ʻUheʻuhene - Kaulana Nā Pua

Hawaiʻi Public Radio halted all live events in our Atherton Performing Arts Studio due to the pandemic. In February 2023, HPR launched a new live performance series dedicated to Mele Hawaiʻi. ʻUheʻuhene kicked off our Mele Hawaiʻi Performance Series.
We celebrated Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Month) with the Live performances and now we celebrate Hawaiian History Month with these video releases.
Kaulana Nā Pua - Composed by Eleanor "Ellen" Kekoaohiwaikalani Wright Prendergast
Kaulana nā pua aʻo Hawaiʻi
Kūpaʻa ma hope o ka ʻāina
Hiki mai ka ʻelele o ka loko ʻino
Palapala ʻānunu me ka pākaha
Pane mai Hawaiʻi moku o Keawe
Kōkua nā Hono aʻo Piʻilani
Kākoʻo mai Kauaʻi o Mano
Paʻapū me ke one Kākuhihewa
ʻAʻole aʻe kau i ka pūlima
Ma luna o ka pepa o ka ʻēnemi
Hoʻohui ʻāina kūʻai hewa
I ka pono sivila aʻo ke kanaka
ʻAʻole mākou aʻe minamina
I ka puʻu kālā o ke aupuni
Ua lawa mākou i ka pōhaku
I ka ʻai kamahaʻo o ka āina
Ma hope mākou o Liliʻulani
A loaʻa ē ka pono o ka ʻāina
Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana
Ka poʻe i aloha i ka ʻāina
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Famous are the children of Hawai`i
Ever loyal to the land
When the evil-hearted messenger comes
With his greedy document of extortion
Hawaiʻi, land of Keawe answers
Piʻilani’s bays help
Mano’s Kauaʻi lends support
And so do the sands of Kākuhihewa
No one will fix a signature
To the paper of the enemy
With its sin of annexation
And sale of native civil rights
We do not value
The government’s sums of money
We are satisfied with the stones
Astonishing food of the land
We back Liliʻulani
Who has won the rights of the land
Tell the story
Of the people who love their land
MUSICIANS
Jordan ʻĀina Asing: guitar, voice
Lina Robins-Tamure: Ukulele, voice
Heather Kapuaokamakahala Kalua: Upright Bass, Voice
MELE HAWAIʻi PERFORMANCE SERIES TEAM
Ananddev Banerjee: Series Producer & Production:
Paige Okamura Series Host
Liberty Peralta, Sylvia Flores: Marketing
Courtney Thomas, Kyla Herrmann: Membership
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Beautiful! Mahalo for sharing your lovely voices.

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Listen to the ukulele being played by that beautiful woman ... so many strums ... great ... enjoying it thoroughly ... loves it ...