Wehiatua

Kii: Ku'ialuaopuna

Kaulana keia Aumakua Mano ma Hawaii kahiko a hiki i keia la. Kapa mākou i kēia kupuna hanohano ʻo Kua. I ka wā kahiko, ʻo Wehiatua kona inoa kahiko. 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 Kua iā Pele ma,ʻoiai ʻo Pele a me kona ʻohana no Polapola a me Tahaʻa.

Aia ka ana o Kua ma ke kai o Keʻei. 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 Kua 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.

This Aumakua is famous in old Hawaii until present. We call this honored ancestor Kua by name. In ancient times, his name was Wehiatua. His residence was on the small island of Tahiti in a place called Teahupoo.

Wehiatua was a great shark in ancient times. He was the high chief of Teahupoo who immigrated to Hawai'i a thousand years ago. His trip to Hawai'i came after he visited all of Tahiti, going to the lands we now call Marquesas, thenhe found residence in Puna, Ka'u and now living in South Kona at Ke'ei. In ancient Puna, there were ancient shrines dedicated to Kua. He is considered the chief shark of Kona and is the chief that led the red shark of Panau, Ka'ehu'ikimanoopu'uloa on his journey to Tahiti in ancient times. He still resides in a sea cave at Ke'ei. Kua is a relative to Pele as Pele and her family come from Polapola and Taha'a islands of Tahiti.

The cave of Kua is located in the sea of ​​Ke'ei. It is a large sea cave and the ancients built a stone wall at the entrance of that cave. There are many pebbles on the floor of that sea cave placed there by the ancient Hawaiians. When Kua would lying on the snoothe stones, these people dived down and rub Kua's belly. On this stone wall, built by man, the offerings from the upland temple were placed. The name of this heiau is Maiko.