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In partnership with over 25 haku mele from across the pae ʻāina, Kāhuli Leo Leʻa is proud to present "Mele Pūnana Leo," a collection of 13 new mele, one for each Pūnana Leo campus.

Each mele is accompanied by a Mele Punana Leo podcast episode and a Puke Haʻawina for the keiki and ʻohana.

Mahalo to our partners:

He pāpahi haʻaheo

Haku ʻia e Kalehua Ontai & Keakamaluhiwa Perreira

Pūnana Leo o Hilo

ʻOhuʻohu Hilo i ke Kanilehua
Lei haliʻa i ke kani leo leʻa
He hale aloha makamaka
O nā lehua waianuhea o ka ʻāina

Hui:
Hoʻokahi ka Moanianilehua me ka Ulumano
I wehi pāpahi haʻaheo kau i ka umauma

Lei Puna i ka noe kilihune
I ka malu ʻolu o ka ʻiwa
Paia ʻaʻala pō i ka hīnano
I mano nā kama lei o Hawaiʻi

Hilo is adorned by the Kanilehua rain
Melodic voices, a lei of remembrance
A warm abode
Of the cool fragrance lehua of the land

Chorus:
The Moanianilehua and Ulumano winds are one
A proud adornment worn atop the chest

Puna wears a wreath of misty rain
In the pleasant peacefulness of the ʻiwa
Fragrant palisade imbued with hīnano
May the descendants of Hawaiʻi be multitudinous

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Ahe nani ka laulā o puna

Haku ʻia e Kainani Kahaunaele & Kaniaulono Hāpai

Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi

Ahe nani ka laulā o Puna
Me ke kalukalu moe ipo o Kapaʻa (Kapaʻa)
Ka paʻakai kaulana o ka moku (o ka moku)
Hanapēpē, i Kona nō ia
Hanapēpē, i Kona nō ia

Nā Pali “kū kilakila” i ka laʻi
E kilohi aku au kau mai i luna (i luna)
Aʻi Lumahaʻi i ka malu ʻulu (ka malu ʻulu)
ʻO Luluʻupali, pua ka lehua
ʻO Luluʻupali, pua ka lehua
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Haʻalele auaneʻi iā Haleleʻa
ʻOni mai ana Kalalea i kona moku (i kona moku)
Hāʻina Koʻolau, ua ʻike ʻia (ʻike ʻia)
No ka Pūnana, Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi
No ka Pūnana, Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi

Kauaʻi!

Gorgeous is the expanse of the eastern Puna district
With Kapaʻa's well known romantic kalukalu grass
​The famous Hawaiian salt
Originates in Hanapēpē
In the southwestern Kona district

Nā Pali district stands majestically in the calm
Drawing my attention upward in awe
On to Lumahaʻi in the inspiring shade of the ʻulu grove
​Luluʻupali is blossoming profusely with lehua


​We soon leave Haleleʻa district in the north
And see Kalalea beckoning to us from his home
Experienced is the northeastern district of Koʻolau
In honor of the Pūnana Leo o Kauaʻi
In honor of the Hawaiian language nest of Kauaʻi


​Kauaʻi!

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ʻO Wailuku kuʻu pūnana

Haku ʻia e Kamalei Kawaʻa & Kamaehu Kawaʻa

Pūnana Leo o Maui

Hanohano ‘o Maunaleo i kaʻu ‘ike
Huʻihuʻi ka wai aʻo ‘Īao
‘Oluʻolu ka makani Lawemālie
Ka ʻāina haʻaheo o nā kūpuna
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Hui:
Eia kuʻu ‘āina aloha
‘O Wailuku kuʻu Pūnana Leo

Hanohano ‘o ʻEʻeka i kaʻu ‘ike
He ‘āina kaulana ʻo Nā Wai ‘Ehā
Pulupē i ka ua Hōʻehaʻili
Ka ʻāina haʻaheo o nā kūpuna

Maunaleo is magnificent to my eyes
The waters of ʻĪao are chilly
The Lawemālie wind is pleasant
The proud lands of our ancestors

Chorus:
This is the land that I love
Wailuku is my Pūnana Leo

ʻEʻeka is magnificent to my eyes
Famous is the land of Nā Wai ʻEhā
Drenched by the Hōʻehaʻili rain
The proud lands of our ancestors

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He Lama kukui

Haku ʻia e Kaʻala Fay Camara Dudoit & Kaluhea Fay Dudoit

Pūnana Leo o Molokaʻi

He lama kukui hoʻi au
E ʻōlino mau nō
Nā pua hiwahiwa o ka ʻāina
Nā pua aʻo Molokaʻi

Hui:
He lālā mai nō
I ke kumu
Ke kukui ʻā mau
O Molokaʻi 

He ʻuala Lanikeha hoʻi au
Kau kehakeha lā i luna
He kama Ikiaea i luna
He kama aʻo Hoʻolehua

He nāʻū laha ʻole hoʻi au
O Haʻā, i mōhala mai ai
Ka wahine Puahiohio hoʻi
Ka wahine aʻo Mahana

He keiki Pūnana Leo hoʻi au
(I) ka ʻōlelo kupa o ka ʻāina
Nā kula loa o Hina
Nēia ʻāina aʻo Molokaʻi

I am likened to a bright torch of light
Shining ever so radiant
The cherished children of this land
We are the children of Molokaʻi

Chorus:
A child thriving, branching out
As an extension of my teacher, a firm tree
The light that shines endlessly
The kukui of Molokaʻi

I am likened to the revered Lanikeha sweet potato
Esteemed above all
The cherished child of the Ikiaea wind
The child of Hoʻolehua

I am likened to the rare nāʻū flower
Of Haʻā, that has bloomed
The goodness of the swirling Puahio winds
The goddess of Mahana

I am the proud child
Raised by the treasured voices of this land
Raised on the vast plains of Hina
On this land of Molokaʻi

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Mele pūnana Leo

Haku ʻia e Kalehua Krug & Kaʻula Krug

Pūnana Leo o Waiʻanae

Pūnana malumalu, pūnana hiwahiwa, 
Pūnana malumalu, pūnana hiwahiwa,
Pūnana malumalu, pūnana hiwahiwa,
E ola ai ka ʻōlelo, ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi

Kaulana mai nei aʻo Waiʻanae
Waiola a ka manu hulu kupuna,
Punalau ke aloha hiehie. 
Kiʻekiʻe ʻo  Kaʻala, wao o ke akua,
Kuahiwi ia,
i lele ʻelepaio ʻia,
E paio pono 
E paio pono
E paio no ka lāhui.

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E ola mau nā kupa

Haku ʻia e Baba Tavares & Kekuʻiapoiwa Navas-Colburn

Pūnana Leo o Kona

He kupa au no kuʻu ʻāina
ʻĀina kaulana i ke kai malino
Lei ka moana i ke ao ʻōpua
Noho i ka laʻi o ka pūnana

Eō, Eō

E ola mau nā kupa a ʻo Kona

I am a steward of my beloved land
The famous land of Kona, famed for its calm sea
Where the ocean is adorned by the billowy clouds
Residing in the calm of this home

We call out, we answer

May the people of Kona prosper

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Ka pūnana leo o waimea

Haku ʻia e Larry Kimura & Lito Arkangel

Pūnana Leo o Waimea

Aia i ka uka o ka ʻāina mauna
I ka pā nuʻanuʻa a ke Kīpuʻupuʻu
Kuʻu kula aloha he puʻuhonua,
ʻO Ka Pūnana Leo o Waimea ē

Ha, Ka, La, Ma, Na, Pa, Wa,
He, Ke, Le, Me, Ne, Pe, We...ʻOkina–A, E, I, O, U

Wawalo mai nā leo aʻo kama ike ē
He keiki haʻaheo mākaukau wau ē
I ke aʻo kuanaʻike he Hawaiʻi ē
A puka i ke ao nui ē

Hi, Ki, Li, Mi, Ni, Pi, Wi,
Ho, Ko, Lo, Mo, No, Po, Wo...ʻOkina–A, E, I, O, U

He pūʻali mālama nā ʻohana o ka ʻāina
A kū e ka ʻeʻa i ke kula o Waikoloa
A kaʻi mai nā kumu nā lehua ʻula ē
A hao mai nā ʻale a ke Kīpuʻupuʻu

Hu, Ku, Lu, Mu, Nu, Pu, Wu...ʻOkina–A, E, I–, O, a me ka U
Wawalo mai nā leo aʻo kama iki ē
Wawalo mai nā leo aʻo kama iki ē

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Kuʻu pūnana Aloha

Haku ʻia e Kahikina de Silva & Kaʻiliʻula de Silva

Pūnana Leo o Mānoa

I uka o Mānoa kuʻu home nani
He pūnana aloha no nā kamaliʻi

I aliʻi ‘o Kahalaopuna kau mai i luna
Kiaʻi ‘ia e ke Kahaukani

Kani mai nā leo hone o ke kakahiaka
Ka leo o nā manu i piha me ke aloha

Aloha kuʻu ‘āina ‘o Kānewai
Māʻeʻele kuʻu ‘ili i ka wai huʻihuʻi

Huli aku nā pua i ka uʻi lolena
Mōhala nā lehua i ka Ua Tuahine

Puana kuʻu mele no Mānoa hiehie
I ola mau ka leo o kuʻu lāhui

In the uplands of Mānoa is my beautiful home
A beloved dwelling for many children

Kahalaopuna is its chiefess, placed on high
Protected by the Kahaukani wind

Sweet voices are heard in the morning
Singing like birds filled with love

Cherished is this land of Kānewai, where
My skin prickles in the cold water of the stream

The flowers turn, regard the beauty of Lolena
And blossom like lehua in the Tuahine rain

This ends my song for elegant Mānoa
May the voice of my people live on

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Nā pua koʻolau

Haku ʻia e Keawe Goodhue & Heuaʻolu Sai-Dudoit

Pūnana Leo o Koʻolaupoko

Eia nō mākou,
Nā pua Koʻolau,
Kupa o ka ʻāina kahua noʻeau,

Kuapapa ke aloha i Keana kai,
Kokokahi ka manaʻo e walea ai, “nā manu!”

Eia nō mākou, “pūnua!”
Nā pua Koʻolau, “ʻīnana!”
Kupa o ka ʻāina kahua noʻeau

Kau aʻela i ka hala pūʻō o ka makani,
Waiho paʻa ke kahua e ʻōlelo ai,

Eia nō mākou, “pūnua!”
Nā pua Koʻolau, “ʻīnana!”
Kupa o ka ʻāina kahua noʻeau- “Eia ko mākou
leo lā ē!”

Eia nō mākou, “pūnua!”
Nā pua Koʻolau, “ʻīnana!”
Kupa o ka ʻāina kahua noʻeau

Eia nō mākou, “pūnua!”
Nā pua Koʻolau, “ʻīnana!”
Kupa o ka ʻāina ke kahua noʻeau

Here we are,
The Koʻolau kids,
Born of this land, the foundation of our wisdom,

Aloha was established in Keana kai,
Where the birds played in harmony,

Here we are, “fledglings!”
The Koʻolau kids, “Juveniles!”
Born of this land, the foundation of our wisdom,

They took flight upon a passing gust of wind,
And were placed on the grounds where they
could speak freely,

Here we are, “fledglings!”
The Koʻolau kids, “Juveniles!”
Born of this land, the foundation of our wisdom - Here are our voices!

Here we are, “fledglings!”
The Koʻolau kids, “Juveniles!”
Born of this land, the foundation of our wisdom,

Here we are, “fledglings!”
The Koʻolau kids, “Juveniles!”
Born of this land, the foundation of our wisdom,

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He keiki au no ka malu ʻulu o lele

Haku ʻia e Cody Pueo Pata & Kamalei Cabrera

Pūnana Leo o Lahaina

He keiki au no ka Malu ʻUlu o Lele,
He kawowo no ka Malu ʻUlu o Lele–

HUI:
E ulu au a kūpaʻa,
E ola au a māhuahua,
Pā i ka ēulu o ka Malu ʻUlu o Lele.
Cha-cha-cha,
Ra-cha-cha-cha cha-cha-cha!

Luli au i ke aniani Maʻaʻa o Lele,
Kani au i ka ua Paʻūpili o Lele–

HUI:
E ulu au a kūpaʻa,
E ola au a māhuahua,
Pā i ka ēulu o ka Malu ʻUlu o Lele.
Cha-cha-cha,
Ra-cha-cha-cha cha-cha-cha!

E ola ka ʻōlelo makuahine o Lele,
Ma ka Pūnana Leo o Lahaina, o Lele!

HUI:
E ulu au a kūpaʻa,
E ola au a māhuahua,
Pā i ka ēulu o ka Malu ʻUlu o Lele.
Cha-cha-cha,
Ra-cha-cha-cha cha-cha-cha!

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Kūpaʻa au i ka ʻōlelo

Haku ʻia e Cody Pueo Pata & Kaiolohia Funes Smith

Pūnana Leo o Hāna

Haʻaheo ʻo Hāna i ka Uakea
ʻOhuʻohu i ka lae ʻo Nānuʻalele,
Me ka wai aloha o Punahoa,
Me Kaihalulu leo heahea.

HUI:
He keiki au no ka ʻāina
O ka ua Lanihaʻahaʻa–
Kūpaʻa au i ka ʻōlelo
A nā kūpuna--
Pūnana Leo o Hāna.

Hiʻi Kaʻuiki iā Mokuhano,
Hiʻi ke one iā Pueokahi,
Hiʻi Waikāloa iā Kahulili,
Hiʻi ka nalu iā Keʻanini.

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He Mele no nuʻuanu

Haku ʻia e Dane Fujiwara & Kahanuola Solatorio

Pūnana Leo o Nuʻuanu

He aloha Nuʻuanu i ka laʻi ē
Laʻi wale ka nohona o ka ʻāina

ʻĀina uluwehi i ke Kiowao
Waoakua i ka uka o Lanihuli

Hulili nā pua i ka pūnana
Pūlama ke aloha i ka mālama

Lama mai ka ʻike kupuna ē
Kupu aʻe nā kani a ka manu ē

Puana ʻia mai ke aloha ē
He aloha Nuʻuanu i ka laʻi ē

Hui:
Eia hoʻi kuʻu leo aloha 
He lei poina ʻole no nā kau a kau
He aloha Nuʻuanu i ka laʻi ē

Beloved is Nuʻuanu in the calm
The land of tranquility and peace

The verdant land in the Kiowao rain
To the waoakua in the uplands of Lanihuli

Sparkling are the keiki in the nest
Love is cherished in the (space) of preservation

Ancestral knowledge is shined upon
The melodious sounds of the birds grows

Love is encompassed
Beloved of Nuʻuanu in the calm

Chorus:
​Here are our voices of aloha
​A child never forgotten in the days to come
Beloved is Nuʻuanu in the calm

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Lei kamananui

Haku ʻia e Kamuela Yim & Hoakalei Watanabe

Pūnana Leo o Waialua

Lei Kamananui i ka laʻi lā                
Kāhiko lua o Kaʻala lā
Lei ʻoe, lei au, lei kāua lā
I ka ʻehukai o Puaʻena

  Aia lā i ka poli o ka uka lā
  Ka Pūnana Leo o Waialua lā
  Kani mai nā leo lā
  I ka home laʻi a nā manu

Kai leo nui o Waialua lā
Kūpinaʻi mai ana ʻo Līhuʻe lā
E lohe ʻia mai ia leo lā
Ma nā palena o ke aupuni

Adorned is Kamananui in the calm
Kaʻala, doubly so 
A lei for you, a lei for me, a lei shared
Is the sea spray of Puaʻena

  Nestled in the uplands
  Is the Pūnana Leo o Waialua
  The voices ring out
  There, where birds make their home

Thundering voices sound in Waialua
Reverberating upland in Līhuʻe
Let those voices be heard
To the ends of the nation

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