He kānāwai ʻo Māmalahoe o ka Aupuni Mōʻī o Hawaiʻi. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Kamehameha I i kēia kānāwai ma 1797 ma Puna. ʻĀpono kēia kānāwai i loko o ke kumukānāwai Hawaiʻi ma ka mea ʻeiwa, ma ka paukū ʻumi.[1]

Aia ke kikokikona o ke kānāwai ma lalo:

E nā kānaka,
E mālama ‘oukou i ke akua
A e mālama ho‘i ke kanaka nui a me kanaka iki;
E hele ka ‘elemakule, ka luahine, a me ke kama
A moe i ke ala
‘A‘ohe mea nāna e ho‘opilikia.
Hewa nō, make.

Nā kūmole E ho'opololei

  1. "Ke Kumukānāwai o Hawaiʻi," Mea 9, Paukū 10."