Ko e folau ʻeveʻeva ʻi he Olowalu Landing ko ha meʻa fakafiefia manakoa ia ki he niʻihi fakafoʻituitui ʻoku ʻikai ke nau lava ʻo maʻu faingofua ʻa e ʻekitivitií. Ko e 'uhinga ia 'oku fakamu'omu'a ai 'e he Potungaue Paaka mo e Fakafiefia 'a e Vahefonua Maui (DPR) 'ene polokalama fakakau 'o e Adaptive Kayaking 'i he ta'u kotoa pe.

Naʻe laka hake ʻi he kau maʻu fakatahá ʻe toko 50, fakataha mo ʻenau kau faitoʻó mei Ka Lima O Maui, Kolo Laʻakea, Easterseals Hawaii, Arc of Maui mo e ngaahi kautaha tatau ʻoku nau tokoniʻi ʻa e kakai ʻoku faingataʻaʻia fakaʻatamai mo fakalakalaka, naʻa nau folau atu mei he 9 pongipongi ki he 1 efiafi lolotonga ʻa e polokalama Adaptive Kayaking ʻa e Vahefonuá ʻOkatopa 1.

‘I aí, na‘e ‘eve‘eva ai ‘a e kau folau vakapuná mo e kau ngāue tokoní ‘i he matātahi ‘o Olowalu ‘i ha ngaahi vakapuna mahino ‘a ia ‘oku nau ‘omai ‘a e sio ‘i lalo tahí.

Ko e kau ngāue tokoní mo e ngaahi kautaha poupou fakalotofonuá ‘oku nau fai ‘a e faikehekehe kotoa pē, ‘o fakatatau ki he Mataotao Fakafiefia ‘a e DPR ko Richard Antone, ‘a ia ‘okú ne fokotu‘utu‘u ‘a e ngaahi me‘á ‘i he ta‘u taki taha.

Naʻe tokoni ha kau ngāue tokoni ʻe toko hongofulu mo ha kau ngāue ʻe toko 15 ʻa e DPR ʻi he polokalama Adaptive Kayaking kimuí ni mai. Clear Kayaks Naʻe foaki ʻe he kau maʻu ʻo Mauí ha ngaahi vakapuna mo ha tokoni ʻofa. Na'e fakahoko 'e he Pukalani Superette 'a e ma'u me'atokoni ho'ata ta'etotongi ma'ae kau ngaue DPR mo e kau ngaue tokoni. Naʻe foaki ʻe he Kautaha Meʻakai ʻa Hauaiʻí ha ngaahi meʻatokoni maʻamaʻa. Naʻe ʻoatu ʻe ʻOla Maui ʻa e kakaí ke fakafaingofuaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻaʻahí.

“ʻOku fakapaleʻi ʻa e Kayaking Fakafeʻunga ʻa e DPR ki he kau ngāue tokoní mo e kau ngāué,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Talēkita ʻo e DPR ko Patrick McCall. “ʻOku mau fakamālō ki he tokotaha kotoa pē ʻoku nau fakatahataha mai ke fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení. Pea mahalo tautautefito ki he kau ma’u fakataha, ‘a ia ko e ni’ihi ‘oku nau foki mai ‘i he ta’u ki he ta’u.”

Ko e Adaptive Kayaking 'a e Vahefonua DPR 'oku kamata ia mei he 2010 pea 'oku ne fakahoko 'a e ngaahi 'ekitiviti 'o e folau 'eve'eva fakafuofua ki he tu'o ua he ta'u. Ki he fakaikiiki fekau'aki mo e Kayak Fakafe'unga, fetu'utaki kia 'Anitoni 'i he (808) 463-5116. Ki ha fakamatala fakalukufua ki he ngaahi Paaka, ʻaʻahi ki he www.mauicounty.gov/parks .

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