Waialua / Waikele / Waipio / Wahiawa

Located in Waikakalaua Gulch, the Oahu Nui stone is a famous pohaku to the old travelers on the paths from the leeward side to Waialua marking the old division of land between more than one Ahupua'a. It takes the name of a young ruler of Halemano that took a liking for human flesh after being introduced to it by some rouge group of subtle man-eating Polynesians living in the nearby area.
After they were annihilated, Oahu Nui still craved for flesh and set about a way to eat his sister's children after sending their father on an errand for fish from the fishponds away toward the ocean. Once the father returned to see his children's remains and finding Oahu Nui in Waikakalaua Gulch. He cut his head off and then "upbraided" his wife before ending her as well for forsaking their children and withholding her matching power of Kapu to stop Oahu Nui's demands. Eventually all that were involved with causing this frightening event in the island's history turned into stones around the stream in memorial. Even leading to the migrating of the rest of the highest ranking families to Waikiki and from then on. After an uncounted amount of years dwelling in the center of the island at Helemano.

With the directions given to me by the artist, John "Prime." The first stone in the park caught me by surprise because of it's size but it was not the stone I was looking for. It does look like a slobbering head though in some strange way. I searched along the stream and finally found the spot where he had just recently visited and was even lucky enough to experience some mo'olelo when he was here. 

Some holes are all over the stone for some reason. I'm not sure if they mark certain coinciding spots on the island or if they are used to hold something in them.

More holes in what would be the "Waianae" side of the stone

The last two images are two stones sitting right next to the Oahu Nui stone. There are quite a bit more stones all around the main one and into the stream but these two are the closest. Seeming to have more holes on them but not the same size as on the Oahu Nui.

Viewing from the side and upstream you can really see the rise in the center of the stone along with the others surrounding it.

On the way out I noticed this stone sitting on the opposite side of the stream.

Maunalua

Some may read the title of this section and not even find this Ahupua'a familiar. Maunalua is the furthest district to the east in the Moku of Kona. Which continues west all of the way to Moanalua. Maunalua starts the division from the windward side's Moku of Koolaupoko, an ili of the Ahupua'a of Waimanalo. Marked by McAllister's site #1, the beginning of his island wide survey. Site #1 was a Pohaku named Malei. Which was lost to history. Maunalua extends from around the Makapuu light house, west to the next district of Kuliouou. Maunalua is huge containing the largest fishpond in the Hawaiian chain, Hanauma Bay, Koko Head (Kohelelepe), Sandy Beach (Wawamalu), and the beach area now known as Alan Davis. After the Campbell Estate trustee built a home in the valley. A tsunami in the last century destroyed many sites in this area but some are still visible if you know what to look for.

Here is one such location, the Koko Head Petroglyphs. Although this site has been totally destroyed in recent times. With possibly the last petroglyph being defaced or stolen within the past year, as the local civic clubs have noted. Above is Bishop Museum's depiction of the site when first discovered and studied. They already state at that time the figure in the top left with the "spikes" on it's head was the first to go.

 

 

 

...and more cannons

A lazy Saturday delving into more images from the Hawaii State Archives. I know nothing of the back story of these pictures. The first image looks like the spot where the Navetek boat docks, but the V-shaped angle of the sidewalk does not match up to that location.

 

Waianae

Kuilioloa Heiau at Pokai Bay. I remember coming here as a child with my father. Once he swam out to the boats with my sister and I holding on to his shoulders. I didn't even know how to swim well yet but I felt more than secure in his care.
Kuiliola Heiau is said to have been used for navigation purposes. It is surrounded by ocean on three of it's four sides. Poka'i is named after a traveller from Kahiki that brought the coconut to this area. Some stones used at this heiau are said to have arrived from Tahiti. It was partially destroyed during WWII for use of a Pill Box on top of it. It has recently been partially restored in recent times. The makahiki festival uses this heiau at the start of the Waianae procession. Some legends about supernatural dogs exist about this heiau that have been mixed with good and evil deeds depending on the storyteller.

 

 

Museum Monday

Kaleipahoa, the sorcery god. Found in 1852 at Hau'ula Oahu below a cliff outside of a cave it was hidden in. Taken to Rev. John S. Emerson's home. Then gifted to his classmate Rev. Caleb Kimball in Medway, Mass. Later sold and returned to Hawaii in 1886. Made of a peculiar tree only found in the past at the mountains of Molokai, although Nioi trees grow elsewhere like here on Oahu are not poison (A Heiau called Nioi is located behind the Morman Temple at Laie). Caretakers or priests of this image were masters of the craft of poisoning and even held an antidote they could use. The antidote being another wood and rival god of this one, said to have taken another physical wood form at the same time as Kaleipahoa. Scrapings of this image were snuck into a victims food or drink and even shaken over them with a passing Kahili. Enough to kill.

Waipio

Let's start from the top. I'm going to just let this one go for a bit. So as to not get myself into too much trouble. Note that these images are mixed from multiple visits around Waipio on my bike and other times with friends riding with me. All sharing our own experiences with flats...

 

 

Go google the West Lock Disaster... ok pau.