Ke hoʻolilo nei ʻo Tuvalu i ka loli kiʻekiʻe o ka makahiki i lāki i ka hoʻolauleʻa e ʻumeʻume ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO ke kaulahao moku, ʻo ia ka mea kiʻekiʻe he ʻehā mau mika wale nō ke kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻilikai, e mālama ʻia i ka mua King Tide Festival ma Pepeluali 2010.
Wahi a ka luna mākaʻikaʻi no ke aupuni Tuvalu, ʻo Fakasoa Tealei, he pilikia ka pae kai e hoʻoweliweli iā Tuvaluans.
"I ka manawa like ke mālama nei mākou i nā pāʻina a me nā mele, nā pāʻani a me nā hana a makemake mākou i ka poʻe e ʻike i ka hopena o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kai a ʻo ka loli i kēlā me kēia Tuvaluans e noho nei ma kēia honua," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
'Sayslelo ʻo Fakasoa Tealei i ka wā o ke kai mōʻī aia he wai ma nā wahi āpau, a hoʻoweliweli ia i nā Tuvaluans a puni ka honua.
ʻO kahi mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui Victoria o Melbourne, ʻo Terry DeLacy, i ʻōlelo ʻo kēia ʻano mākaʻikaʻi kai eco kahi mea a nā ʻāina Pākīpika e nānā nei e hoʻolauna.
"He mea kupanaha ka mea a lākou e hana nei ma Tuvalu no ka mea lawe mai ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā kālā kūwaho maoli, nā kālā maoli a me nā kālā maoli i loko o kēia mau kaiaulu i makemake nui ʻia a hāʻawi i nā manawa kūpono no ka ulu ʻana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Kūʻaʻa nui ʻia lākou a maʻalahi hoʻi i ka hoʻololi i ke aniau i nā mokupuni o ka Pākīpika, nā mea makaʻu loa o nā wahi āpau o ka honua a inā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohui pū, pehea ka maikaʻi?"
