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KUʻI KA LONO - NEWS
‘Okakopa - October 2021 Newsletter
PMNM's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries presents our October newsletter, KUʻI KA LONO, featuring some of the monument's many accomplishments and upcoming notable events. For the October newsletter, Kuʻi Ka Lono means "the news spread" and also acknowledges the arrival of the Makahiki season when the star cluster Makaliʻi (Pleiades) rises shortly after sunset. This occurs from October or November and continues over four lunar months through February or March. Lono is the Hawaiian god (akua) of the Makihiki season and the akua of the senses and all that occurs during this time. Large rain clouds return and the koholā or humpback whales arrive along with migrating seabirds like mōlī (Laysan albatross) and kōlea (golden plover) birds. It is a time when cleansing and new growth occurs throughout the lands and seas. This newsletter reflects some of the initiatives of NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and partners. It is produced three times a year, to coincide with the the seasonal changes: the ending of Makahiki and the wet season or hoʻoilo (February), the summer solstice and dry season or kauwela (June), and the coming of the Makahiki season and the wet season or hoʻoilo (October).
KUʻI KA LONO - NEWS
‘Okakopa - October 2021
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