Thomas Joseph Lenchanko
ke kūkaʻawe o Kūkaniloko
kapuahuawa
Kūkaniloko “to anchor the cry from within…”
We were taught and trained by our kūpuna: it is believed; it is known; it is experienced; it is learned; it is our inheritance that connects us and centers us to the piko, Kūkaniloko, this the center of our Nation, ko Hawai‘i pae ‘āina. It has always been our responsibility to watch over them...
mālama ʻāina - respect the family; respect the land
mālama kilipue kūpuna mā - respect those whom we choose to follow
mālama kanaka mauli - respect those centered by and through the spirit of aloha, the greatest truth of all
E kūpaʻa mau a hiki i ke kanaka Hawaiʻi hope loa no ke Ea o ko kākou ʻāina aloha...
…always stand fast, down to the very last Hawaiian person, for the Sovereignty of our beloved land…
Kūkaniloko “to anchor the cry from within…”
We were taught and trained by our kūpuna: it is believed; it is known; it is experienced; it is learned; it is our inheritance that connects us and centers us to the piko, Kūkaniloko, this the center of our Nation, ko Hawai‘i pae ‘āina. It has always been our responsibility to watch over them...
mālama ʻāina - respect the family; respect the land
mālama kilipue kūpuna mā - respect those whom we choose to follow
mālama kanaka mauli - respect those centered by and through the spirit of aloha, the greatest truth of all
E kūpaʻa mau a hiki i ke kanaka Hawaiʻi hope loa no ke Ea o ko kākou ʻāina aloha...
…always stand fast, down to the very last Hawaiian person, for the Sovereignty of our beloved land…
E pule kākou...
“When the life force of an Ali‘i was to enter this earthly realm, this our paradise, all work ceased. This, a most solemn of occasion, released from the people the energy factor or mana that transcends from the ʻāina. Prayer emanated throughout the land. What was welling up in the hearts and minds of Hawai‘i nei was that the gods, yes, the gods, would send a child; a child of character, strength and vision; possessing the mental acumen moral rectitude imbued from on high to lead our people, our nation, toward a life filled with peace and prosperity...”
kalana apaʻa Kūkaniloko, Oʻahu a Laʻilaʻi
36,000 acres set apart by kaʻananiʻau, a beautiful period of time
metaphysically centered and connected since time immemorial, time eternal...
‘o ia ua ʻ ike a aia lā
so it is, this is known, there it is
36,000 acres set apart by kaʻananiʻau, a beautiful period of time
metaphysically centered and connected since time immemorial, time eternal...
‘o ia ua ʻ ike a aia lā
so it is, this is known, there it is
"e kūkaʻawe i nā kapu o Kūkaniloko nō ka mea aloha nō hoʻi kākou iā lākou i nā kau a kau..."
“to guard the kapu of Kūkaniloko because we love them for all time…”