Ko e ‘aho ni, hili ha ngaahi mahina ‘o e ngaahi alea ‘i he loto lelei, na’e fakamo’oni hingoa ai ‘a e Vahefonua ki ha Pepa Fakataimi mo e kau mahu’inga ‘i he ngaahi hopo na’e tupu mei he vela fakamamahi ‘i Maui ‘i he ‘aho 8 ‘o ‘Aokosi, 2023. ‘Oku fokotu’u atu ‘e he aleapau ‘a e fa’unga ki ha fakalelei fakamamani lahi ‘a ia te ne solova ‘a e ngaahi kole mo e ngaahi fakakikihi ‘oku fekau’aki mo e destava mo e ngaahi komiuniti kehe ‘oku fekau’aki mo e firesland.

Ko e fakalelei ko ʻení ko e ola ia ʻo ha founga fakalaloa naʻe fakaloloa ʻi ha ngaahi māhina lahi pea naʻe tokangaʻi ia ʻe Keith Hunter mo e ongo fakamaau mālōlō ko Louis Meisinger mo Daniel Buckley– ko e ongo fakalaloa kotoa pē naʻe fakanofo ʻe he Fakamaauʻangá ʻo tokangaʻi ʻa e konga lahi ʻo e ngaahi hopo ʻo e vela ʻo e vaotaá ʻi Maui.

Naʻe fakamamafaʻi ʻe he Pule Kolo ko Richard T. Bissen, Jr. ʻo pehē “ʻOku mau ʻiloʻi ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻa e nofoʻanga ko ʻení ki he malava ʻa ʻemau kau hao moʻuí ke nau laka ki muʻa ʻi ha hala ʻo e fakamoʻui mei he meʻa fakamamahi ko ʻení pea ʻoku mau houngaʻia fakamātoato ʻi he ngāue mālohi mo e loto fiemālie ʻa e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku kau ki aí ke kumi honau halá ki ha aleapau fakavavevavé.”

‘I he maama ‘o e fakalelei kimuí ni mai, ‘e hokohoko atu ‘a e ngāue ‘a e Vahefonuá mo e kau ma’ukovia ‘i he vela ‘o e vaotaá mo honau kau fakafofongá ke ‘oatu ‘a e ngaahi ngāue tokoni mo e ngaahi ma’u’anga tokoni ‘i he vaha’ataimi kotoa ‘o e fakaakeaké.

“Ko e aleapaú ko ha ‘uluaki sitepu mahu‘inga ia pea ‘okú ne fakafofonga‘i ‘a e tukupā ‘a e kau fakamo‘oni hingoá ke a‘u ki ha aleapau faka‘osi ‘a ia ‘e ‘oatu ai ha totongi huhu‘i kiate kinautolu na‘e uesia ‘e he ngaahi vela fakamamahí,” ko e fakamatala ia ‘a e Fakafofonga ‘o e Kautaha Fakavahefonuá ko Vikatolia Takayesu. “ʻOku kei tuʻu maʻu pē ʻa e Vahefonuá ʻi heʻene tukupā ke toe langa ʻa Lahaina mo poupouʻi hono koló.”

‘Oku fakafofonga’i ‘e he aleapau ni ha tukupā vahevahe ‘i he vaha’a ‘o e Vahefonua Maui mo e ngaahi paati ‘oku kau ki ai ke hokohoko atu ‘a e alea ‘i he loto lelei ki ha tu’utu’uni fakamāmani lahi ange mo fakaikiiki ‘a ia ‘e feinga ke tufaki totonu ‘a e pa’anga ‘oku laka hake he $4 piliona kiate kinautolu ‘oku uesia ‘e he ngaahi vela. Ko e pa’anga fakalelei ko e ola ia ‘o ha “Fokotu’u ‘a e Kau Fakalaloa” ‘a ia na’e fakahaa’i ai ‘a e vakai ‘a e kau fakalaloa ki he pa’anga lahi taha ‘e lava ke tokoni totonu mo fakahoko ‘e he ongo tafa’aki ‘o makatu’unga ‘i he ngaahi mo’oni’i me’a ‘o e keisi.

‘I he laumalie ‘o e fengaue’aki, na’e toe lototaha ai ‘a e ongo tafa’aki ke na kole fakataha ke ta’ofi ‘e he Fakamaau’anga ‘a e hopo lahi tukukehe ‘a e ngaahi fokotu’u fakalao ‘e tokoni ki he feinga ‘a e ongo tafa’aki ke a’u ki ha tu’utu’uni faka’osi ma’ae kau ma’ukovia.