Anahulu Hoʻonui 4/17 – 4/27/2026

Aloha e nā hoa heluhelu, 

I kēia anahulu hoʻonui kākou e hoʻomau ana i ka heluhelu ʻana aʻe i ka puke ʻo Building a Rainbow i paʻi ʻia aʻe i ka makahiki 1983 e ka Hui O Students ma UH Mānoa, a ʻo Victor N. Kobayashi ka luna hoʻoponopono. Kaumaha nō kēia ʻāpana o ka moʻolelo no ka pōhaku o kēia ʻāina i ka wā ma mua: 

The area that was to become the University Farm (located on what is now the area east of Hawaiʻi Hall) was made up of small fields, from one-tenth to one-fourth of an acre, each surrounded by loose rock walls. Each area had been farmed by individual Chinese and Hawaiian tenants. All of the rock had to be removed. There was also much rock both on the ground and buried in the soil. It took ten years to clear 22 acres. The late Dr. Frederick Krauss estimated that 5,000 cubic yards of stone were removed from the stone walls alone. (7) 

Nele mākou i ka pōhaku ʻole! Wahi a ke mele “Kaulana Nā Pua,” “Ua lawa mākou i ka pōhaku / I ka ʻai kamahaʻo o ka ʻāina.” Pono mākou i kēia manawa e mahi mai i ka pilina me ka ʻāina a me nā pōhaku ma loko. 

English Description: 
This week of the waxing moon we are continuing to read the book Building a Rainbow, published in 1983 by the Hui O Students at UH Mānoa, and with Victor N. Kobayashi as editor. This history about the stones of the land is dismal and heavy. We are deprived because of our lack of stones! According to the song “Kaulana Nā Pua,” “Ua lawa mākou i ka pōhaku / I ka ʻai kamahaʻo o ka ʻāina.” Today we must cultivate our relationship with ʻāina and the stones of this place.