Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds
Waiakea, Hawai‘i
17/X/02

Wā ‘Akahi

Uhalula
Ke Keiki

Hānau ka Hā‘uke‘uke,
‘o ka Uhalula kāna keiki, puka

First Epic

Uhalula
The Child

The Hā‘uke‘uke gives birth
the Uhalula emerges

‘O Ka Hikuhiku ia a ke Kuawalu

Mai loko mai ‘o He Lei No ‘Emalani, na Puakea Nogelmeier

I kona moku ‘o Kaua‘i
E ake ana e pane‘e mai,
E ne‘ene‘e, nene‘e mai ana o Ni‘ihau i Ka‘ula,
E nānā mai ana ‘o Lehua i kai,
I ke kini ‘au‘au wai o Wailuanuiaho‘āno,
E ano ana, e kāhiko ana,
E hihi kō ana, he kahi ka wana,
He wana Kalani, he i‘a kukū, kukū ‘o‘oi,
He mau lau ‘oi no Kahiki.

‘O Ka Hikuhiku ia a ke Kuawalu

From He Lei No ‘Emalani, by Puakea Nogelmeier

Her island, Kaua‘i,
Eager to move closer, closer together,
Drawing nearer together are Ni‘ihau and Ka‘ula,
Lehua watches from below,
The people who bathe in Wailuanuiaho‘āno,
Keeping silence, bedecking themselves,
Creeping forth, like a toothed comb, the wana,
A heavenly wana, a spiked fish, sharply spiked
A thorny tree from Kahiki.

Kekahi ‘Ike Hou A‘e

Inoa Hawai‘i: Hālula, Uhalula, Wana Hālula

Inoa Pelekānia: Long-Spined Urchin

Inoa ‘Epekema: Diadema paucispinum, Family Diadematidae

Kona ‘ano: Ua like ka Hālula me ka Wana eia na‘e ma kahi o nā kukū pōkole he mau kukū lō‘ihi kona. He ‘ano ‘ele‘ele a poni ko nā kukū o ka Hālula a ke ‘ōpiopio he ‘ula‘ula a poni ke kala. Ulu kēia mea a 12 ‘īniha kona lō‘ihi a hiki ke ‘ike ‘ia ma kahi pālahalaha o ka papa ko‘a.

‘Ikepili Hoihoi: ‘O ka mokupuni ‘o Molokini kekahi o nā wahi maika‘i loa e ‘ike i kēia ‘ano Hālula.

More Information

Hawaiian Name: Hālula, Uhalula, Wana Hālula

English Name: Long-Spined Urchin

Scientific Name: Diadema paucispinum, Family Diadematidae

Description: The Hālula is just like the Wana however it doesn’t have short spines it has long spines. The Hālula has black and sometimes purple spines when it is older and when it is younger the spines are red and purple. It can grow up to 12 inches long and you can see it growing on coral reefs.

Interesting Fact: Molokini is a very good place to see Hālula.