O Ka ʻĀina: July 2014

Pōʻahā Update // Brought to you by Pono Edens

Apolei Carvalho | Kao | 7/23/2014

I kēia lā ua hele makou i Mile ʻEhā. Ua leʻaleʻa . Ua hele wāwae i Waiuli a ua pono e hana i ka mākāhā. Alaila ua hoʻi hou kākou iā Laehala a me i kēia lā ua hana i ka hīnaʻi. Ua pono e ʻimi i ka pōhaku. Alaila ua pono e ʻimi i ka lāʻau a nākiʻi mākou i nā mea apau.

Honokea loko // New mākāhā by Hiʻilei Hauanio

Kukuipahu Lilly | Puʻuone | 7/23/14

This morning we had to do our swim test. When we got back we found our rock for our hīnaʻi. The rock holds the bait and sinks the hīnaʻi. After we walked to Waiuli. We had free time when we got there. We ate lunch then we got more free time. We had to make a mākāhā. Then we had more free time.

Noeʻula Lindsey | Kao | 7/23/14

Today in the morning, we walked to 4 miles and did our morning swim. Then we walked back to Laehala and ate breakfast. After that, we went down by the ocean in our groups and found a rock for our hīnaʻis. Then we got Hau and braded it so we could lash the rock on to the hīnaʻi. And also, one person from our group got two sticks to cross inside of it. So then we all walked down to Waiuli. When we got there, we had a little bit of free time, then we had lunch. After lunch, we went down to Honokea fish pond and made a Mākāhā out of waiwī and some string. We all learned how to make a knot for lashing the waiwī together. When it was done, it looked really cool and worked really well.

Thomas DeCoito | Heau | 7/23/14

Yesterday we walked to Onekahakaha beach and went holoholo. Uncle Kana taught us how to tie a proper knot on a hook to catch ʻOama. For bait we were catching stuff like ʻōpae and crabs. Then walked to the spot that the fish were at. Yesterday I caught three ʻOamas and two Papios. Later that day we came back to Laehala and started Hīnaʻi. Uncle Manoa instructed us threw the process and went around fixing our mistakes. After a while we had break time and me and Tapu went diving with the schools of ʻOamas and papios. Playing with the fish we started checking out all the lolis. Many hīnāleas were scattered in the reef. We also tried to scare the Oama towards Kukuipahu but no success.

Kahele Joaquin | Hīnaʻi | 7/23/14

Today we lashed our hīnaʻi to the rock that we found at back bay in Laehala. We needed a flat rock for the meaʻai to sit nicely on. We used two sticks and crossed them through the hīnaʻi, and hau to tie the sticks down to the rock. We went to Waiuli to make a whole new mākāhā for Honokea Pond. Luka taught us to use waiwī and jut to lash it together. He taught us a special knot to lash it. We placed the mākāhā in the wall and it fit well with the pond.

Hāliko Hauanio | Puʻuone | 7/23/14

Today we put our final piece on our hīnaʻi. Then we lashed the rock on the hīnaʻi with a twisted hau cord. Befor lunch we walked to Waiuli. When we got there Aunty Ili let us have free time. When we all got out of the water Uncle Luka, Uncle Manoa and Aunty Nāhōkū helped us make a mākāhā for the pond at Waiuli.

Lipo | Heau | 7/23/14

I kēia lā ua hele wāwae i 4miles a ua pono e ʻau. Ua ʻau wau i hoʻokahi mile a ua leʻaleʻa alaila ua hoʻi i Laehala a ʻai i ka meaʻai. I ke kakahiaka ua hana i ka hīnaʻi a ua hele kākou i Waiuli. Ua ʻau wau a holoholo māua ʻo Masau a ua kiʻi wau i hookahi hīnālea. Ua leʻaleʻa!