ʻAukelani – E holo ana nā ʻauwaʻa kaulua ʻeono mai Polenekia Palani no Hawaiʻi i kēia makahiki aʻe ma hope o kekahi o nā neʻe nui loa o ka honua.
Akā, ʻo ka huakaʻi 4,000 kilomika (2,500 mile) mai ka puʻuwai kahiko o Polenekia hikina ma ka mokupuni ʻo Raiatea e nā poʻe holo moku he 16 mai nā mokupuni ʻeono Polenekia e manaʻo nei e hana hou aku i ka moʻolelo.
“ʻO ka mea nui aʻe ma mua o ka manaʻo pōkole o ka holo ʻana i Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia ka manaʻo lōʻihi o ka hoʻoulu hou ʻana i nā mākau holo moku a me nā loina o ko kākou mau kūpuna,” wahi a Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp, ka luna o ka papahana ʻo Pacific Voyaging Canoes.
Wahi a ka Maori New Zealander e kūkulu ka papahana i ka haʻaheo a me ke ʻano o ka Polenekia ma o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā holomua o nā kūpuna i hoʻonoho i nā mokupuni liʻiliʻi i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma ka moana nui e uhi ana ma mua o ka hapaha o ka honua.
“Ua hana ko mākou mau kūpuna i kēia mau waʻa me ka lawa ʻole o ka lāʻau, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana pōhaku e wili ai a hoʻopaʻa ʻia, e hoʻopaʻa pū me ke kaula niu.
"A laila ua hana lākou i kēia mau huakaʻi kupaianaha he mau makahiki ma mua o ka hilinaʻi ʻana o ka poʻe ʻEulopa e hele i waho o ka ʻāina," i haʻi aku ai ʻo ia iā AFP.
Ma kahi o 3,000 a 4,000 mau makahiki aku nei, ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe Lapita - i manaʻo ʻia ua neʻe mua lākou mai ka ʻaoʻao hema o Kina ma mua o ka laha ʻana ma Asia Hikina Hema - hoʻomaka e hoʻonoho i nā mokupuni ʻo Melanesia a me Polenekia komohana.
Ma kahi o 1,000 mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻomaka ka laha ʻana o kā lākou poʻe mamo i nā mokupuni ma ka hikina o Polenekia, a hiki i nā wahi o ka Pākīpika o Hawaii, New Zealand a me Easter Island.
Me ka ʻole o nā palapala ʻāina a me nā mea kani, ua hoʻohana ka poʻe hoʻokele Polenekia i nā hōkū, ka lā, ka ʻike o ka ʻōhū kai a me nā makani e hoʻokele i kahi ala no nā mokupuni liʻiliʻi e kāʻei ana i ka ākea o ka moana.
Ua emi ka huakaʻi nui i ka makahiki 1500 a i ka manawa i kipa mua ʻia ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻEulopa i ka Pākīpika i nā kenekulia 17 a me 18, ʻike ʻia nā waʻa holo moana nui ma nā wahi liʻiliʻi.
I kēia manawa, ma ka pā waʻa ma ka lima kaʻawale o ke awa ʻo Waitemata ʻo ʻAukelani, ua kūkulu ʻia ʻekolu mau waʻa kaulua no ka huakaʻi hou, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ʻekolu mau waʻa e hoʻopau ʻia a hiki i Nowemapa.
ʻO ka hana uʻi a paʻa, i kūkulu ʻia mai kahi hoʻolālā kuʻuna mai nā mokupuni ʻo Tuamotu ma French Polynesia, he mau hull māhoe 22 mika (72 kapuaʻi) ka lōʻihi, i hui pū ʻia me kahi paepae e kākoʻo ana i kahi hale deckhouse liʻiliʻi.
Piʻi nā kia māhoe he 13 mau mika (43 kapuaʻi) ma luna o ka ʻaukā a ʻo ka hoe hoʻokele 10 mika i kālai ʻia e hoʻi i hope ma waena o nā hull, aia kēlā me kēia me ʻewalu papa a me kahi wahi e waiho ai.
ʻOiai he ʻano like ka hana ʻana, e hoʻopau ʻia kēlā me kēia o nā waʻa ʻeono i nā kala ʻokoʻa, nā kumu a me ke kālai ʻana mai nā mokupuni e hoʻouna ʻia aku nei.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻolālā kuʻuna, hana ʻia nā hull mai ka fiberglass, a ua hoʻohana ʻia kekahi mau mea hou. ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ke ʻano lāʻau kūpono a ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka fiberglass ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi o nā waʻa.
"ʻO ka mea nui e pili ana i nā waʻa, ʻo ia ko lākou kūpaʻa i nā mea a nā kūpuna i hana ai," wahi a Nepia-Clamp.
Ma New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa, a me Tahiti ua koho ʻia nā kapena a e hoʻomaka koke nā ʻauwaʻa i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana no ka huakaʻi epic, me ka hoʻohui ʻia ʻana o kekahi ohua mai Tonga.
E hoʻomaikaʻi ka huakaʻi i nā huakaʻi kahiko - ka mea a ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo New Zealand ʻo Kerry Howe o ke Kulanui o Massey i wehewehe ʻo "kekahi o nā epics kanaka nui loa".
Ma Vaka Moana (waʻa holo moana), he puke Howe i hoʻoponopono ʻia no ka noho ʻana o ka Pākīpika, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i hoʻomohala ʻia e ka poʻe Mokupuni o ka Pākīpika ka ʻenehana wai polū mua loa o ka honua.
"Me ka peʻa a me ka ama, ua hana lākou i nā moku holo moana maʻalahi a hana i nā kaukani makahiki ma mua o ke kanaka ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe."
A hiki i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, nui ka poʻe kākau moʻolelo i manaʻo ua laha ka poʻe Polenekia ma ka Pākīpika ma ka pōʻino, me nā waʻa i puehu ʻia e nā makani maikaʻi ʻole.
"Ua ʻike au i koʻu wā i ke kula, ua aʻo ʻia ko mākou poʻe kūpuna Polenekia he poʻe huakaʻi holo ʻole, lele wale lākou i ka ʻāina," wahi a Nepia-Clamp, ka mea i komo i ka hoʻāla hou ʻana he 30 mau makahiki i hala.
"ʻAʻole lākou he poʻe holo moku, ua hele i hope a i mua i ka wā i ʻike ai lākou i kahi ʻāina, ua manaʻo nui lākou i kā lākou hana."
I ka makahiki 1970, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Polynesian Voyaging Society no ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i nā mākau kahiko o ka holo ʻana a me ka hoʻokele ʻana ma Hawaiʻi a no ka hōʻoia ʻana ua hiki ke hoʻoholo ʻia ʻo Polenekia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā waʻa holo kaulua a me ka hoʻokele hoʻokele ʻole.
Ma hope mai ma New Zealand a me nā Kuki, ua kūkulu pū ʻia nā waʻa holo hou, e hui pū ana me nā waʻa Hawaiʻi ma ka huakaʻi mai Raiatea a i Hawaii i ka makahiki 1995.
I kēia manawa he hoʻāʻo ʻo Pacific Voyaging Canoes e hoʻonui i ke ola hou ʻana ma ka ʻāina a paipai i nā poʻe hou aʻe e aʻo i nā mākau kuʻuna.
ʻO Rawiri Paratene ka mea hoʻokani o New Zealand, he hōkū o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Whale Rider, i hana koʻikoʻi i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka manaʻo a me ka loaʻa kālā ʻana mai ke kahua kaiapuni moana ʻo Okeanos.
Ma waho aʻe o ka huakaʻi o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, makemake ʻo Nepia-Clamp e hoʻomau ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā waʻa e nā hui holo moku ma nā mokupuni like ʻole e aʻo i nā ʻōpio ʻōpio i nā mākau i nalowale i ka wā o ka huakaʻi lewa.
Ua ʻike mua ʻo ia i ka haʻaheo i haku ʻia e ke ola hou ʻana o ka holo ʻana ma Hawaiʻi nei.
“Ua komo mākou i loko o ka lumi papa ma Molokai, ua hoʻopololei ʻia ke kaupaku me nā hōkū hōkū a hiki i nā keiki a pau ke kapa i kēlā me kēia hōkū ma laila.
“Haʻaheo lākou i ko lākou mau kūpuna ke loaʻa i ko lākou ala a ʻike lākou i nā mākau ʻimi ala a lākou i hoʻohana ai.
"He mea hoʻokiʻekiʻe haʻaheo kēlā no kēlā me kēia moʻomeheu ʻōiwi."
