Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

[Delta9r]

Interesting regarding the discrepancies in approximate discovery dates.
For most of my life it was believed that the first settlers arrived around 750 A.D. but who knows?

Also, I thought that Pa'ao brought the Kapu religion from Samoa, including the instigation of human sacrifice at Luakini Heiau such as Mo'okini near Upolu Point. (Upolu is the name of the place in Samoa where Pa'ao came from, and there is also a Ka'u in Samoa)

quote:

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Another version of the Pa‘ao tradition appears in Laura Green’s Folk-tales from Hawai‘i (120–124); the story was told in Hawaiian to Mary Kawena Pukui by Mrs. Kanuikaikaina of Hilo, Hawai‘i; it was translated by Miss Green. Mrs. Kanuikaikaina begins: “Two brothers, Pa‘ao and Lonopele, were priests of the gods Ku and Lono in ‘Upolo, Samoa. Pa‘ao was the priest of Ku-ka‘ili-moku, who later became the war-god of Kamehmameha I, as ‘Ku-snatcher of islands.’”

http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/ike/moolelo/paao.html

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I agree with you about bulldozers. I refused to bring in a D9 for my first lot in Hawaiian Acres, and did the entire (100+ meter) driveway + housepad by hand. Lots & lots of rock fill. I was a bit older when I developed my present location, so I only did about 35 meters of driveway by hand the last time around, but ended up having a few hours of work done when a neighbor brought in a dozer. (I made sure he stayed far away from the few big trees I have)

You can also see a lot of places with dying off Ohi'a when doing overflights in areas far from any roads, so I believe the reasons for the die-backs are many as well as complex.

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