Manaʻo ke kamaʻāina no Waiʻanae i ka hiki ʻana o ke kiawe ke hulihia i ko Oʻahu ʻōnaehana meaʻai a kōkua i kēia hanauna aʻe e aloha aku i ko lākou ʻāina noho. 

ʻO nā papahana e kūlia nui nei i ke kūkulu ʻia mai o kauhale a hana lawelawe paha no ka poʻe ʻuʻuku o ke kālā, ke kūʻē ʻia nei e nā kaiāulu e makemake ʻole e komo mai ia ʻano poʻe ma ko lākou mau kaiahome.

Ua hala ua kanaka nei he haku mele, he mea kākau, he mea noiʻi, a he kumu ma Honolulu i ka piha ʻana o ka makahiki he 71 iā ia.

ʻO nā ʻeka he kanawalu e lilo ana iā Hawaiian Homes Land Trust, he kūpono nō paha ia no nā hale noho loa ma lalo o ke kānāwai a ka ʻĀhaʻōlelo Lāhui i ʻāpono aku ai ma ka makahiki 1995. 

I ke kaulana ʻana aʻe o nā polokalamu kaiapuni ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, e mau ana naʻe ka pilikia o ka nele ʻana i moʻohaʻawina kūlike ʻole.

Ua hoʻokumu mai hoʻi paha ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19 he mau ālaina i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua aʻe, he minamina maoli naʻe ke loaʻa ʻole pū mai he mau manawa e makepono ai auaneʻi.

Ke māhuahua aʻe nei ka nui o nā kaʻa uila a he manaʻo ko nā alakaʻi o ka mokuʻāina e pau liʻiliʻi nā kaʻa wahie. Wahi a nā kamaʻāina kūʻai kaʻa, he pākela ka wikiwiki o ko lākou holomua.

Mai ke Kaua o ka makahiki 1812 a hiki i ke Kaua o Iraq a me Afghanistan, e komo ana nō nā kānaka maoli i nā kaʻa kaua ma ka ʻaoʻao o ʻAmelika.

He mau hopena ʻino ko ka hoʻomaʻi kēpau no nā keiki, no laila he koʻikoʻi ka hōʻike ʻana ma nā pae hiki mua.