Naʻe ʻoatu ʻe he Senitā Ngofua Fakaakeake ʻo e Vahefonua Mauí ʻene fuofua ngofua langa ʻi he ʻaho Tuʻapulelulu ki ha ongo meʻa mali naʻe fakaʻauha hona ʻapi ʻi Lahaina ʻi he vela ʻo e vaotaá ʻi ʻAokosi 2023.

Naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ongo tangata nofo fuoloa ʻi West Maui ko Rich mo Kari Alexander ʻena ngofua langa ʻi he senitaá ʻi he pongipongi Tuʻapulelulu ʻe he ʻŌfisa Tokoni Palani/Fakahoko ʻo e Laó ʻa e 4LEAF ko Shaina Hipolito. ʻE toe langa ʻa e fāmili ʻAlekisānitá ʻi honau konga kelekele ʻi he Hala Komo Mai.

Naʻe loʻimataʻia ʻa Kali ʻAlekisānita ʻi heʻena fakamatalaʻi mo hono husepānití ʻa e ʻuhinga kiate kinaua ʻo hono maʻu ʻo e ngofuá.

“ʻOku foki mai ʻema fānaú ki ʻapi mei honau ʻuluaki taʻu ʻi he kolisí ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e māhiná, pea ʻoku ʻeke mai ʻe heʻeku fānaú ʻi he taimi kotoa pē ʻoku ou talanoa ai mo kinautolú, ‘ʻOku ʻi ai ha meʻa kuo liliu? Ko e hā ʻoku hokó?’” Ko e lea ia ʻa Kali ʻAlekisānitá. “Ko ia ʻi he ʻaho ní te mau lava ʻo talaange kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻi ai ʻemau ngaahi ngofua ke kamata langá. ʻOku ou pehē ʻoku ʻoange ʻe he meʻá ni ha ongoʻi malu kiate kinautolu, ʻoku mau nofo heni, ʻoku mau toe langa, pea ʻoku mau fie foaki fakafoki ki homau koló.”

“Foki pē ki he tu‘unga anga-mahení . . . ʻoku ou sio pē ki muʻa,” ko e lea ia ʻa Rich Alexander, ʻo ngingila hono leʻó.

ʻI heʻene ngaahi palaní mo e ngaahi pepa kehé, naʻá ne hoko ko e taha ʻo e kau fuofua nofo ʻi he senitaá ʻi heʻene fakaava hono ngaahi matapaá ʻi he ʻaho 29 ʻo ʻEpelelí ʻi he Senitā Ngāue ʻa e Vahefonua Mauí ʻi Kahului. Naʻe pehē ʻe he ongo ʻAlekisānitá naʻá na ongoʻi lōmekina ʻe he founga ʻo e tohi kole ngāué, ka naʻe tokoniʻi kinaua ʻe Hipolito ke na folau ʻi he portal ʻo e Customer Self Service ʻi he MAPPS (Sisitemi Palani & Fakangofua ʻOtometiki ʻa Maui).

 Naʻe pehē ʻe Hipolito, “Naʻe fakafiefia ʻaupito ke siofi ia mei he kamataʻangá, ʻo ʻikai ke u ʻiloʻi pe ʻe kamata mei fē.” “Ko ia na‘e fakapale‘i ‘a e founga kotoa pē. Ko kinautolu ia te nau telefoni mai kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.

“Ko e sio kiate kinautolu ‘oku nau puke mo‘oni ‘enau ngofuá ‘i honau nimá ‘oku ‘ikai lava ke fakamatala‘i, ‘oku ou feinga ke ‘oua ‘e hoko ‘o ongo‘i fekau‘aki mo ia,” ko ‘ene tānaki atu ia. 

Naʻe manatu ʻa e ongomeʻa malí ki he taimi naʻe haʻu tuʻo tolu ai ʻa Rich Alexander ki he senitā ngofuá ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe taha ke maʻu ha tokoni meia Hipolito. Naʻe pehē ʻe Lisi ʻAlekisānita, “Naʻá ne fuʻu kātaki ʻaupito. “Pea naʻá ne ʻai ke faingofua ʻaupito.”

Ko e fetuʻutaki ko iá ʻoku mahuʻinga, ko e lau ia ʻa e ʻŌfisa Langa ʻo e 4LEAF ko Nick Henderson. “Tautefito ki homau tafaʻakí, ʻoku mau fie fakapapauʻi ʻoku ʻikai ke nau fakaʻiseʻisa,” ko Henderson ia. “ʻOku mau fie fakapapauʻi ʻoku faingofua ʻa e founga maʻanautolú.”

Kuo aleapauʻi ʻe he Vahefonuá ʻa e 4LEAF Inc. ke ne fakalele ʻa e senitaá, ʻa ia naʻe fakaava ʻi he teʻeki ke ʻosi ha uike ʻe tolu kuohilí ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ngaahi ngofua ki he kau ʻea ʻoku nau feinga ke toe langa ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu naʻe uesia ʻe he velá ʻi Lahaina mo Kula.

‘Oku lolotonga fakahoko ‘e he kautaha ‘a e ngaahi Ngofua Langa ki he Fakaakeake ‘o e Fakatamaki, ‘a ia ko e ngaahi liliu, fakalelei, toe langa mo e langa fo’ou ‘o e ngaahi langa ‘i he ngaahi konga kelekele ‘oku uesia ‘e ha fakatamaki pe fakatu’utamaki malu’i sivile. ‘Oku fakahoko ‘e he kau fakafofonga ‘o e 4LEAF ‘a e kau ngaue ‘i he Senitā Ngofua Fakaakeake ke tokoni ki hono tataki ‘o e kakai ‘o e fonua ‘i he founga fakavavevave.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Rich Alexander, ʻa ia ʻokú ne ngāue ʻi he langá, naʻá ne fakakaukau ʻe fie maʻu ha ngaahi taʻu ke toe langa. Ka ʻoku pehē ʻe he ongo ʻAlekisānitá he taimí ni ko ʻena taumuʻá ke ʻosi hona falé ke na lava ʻo hiki ki ai ʻi he taimi ʻe ʻosi ai ʻena lisi nofo totongí ʻi ha māhina ʻe valu.

“ʻE faingataʻa ... kuo pau pē ke tau kei plug along,” ko Kari Alexander ia. “Kuo mau lavaʻi ia ʻi he ʻuluaki faingataʻá. He ʻikai ke u lava ʻo fakamālō feʻunga ki he 4LEAF, he ka ne taʻeʻoua kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai ke u ʻiloʻi naʻa mau mei lava ʻo fakavaveʻi.”

Kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau ʻi he founga ʻo e kole ngofua langa, ko e faleʻi mei he fāmili ʻAlekisānitá ke nau kei hokohoko atu pē.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Kali ʻAlekisānita, “ʻOku malava pē ia.” “Naʻá ma tuʻu maʻu pē. Naʻá ma ʻiloʻi pē ʻi he hili ʻa e afí ʻokú ma fie toe langa.”

Naʻe ʻalu ʻa e ongomeʻa malí ki he ngaahi fakataha fakauike ʻa e Fakafoʻou ʻo e Fakaakeake mei he Fakatamaki ʻa e Vahefonua Mauí ʻi Lahaina ʻi he pō Tuʻapulelulu ke maʻu ha fakamatala.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Lisi ʻAlekisānita, “ʻOku hoko moʻoni ia. “Ko ʻeni ia.”

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