuaa i ka limu."

'Imiloa Waipa- "'Ai ka wana i ka limu." "The honu eats limu and his meat is green thats why they call him green sea turtle."

Lomani Ontiveros- "The sea animals eat limu and they eat fish."

Haehu Masau Lee- "The honu eats the limu."

Waiolu Gibson- "They eat bread."

Jacob Decoito- "Turtles eat limu."

Lakea Waipa- " Limu a me ka akoakoa, ka uhu." "Manini eats ko'a and pipipi."

Honokea Lindsey- "They eat limu, the fish."

Waikoa Carvalho- "The octopus is a carnivore they eat fishes and squirrels acorns"

Aliiloa Waipa- "The fish eat limu." "The uhu eats coral and he poops it out and it turns to sand."

Mahie Kelekolio- " Ai ka honu i ka limu."

Megan Decoito- "The honu eats limu and the honu travels back to where they to lay their eggs, to give birth."

Thomas Decoito- "The honu eats jellyfish and limu."

Lipo Kahai- Burgess- "Holehole eats crab."

Kaheka walk w/ aunty Kamala (July 23rd)

Kaheka Mural & Foam Printing (July 24th)

What is your favorite thing you saw in the Kaheka (tidepool), and where did you find it?

La'akea Waipa (8 yrs)- "I found it on the huge, huge rock, and it was a collection sea urchin".

Thomas Decoito (10 yrs)- "The brittle star and it was under the rock".

Lomani Ontiveros (8 yrs)- "I saw a loli and it was under the rock".

Olili'u Wise (4 yrs)- "The crab on the rock".

Ali'iloa Waipa (9 yrs)- "The puhi and it was in a hole"

Apolei Carvalho (6 yrs)- "The loli, and I found it under the rock"

Megan Decoito (12 yrs)-"The spikey sea cucumber and it was in the shallow under the rock".

Honokea Lindsey (4 yrs)- "The crab, it was behind aunty Kari on the green rock. I picked it up".

Hi'ilei Waipa (9 yrs)- "The wana under the rock and I picked it up with the tongs".

'Imiloa Waipa (11 yrs)- "The puhi it was in the little crack under the rock".

Kahia'ai Ahuna (5 yrs)- "Ka pe'ape'a ma ke ako'ako'a".

Jacob Decoito (6 yrs)- "Under the rock, it was a fish"

Sila Ontiveros (4 yrs)- "I Just swim and I see the crab"

'Awai Waipa (5 yrs)- "The sea cucumber under the rock"

Mahie Kelekolio (7 yrs)- "'A'ama ma lalo o ka pohaku, ka i'a, ka ina"

Kawena Kelekolio (4 yrs)- " A fish in the pool"

Caitlyn Hauanio (12 yrs)- "The loli and it was laying around on the sand"

Joshua Hauanio (4 yrs)- "I saw a pe'ape'a and it came from the rock!

Wai'olu Gibson (4 yrs)- "I saw a hermit crab on the rocks walking"

Kauhiwaikoa Carvalho (4 yrs)- "Under the rock I saw a crab, a red one"

ua hoomaka-ed hou 'ia, on the road again

Pehea e unahi ai i ka iʻa

Inehinei ua  hele kākou i waiuli a unahi iʻa. ʻO ka mea mua o ia ka hopu  iʻa ana o kekahi mea pono e makaala110% ma kai  a pono e lawe  i  ka ʻupena  a e hoʻolei i ka upena ke pau ka hoʻoleiʻupena e kiʻi i nā iʻa mai ka ʻupena a waiho ma ka pohaku a ke make na iʻa e halihali i nā iʻa i ka honua a unahi iʻa e kiʻi i ʻō ai ʻole ka ʻopihi  ai ʻole ka pahi a e hoʻomaka i ka ʻunahi iʻa ana mai ka hiʻu a i ka mahamaha. ʻO ka mea ʻelua ke pau ka ʻunahi ana i ka iʻa e oki i ka lalo o ka iʻa a e pono ana oe e hemo i  ka mea ma loko o ka  iʻa alaila e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma ka wai alaila komo ma ka pahuhau me ka hau maloko alaila maikaʻi no ka la hope o ʻO KA ʻĀINA. Mahalo!

I ka makou ho'ea ana i Waiuli ua kali makou no 'anakala Chu. Ma ke kali ana ua hiki ia kakou ke auau kai ma hope o kela, ua ho'ea o 'anakala Chu. Ua 'unahi kakou i na  i'a apau a 'anakala i hopu ai.  Mahope o ka 'unahi ana ina ia ua hemo pihapiha a hemo i ka mahamaha  alaila ua holoi kakou i na ia apau loa.

-Hi'ile
8yr                                                                                                                                                                  

Ua makemake nui au i ke ho'olei 'upena (throw net). Pono e ki'i me kou lima, alaila kau kekahi 'apana o ka 'upena ma kou ku'eku'e lima. Pono e pa'a me kou manamana lima apo a me kou manamana lima li'ili'i i kekahi 'apana 'ea'e. Alaila pa'a me kou lima akau/hema a ho'olei me he mea la he 'frisbe' ia. Ua le'ale'a loa ka ho'olei 'upena ana. Kaumaha ka upena ke ho'olei 'oe. Ua hana wale makou ma ka mau'u. Aka ke hana ma ka wa 'i'o, pono e ku'o'o kou 'ano, 'ai'ole e nalo ana na i'a ia 'oe.

-Keahiloa
10yr

Ua hele mai ʻo ʻAnake Lahela a ua hoʻike ʻo ia ia makou i na makakiʻi like ʻole me na holoholona noho ma loko o ke kai. Ka heʻe, ka aholehole, ka mano niuhi, ka koʻa , ka haʻukeʻuke,  ka limu kohu, ka honu , ame ka makani. Ua paʻani makou i kekahi paʻani liʻiliʻi me kekahi kaula akala. A ua lanakila ka la ʻoia no ʻo ʻanake ʻIli. ʻOlelo o ʻanake ʻIli  ua lanakila ʻoia no ka mea ua AWESOME ʻoia . A ka ua leʻaleʻa ka paʻani. A kekahi mea aʻe ua walaʻau makou e pili ana na mea ma ke kai ame na mea ma ka aina, e like me ka limu ame me ka mauʻu. O ka mauʻu ma ka ʻaina ʻomaʻomaʻo ia, a me ka limu he ʻomaʻomaʻo kekahi. No kekahi mau holoholona ʻai ka iʻo, a kekahi ʻai i na mea kanu. Noho ka aholehole i loko o ke koʻa. A ʻai ka mano niuhi ika honu. A ʻai ka heʻe i ka aholehole . A ʻai ke koʻa i ka limu. He cycle ia.

-Noeʻula
9yr

Inehinei ua a'o 'o anake Lahele ia makou e pili ana na holoholona o ke kai. Ua hana makou i ka Papahana holoholona kai. Mai ka Papahana holoholona kai ua a'o makou pehea i pili ai na holoholona kai a i na nalowale kekahi holoholona nalowale na holoholona me ka malie. A i na ho'ohaumia ke kai nalo na mea apau o ke kai... Kekahi mea ea'e i a'o ia mai 'oia na 'olelo, 'oia ke pala ka hala momona ka ha'uke'uke, o ka mana'o o kela ke mohala ka hua o ke kumu hala, kela ka manawa e momona ai ka ha'uke'uke nokamea ke ho'omakaukau nei lakou no ka hana pepe ana. A ua a'o makou a'ole ke ko'a he meakanu he holoholona ia. A he home no na holoholona ea'e.

-Makakapu
11yr

Today we learned about the ecosystem and how things work together in the ocean from Aunty Lahela and aunty Leʻa. We learned that everything in the ocean needs each other if it is a plant an animal or nonliving thing. Aunty Lahela brought masks of Limu Kohu, Koʻa, Mano Niuhi, Honu, Aholehole and Heʻe We decorated them and talked about how they are related. Aunty Lahela had us choose a mask to color. After coloring our creatureʻs we went into our groups and formed a circle.  We talked about these creatures role in this ecosystem.
By connecting a pink string to each animal or plant we talked about connection between each other and plants living on land. 

-Naoho and Kaiao

'Unahi i'a & Tro Net w/ uncle Chu (July 19th)

Today we cleaned fish and threw net. Our teacher was uncle Chu.  The net parts are the piko, the eye and the skirt with the lead.  First you separate the net in three equal parts.   One on your shoulder another on your knee and then one in the middle that you grab in your hand. Grab the one on  your knee and throw it like a frisbee.

We cleaned fish at Umeakapuhi where the puhi (eel) come out and eat the guts. So, you need a fork, spoon or a knife to clean fish. The kinds of fish we cleaned were Aholehole, Uhu, Nenue and Manini.  When the fish is scaled you have to take all the guts out even the gills.  Uncle Chu will send you back if you did not do it right.

Haliko

Yesterday we went to Honokea fishponds.  We learned that it was named Honokea because of the white sand which was washed away by a tsunami and replaced by black sand.  At the fishpond we cleared weeds and removed any unnecessary rocks from the outlining pond walls.  In addition, we also learned that aholeholes were raised in the ponds in the old days and still are to this very day.  Aunty Kamala showed us that we had to kick up all the silt and gunk from the bottom of the pond so that it would be able to flush out through the makaha.  To do this we had to get in the pond while forming a line; then walk/swim across the pond kicking and stirring up the mud under neath us as we went.  As we did this the water became murky and stink.  When all our duties were fulfiled we were free to swim and eat as much food as we wanted.  Later we practiced our chants and hand games that we will be performing tomorrow at our Hoʻike.

-'Amamalia
16yr

Pua's Pond Clean Up (July 17th & 18th)

Paepae w/ unko Jarett (July 16th & 17th)

I kēia lā ua hele mākou i Puas Pond, Honokea, a me Back Pond, kekahi mau loko ma Keaukaha. 
Ma Puas Pond ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe mākou i nā lau make ma ke alahele. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia no ka mea pono o ka waikai i hiki nā iʻa ke ola. Ma ka punawai ua ʻike mākou i ke koi, ka mullet, ka ʻāholehole, ka talapia, a me ka ʻoʻopu. Ma hope o ko mākou ʻauʻau ana ma ka wai ua lepo loa ka nānā ana o ka wai no ka mea ua peku ʻia ka lepo e na keiki. 
Aia o Honokea i mua o Waiuli. Ua hana nā kanaka i kēia punawai. Hili ke ʻike i ka hana lima o ke kanaka ma ka pā pōhaku ma laila. ʻAʻole i hiki ke ʻike i nā iʻa ma Honokea no ka mea ua lepo loa ka wai. Ua leʻaleʻa loa kēia wahi no ka mea ua pahu ʻia mākou ma ka wai a ua hiki ke lele mai kekahi lāʻau hala mai ke kumu hala ma waena o ka punawai. Paʻa kēia punawai liʻiliʻi i kekahi puna nui i hiki nā iʻa ke hele i nā wahi like ʻole. 
O Back Pondkekahi loko i hana ke kai. He punawai ʻanuʻanu loa a loaʻa nā iʻa e like me ka manini, mullet, ʻāholehole, hīnalea, kupipi, a me ka honu. He wahi ma waena o na pohaku ano like me ke kahawai .  He ano ala wai. Ma Back Pond ua hoʻomaka e ua no laila ua paʻikiʻi mākou i kekahi kiʻi o mākou a pau. ʻAʻohe one ma kēia loko. 
A LAILA UA HOʻI MĀKOU I KA HALE.
MAHALO. 

-Piliwailana
13yr

I keia la ua huaka'i makou na O ka 'Aina i 'ekolu loko 'oko'a ma Keaukaha.  O ka loko mua a makou i hele ai 'o Pua's Pond ma uka o Kaumaui, i Honokea ma Waiuli, a laila i Back Pond i hope 'o Waiuli.
'O Pua's Pond kekahi loko i'a.  Ua ho'oma'ema'e makou i na lau malo'o ma ke alahele a ma ka aoao o ka loko i'a.  Ma hope o ka ho'oma'ema'e ana ua 'au'au makou i loko o ka punawai.  Ua hauna loa ka wai ma hope o ka lele ana o na keiki i loko.   Hu'ihu'i ka wai i 'ane'i a pahe'e ke alahele mai ka limu ma luna.  Ua 'ike makou i na i'a Koi a me na Talapia.  Mana'o wau he wai puna wale no keia no ka mea 'a'ole wau i 'ike i ke kai e hele mai nei.
'O Honokea kekahi loko i i kukulu 'ia e ke kanaka.  He waikai keia punawai.  'O ka Hala a me ka laua'e na meakanu au i 'ike ai i 'ane'i.  He la'au Hala i hiki ai ia makou ke lele i loko o ka loko.  Ua pi'i ke kai i kela manawa no laila 'a'ole i anuanu loa a ua piha ka loko me ke kai.
'O Back ponds ka loko i loa'a na pohaku nui a  li'ili'i.. Hele mai na nalu a komo ke kai i loko o ka punawai no laila 'a'ole i anuanu, aka, ua anuanu ke 'anila.  Ua hiki ia makou ke lele mai na pohaku i loko o keia loko i aka pono e akahele i na pohaku 'oi.  Ua loa'a 'elua puhi, ho'okahi honu, mullet, na hinalea a me na manini i keia punawai.

MAHALO NUI e na 'anake me na 'anakala i huaka'i me makou i keia la.

ME KE ALOHA NUI

-KAHELE JOAQUIN
14yr

  

This is my second time at O ka aina  and I am having a lot of fun. Today we all woke up at around 6 o'clock in the morning ( that was just the girls). Then we walked to Waiuli to lay the net and to splash the water to scare all the fish into the net. Then we ate lunch at Waiuli and like always they had yummy food.

-Ka'anohi
11yr

This is my first time at O Ka Aina  and I am having so much fun already and it is only the afternoon. We do so much fun stuff and I am happy I came. my favorite thing we did today was lay the net and  chase the fish into the net, and the food here is really good. We also go swimming a lot  for fun when. O Ka Aina is awesome and it is so much fun and I get to hangout with all my friends.

- Helena

11yr

Aunty Ili and the O ka Aina group woke up this morning and walked to 4 miles for a swim.  
 We ate breakfast and went down the road to lay the net in the bay with uncle Jarett. 
-Tapu
10yr

we  chase the fish into the net. we went swimming early in the morning. and we went swimming again.

- Kukuipahu
10yr

.....And it starts

aloha!

lets get hoʻomaka-ed!