KA MOKU ʻO KA`ŪDistrict of Ka`ū

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KA`Ū FACTS• Ka`ūloa• 922.2 square miles• 80 miles of coastline• Southern most region

of Hawai`i and the U.S.• Believed to contain the

site where the first Polynesians landed

NĀ PALENA: BOUNDARIES

• Ka`ū, mai `Oki`okiaho a KāheawaiKa`ū, from `Oki`okiaho to Kāheawai

The extent of Ka`ū is from `Oki`okiaho on the Puna side to Kāheawai on the Kona side.

KA MAKANI: WindKA UA: Rain

• Wind:– Kuehu lepo (dust raising wind)

• Rain:– Hā`ao (Wai`ōhinu)

`ŌLELO NO`EAU

• Ka`ū, `āina kua makaniKa`ū, a land over whose back the wind blows

`ŌLELO NO`EAU

• Ka lua kupapa`u o nā ali`iThe burial place of chiefs.

Ka`ū, where the bones of many noted ones are hidden in secret caves

• Ka`ū mākaha, Puna kū mākaha.Ka`ū of the fierce fighters

`ŌLELO NO`EAU• I puni iā `oe `o Ka`ū a `ike

`ole `oe iā Ka`ūloa, `a`ohe nō `oe i `ike iā Ka`ū.

If you have been around Ka`ū and have not seen Ka`ūloa, you have not seen the whole of the district.

`ŌLELO NO`EAU• He `a`ali`i kū makani au;

`a`ohe mea nāna e kula`iI am a wind resisting `a`ali`i; no gale can push me over

A boast meaning “I can hold my own even in the face of difficulties.” The `a`ali`i bush can stand the worst of gales, twisting and bending but seldom breaking off or falling over.