| Feature: | Cliff, stream |
| Comments: | Stream in the uplands of Kaupo, separate from and west of the series of streams in Manawainui Valley. The pond at the top of Helani is the source for a Kaupo Ranch water reservoir in Naholoku. Called "Healani Stream" on U.S. Geological Survey maps. Historian Samuel Kamakau referred to the stream as "Helaniku" in the legend of Heleipawa published in the newspaper Ke Au Okoa on Oct. 21, 1869. Historian Moses Manu wrote about Helani in a portion of the legend of Laukaieie published Nov. 16, 1894 in Nupepa Ka Oiaio: "Aole he kau e pio ai o kela wai, a ua hele hou aku ka lua o ka mana a hoea ma Waipu ma ke kuono o Kalaeokailio, a ua huli hou aku o Makanikeoe i ke kumu o ka wai i kahe mai ai, a ua hiki aku oia ma ka hapalua like o ka pali o Helani." (The water [of Waiu] does not end there. The power of the cave continues and arrives at Waipu, at the base of Kaleaokailio. Makanikeoe again looked for the source from which the water flowed, and he arrived halfway up the cliff of Helani.) Writer H. Paulo mentioned Helani in a eulogy published in Ka Nupepa Kuokoa on Feb. 8, 1862: Nou ka ka uhane hele ahiahi, me he opua ala iluna o Haleakala, e nana ana paha i ka wai o Helaini e (Yours is the spirit traveling at night, like a billowing cloud atop Haleakala, perhaps looking at the water of Helani). Cliff mentioned in an article about an earthquake in Ka Nupepa Kuokoa on Oct. 15, 1881: "Mai ia L Kau mai o Kaupo, Maui i lohe mai makou, i ka wa ka e hoonaue ana ke olai, lohe aku la lakou i ka hanee ana mai o ka pali o Helani a me ka puu kaua o Kauahoa." (From L. Kau of Kaupo, Maui we have heard of an earthquake. They heard landslides at Helani cliff and the fortress of Kauahoa.) |
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| Further reading: | Healani Stream (Ulukau.org) |