Wehiatua

Kii: Ben Thourad

Kaulana keia Aumakua Mano ma Hawaii kahiko a hiki i keia la. Kapa mākou i kēia kupuna hanohano ʻo Wehiatua. Aia kona wahi noho ma ka mokupuni li'ili'i o Tahiti ma kahi i kapa ia o Teahupo'o. He mano mea nui ʻo Wehiatua i ka wā kahiko. ʻO ia ke aliʻi kiʻekiʻe o Teahupo'o i hele mai i Hawaiʻi i hoʻokahi kaukani makahiki aku nei. ʻO kāna huakaʻi i Hawaiʻi i hele mai ma hope o kona kipa ʻana i na moku o Tahiti a pau, e holo ana i na moku o Te Henua Enata, i laila loaʻa kahi noho ma Puna, Hawaii, Kaʻu a ke noho nei i Kona Hema ma Ke'ei. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ke aliʻi manō nui o Kona a ʻo ia ke aliʻi nāna i alakaʻi i ke aliʻi manō ʻulaʻula ʻo Kaehuʻikimanoopuuloa i kāna huakaʻi i Tahiti i ka wā kahiko. He ʻohana ʻo Wehiatua iā Pele ma,ʻoiai ʻo Pele a me kona ʻohana no Polapola a me Tahaʻa, na moku.

Aia ka ana o Wehiatua ma ke kai o Kona. He ana kai nui a ua kukulu na po'e kahiko he pā pōhaku ma ka waha o ia ana. Aia na 'ili'ili he nui ma ka papahele o ia ana kai e ka poʻe Hawaiʻi o ka wā kahiko. I ka moe ʻana o Kua ma luna o ka 'ili'ili, luʻu ihola kēia poʻe kānaka i lalo a ua hamo na kanaka i ko Wehiatua ʻōpū. Ma luna o kēia pā pōhaku, i kukulu ʻia e ke kanaka, ua waiho ʻia nā alana mai ka heiau o uka. 'O Maiko ka inoa o keia heiau.

During the early migrations to Hawaii, those from Tahiti were well-known and revered. Those Tahitians who landed on these shores were looking for a safe home or a new beginning. Coming to Hawaii were the akua of those far off islands. This upu of the lua people describes one of these migrations and honors these warriors and their kupuna. Wehiatua is one of our kupuna who came over in ancient days. Swimming through the waters of our ancient peoples. From many islands, he sailed, finally ending up in Puna, Hawaii, and eventually settling in Kau and finally in Kona, where he currently resides today. He is a close relative of Pele and her brothers.

Traditional K.K. Ku'ialuaopuna

Traditional K.K. Ku'ialuaopuna

Holoholo mai ka makani pahili

E kau ana mai o aku

Kupapaula ka halau e oha mai

Ka makani pahili a ka halawai

Na laumeti a ka aina mamao loa

Na mee ui o Moaulanuiatea

O Tahaa ka mole o Tahiti

Ka nihi oioi, niho wakawaka

No Teahupoo, o Wehiatua,

He kama na Tahiti

Ahua ku o Hiwa ma Te ava moa

Ka mole o na kupuna

Aina o te tahu'a

O Taputapuatea ka mole

Elieli tapu

Elieli noa

Elieli tau mai

The stormy winds race here

Arriving from afar

The dancers stand strong, awaiting

The winds from beyond our sight

The skilled ones from beyond the horizon

The heros of Moaulanuiatea

Tahaa is the home land of the chiefs

Those with the sharp, pointed teeth

Wehiatua of Teahupoo

A child of Tahiti

Hiwa is swelled up at Teawamoa

The source of our ancestors

Taputapuatea is the foundation

Deep is the the kapu

Profound is the freeing

May a deep reverence be upon us