| Feature: | Ridge |
| Alternate spelling: | Kaokao, Kauhau, Koko |
| Comments: | Ridge between Manawainui Valley and Opakalua Gulch. Historian Moses Manu mentioned Kauhao in a portion of the legend of Laukaieie published Nov. 16, 1894 in Nupepa Ka Oiaio: "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. A oiai oia e nana iho ana i ka puu o Kauhao, kahi hoi i pepehiia ai o Pamano e na kanaka o ke alii Kaiuli." (Makanikeoe again looked for the source from which the water flowed, and he arrived halfway up the cliff of Helani. He looked down at the hill of Kauhao, where Pamano was killed by the men of the chief Kaiuli.) Site of the residence of chief Kaiuli, according to a version of the legend of Pamano published in Ka Nupepa Elele Poakolu in October 1884: "A no ke kanaka maikai o Pamano ua lilo oia he punahele na Kaiuli, ke alii o Maui. … Aia i uka o Kauhao kahi noho ai ke alii." (Because of Pamano's fine physique, he became a favority of Kaiuli, chief of Maui. … Up on Kauhao was where this chief lived.) Called "Kaokao" on U.S. Geological Survey maps. Historian Samuel Kamakau used the spelling "Kauhau" in the legend of Heleipawa published in the newspaper Ke Au Okoa on Oct. 21, 1869: "Helaniku i ke poo o Kauhau." (Helaniku, on the top of Kauhau.) Referred to as a battleground hill (puu kaua) in an article 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 battleground hill of Kauahoa [Kauhao].) Spelled "Koko" in an article in Maui News on July 9, 1927: "With these springs [Kamapuna] and the stream as the source of supply, I investigated two possible routes for the pipe line—one from the springs along the top of the Koko Ridge, the other following the stream down as far as practicable then climbing up to a tank site at elevation of 750 feet." |
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| Further reading: | Kaokao Ridge (Ulukau.org) |