Jacob Mau ~ Keoneo'io ~ Ahihi Kinau Maui Hawai'i

Jacob Mau ~ Keoneo'io ~ Ahihi Kinau Maui Hawai'i

My husband Jacob Mau at Keoneo’io
This beautiful area along the coast is a protected nature preserve and is also known as La Perouse Bay
Ahihi Kinau Maui Hawai’i

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I am Kanaka

A`u e ho`oheno nei, mea Aloha
Nâ ke Akua e mâlama mai iâ `oe, e ku’u aloha
He aloha pili `ia e ke onaona
A`u e ho`oheno nei, Ku`u ipo henoheno Iakopa
Pau `ole ke aloha ê
Aloha wau ia ‘oe
I love you Jacob

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In the sound of the ocean, I can hear my ancestors calling.

A ho’okupu, a gift from the heart, enriches the giver.

In the family, ohana, lies the renewal of the past.

I am the child of many cultures—in me grows the hope of the future.

I am a part of the land, ka aina. The soil is my flesh, the mountains my bones.

My voice is the voice of the wind, ka makani; my dance is the dance of the waves.

I am reborn in the image of my fathers and mothers.

The spirit of the land guides me in every choice that I must make.

This land is born of fire and ocean and wind.

In my mind is the fire of knowledge; in my blood run the currents of the
ocean; in the wind do I hear the song of my spirit.

The rumble of the volcano is like the beating of a great heart.

The gift of knowledge is never diminished.

In the neverending cycles of the land is my spirit renewed.

This is the place where rainbows are born.

The land was created in the joining of fire and water.

At the meeting of the land and the sea, that is where all life begins.

Ancient kings walk the mountains at night.

In the secret places of the land are found the answers to life’s mysteries.

My parents taught me the ways of the future; I teach my children the ways of the past.

I walk the land in perfect innocence, a child of yesterday.

Here, every day is a beginning, every night a remembering.

The owl, pueo, protects me as I walk the forest at night.

The song of my spirit is blessed by the winds.

In the heart of the mountain burns the fire of new life.

The earth’s fire, a wave’s caress, the never-ceasing kiss of the wind—of these things is my island born.

The morning dew baptizes the grass; a thousand glistening beads reflect the rays of the rising sun.

I am the wild spirit that greets the dawning of this day.

I see the thread of mana which passes from me to all those I hold dear – we are family – we are ohana.

If I feel hunger or thirst, the land will provide; if my spirit is troubled, the wind and the sea will comfort me; if I am afraid, Pele will protect me.

Each morning is a celebration of beginnings.

The stars, na hoku, guide me at night—they show me the way to my destiny.

The will of my ancestral spirit, my ‘aumakua, speaks in all that I say or do.” ~ Excerpt from Hawaiian Book of Days

DLNR Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources
Na Ala Hele Trail System
The Beaches of Maui

La Perouse Bay is located south of the town of Wailea and Makena, Hawai’i at the end of Makena Alanui Road (State Highway 31) The bay’s ancient Hawaiian name is Keoneo’io. It was later named for the French explorer Captain Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse. In 1786, La Pérouse surveyed and mapped the prominent embayment near the southern cape of Maui opposite the island of Kaho’olawe.

The bay is the site of Maui’s most recent volcanic activity. The rounded peninsula that dominates the northern half of the bay and extends up the coast a short distance was formed about 900,000 years ago by an eruption of basaltic lava that originated in the southernmost landward expression of the Haleakala Southwest Rift Zone. A small string of cinder cones extending inland to the northeast marks the axis of the rift zone.

Keoneo’io, lies directly south of the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve. Fishing is prohibited within the reserve, which is home to numerous endemic fish, marine mammals, green sea turtles, and coastal plants. The area contains many archaeological sites, including fishing shrines, salt pans, and heiau, or religious platforms. The end of the paved road marks the start of the King’s Highway, a trail that circumnavigated the island, originally built by Pi’ilani and later improved by Governor Hoapili.

Fine Art Photography by Sharon Mau 19 Apelila 2009
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