Inoa | Name(s)

Hāmākuapoko

Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Moku

Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Hāliʻimaile; Makawao

Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Maui

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

He moku kēia ma ka mokupuni o Maui. Aia ma waena o Kula a me Pūʻali Komohana ma kekahi ʻaoʻao a me Hāmākualoa ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe. ʻO ʻUlalena ka inoa o ka ua ma kēia moku. Pili ka moʻolelo ʻo Kelea a me Lolale i ka moku o Hāmākuapoko.

Description

A district on the island of Maui. Located between the district of Pūʻali Komohana and Hāmākualoa. The rain of this district is called ʻUlalena. Large portions of the story of Kelea and Lolale take place within the district of Hāmākuapoko.

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho iā “Hāmākuapoko” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka moku o Hāmākuapoko ma ka mokupuni o Maui. No ka moku o Hāmākua ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi, e koho iā “Hāmākua” a no ka moku o Hāmākualoa, e koho iā “Hāmākualoa”

Instructions

Not to be confused with Hāmākua on the island of Hawaiʻi or Hāmākualoa on the island of Maui.

Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy

Kanaka | Person: Kelea, Kihapiʻilani

Hana | Practice: Heʻe nalu

Kūmole | Source(s)

Akana-Gooch, Collette L., and Kiele Gonzalez. Hānau Ka Ua : Hawaiian Rain Names. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: Kamehameha Publishing, 2015.

“Hāmākuapoko,” Inoa ʻĀina Hawaiʻi Database, Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.

Kalakaua, David, and Mint Editions. “Kelea, the Surf-Rider of Maui.” In The Legends and Myths of Hawaii. United States: Mint Editions, 2021.

“Moku of Hāmākuapoko” Kīpuka Database, Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Exploring historic Upcountry, Kelea-nui-noho-‘ana-‘api‘api” (1865)

Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai