Oli No Kīlauea

Listen to our beautiful school chant  "Oli no Kīlauea," written  Mehana Vaughn and performed by our sixth grade students during the 2021-2022 school year. 

Manaʻo and Key Words:

ʻEa – Ua mau ke ʻea o ka ʻāina I ka pono (first pronounced by Kamehameha II on Lā hoʻihoʻi ʻea, July 31, 1843)

Nihokū is the crater that formed Kīlauea

Namahana is also the neighboring ahupuaʻa

Kō means to complete, also sugar cane

ʻAekai is wind of Mokuʻaeʻae, island off Wōwoni point

Koaʻe signal skill as they soar and return to the cliffs, (koaʻe also means onaga, a family of kalo varieties and ʻuala which Kīlauea was known for

before kō).

Koʻolau – Koʻolau is the moku in which Kīlauea ahupuaʻa sits, stretching from Anahola to Namahana

Koʻolau also refers to wind and the windward sides of the Hawaiian islands.

Pilina = connection to place, belonging to a place, relationship

(This oli wishes life & thriving for Kīlaueaʻs lands, good work, and the students like Koaʻe to grow up close to this ʻāina, explore towards the ocean and be ready to navigate windy seas, due to the pilina of Kīlauea ʻohana & this place).