Mokumanamana

ʻO Mokumanamana (i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo Necker Island ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania) he mokupuni liʻiliʻi ma Papahānaumokuākea. Aia ma ka ʻākau komohana o Hawaiʻi, ma waena o ka Moana Pākīpika, ma kahi o 430 mile mai Honolulu aku. He 45.193 ʻeka ka nui o kēia mokupuni pōhaku.

 Ke Kūlanakauhale 
Ma lalo o ke aupuni o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, aia ʻo Mokumanamana i loko o ke Kalana ʻo Honolulu. Mālama ʻia e ka ʻOihana Hoʻomalu Holoholona Lōhiu ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻaʻohe kānaka noho ma kēia mokupuni.

 Ka ʻĀina 
He mokupuni pōhaku ʻo Mokumanamana me nā kapakai pali. ʻO 277 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe loa. He moku pele kahiko kēia i hānau ʻia ma kahi o 10 miliona makahiki i hala. I kēia manawa, ʻelima puʻu nui ko Mokumanamana:

 Puʻu Siever (61 mika ke kiʻekiʻe)
 Puʻu Bowl (79 mika)
 Puʻu Summit (84 mika)
 Puʻu Flagpole (56.4 mika)
 Puʻu Annexation (75 mika)

 Nā Mea Ola 
ʻElima ʻano mea kanu i ʻike ʻia ma Mokumanamana:
 ʻĀweoweo
 Kakonakona
 ʻIhi
 ʻĀkulikuli
 ʻŌhai

He nui nā manu kai e noho ana ma ka mokupuni, me ka helu ʻana he 60,000 manu i ka wā hoʻopunana. He 16 ʻano manu kai like ʻole e kipa mai i ka mokupuni. ʻAʻole manu maoli e noho ana ma ka ʻāina. Aia nō hoʻi nā pūpū honua, nā mea kolo, a me nā ʻalalā.

 Ka Moʻolelo 
Ua hele mua ka poʻe Hawaiʻi i Mokumanamana he mau haneli makahiki ma hope o ko lākou noho ʻana ma nā mokupuni nui o Hawaiʻi. Ma ka manaʻo o nā kilo kahiko, ʻaʻole hiki ke noho maʻamau ma ka mokupuni no ka lepo ʻino no ka mahiʻai ʻana, ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻāina, a me ke kākaʻikahi o ka ua. Ua kipa wale mai ka poʻe Hawaiʻi mai Nihoa mai a me nā mokupuni kokoke no ka hoʻomana ʻana ma nā heiau. Ua pau ko lākou kipa ʻana he mau haneli makahiki ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka poʻe haole, a i ka wā i hiki mua mai ai nā haole i Hawaiʻi i ke kenekulia 18, ua poina ʻia paha ʻo Mokumanamana e ka poʻe Hawaiʻi.

I ka makahiki 1786, ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo Mokumanamana e ka mea hoʻokele waʻa Palani ʻo Jean-François de La Pérouse. Ua kapa ʻia ka inoa Pelekania ma muli o Jacques Necker, he luna kālā no ke Aliʻi Louis XVI o Palani.

He wahi pana kahiko kēia no ka poʻe Hawaiʻi. Ma ka noiʻi ʻana a Kenneth P. Emory a me nā mea noiʻi ʻē aʻe, aia ma ka mokupuni he 55 wahi kahiko i ʻike ʻia, me 33 heiau. ʻO ke ana ʻo Bowl Cave ka ana nui loa o ka mokupuni. Aia nō hoʻi kekahi mau wahi mahiʻai, nā kahua like ʻole, a me nā ana noho.

Ma ka moʻolelo o nā kūpuna o Kauaʻi, ʻo Mokumanamana ke kuleana hope loa o ka poʻe Menehune. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ua hoʻāʻo ka poʻe Menehune ma Mokumanamana ma hope o ko lākou kipaku ʻia ʻana mai Kauaʻi aku e ka poʻe Polenesia ikaika. Na lākou i kūkulu i nā hale pōhaku like ʻole ma ka mokupuni.

 Nā Kiʻi Pōhaku 
Ma ka noiʻi ʻana a Kekuewa Kikiloi, Kenneth P. Emory a me nā mea noiʻi ʻē aʻe, ua loaʻa nā kiʻi pōhaku kupaianaha ma Mokumanamana. He mau kiʻi liʻiliʻi kēia i kalai ʻia mai ka pōhaku mokupuni, me ke kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o 1.5 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi. ʻOkoʻa kēia mau kiʻi mai nā kiʻi ʻē aʻe o Hawaiʻi - ua hana ʻia mai ka pōhaku ma mua o ka lāʻau e like me nā kiʻi ʻē aʻe o ka pae ʻāina.

Ua loaʻa pū kekahi mau ipu pōhaku a me nā mea lawaiʻa pōhaku. Hōʻike kēia mau mea i ka noʻeau kiʻekiʻe o ka poʻe kahiko i hoʻohana i ka mokupuni. ʻOiai he paʻakikī ka hana ʻana i nā mea pōhaku ma mua o ka hana lāʻau, ua koho ka poʻe kahiko e kalai i kēia mau mea mai ka pōhaku no kekahi kumu koʻikoʻi.

Ma ka huakaʻi noiʻi mua ʻana a John F.G. Stokes i ka makahiki 1913, ua loaʻa ʻelima kiʻi pōhaku. Ma ka huakaʻi hou ʻana a ka Tanager Expedition i ka makahiki 1924, ua loaʻa hou ʻia kekahi mau kiʻi pōhaku he 17. Aia kēia mau kiʻi i kēia manawa ma ka Bishop Museum. ʻO kekahi o nā mea kupaianaha loa ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mākāhā i kalai ʻia mai ka pōhaku - he mea maʻamau ka hana ʻana i ia mea mai ka lāʻau.

He hōʻike kēia mau kiʻi o ke ʻano noho a hoʻomana kahiko o ka poʻe Hawaiʻi ma kēia mokupuni kapu. Ma ke kilo ʻana a Patrick Vinton Kirch, hōʻike ka lawena o nā kiʻi pōhaku i ke ʻano o ka hoʻomana ʻana ma nā heiau o Mokumanamana, kahi hoʻi i manaʻo ʻia he wahi kapu loa. Ma ka ʻikepili kahiko, ua kūlike pū kēia mau kiʻi me nā kiʻi pōhaku i loaʻa ma Tahiti a me nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe o Polynesia.

 Ka Pili ʻUhane 
Ma ka manaʻo Hawaiʻi, he wahi kapu a hoʻāno ʻo Mokumanamana. Aia ma ka mokupuni he lālani pōhaku i hoʻonohonoho ʻia mai ka hikina a i ke komohana, e hōʻike ana i ke ala o ka lā. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, e huakaʻi ai kekahi poʻe Hawaiʻi i ka mokupuni no ka hoʻomana ʻana, ʻoi loa i ka wā o ka hoʻoilo a me ke kauwela.

Ma ka ʻike o Kikiloi, he wahi e pili ana i ka pō a me ke ao ʻo Mokumanamana, kahi e hui ai ke ao mālamalama me ka pō. No laila i kapa ʻia ai ka inoa "Moku-mana-mana" e hōʻike ana i ka mana o ka wahi.

 Nā Kūmole 

Māhele:Nā mokupuni o Hawaiʻi
Māhele:Mokupuni Kuaʻau Komohana
Māhele:Kalana o Honolulu