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03905
Claim Number: 03905
Claimant: Nahinu
Other claimant:
Other name:
Island: Maui
District: Hamakualoa
Ahupuaa: Pauwela, Kaupakulua
Ili: Nukupono or Nakupono, Waikina, Haliipali, Puuolono, Kawailepolepo
Statistics: 3420 characters 542 words
No. 3905, Nahinu, January 10, 1848
N.R. 134-135v6


Hear ye, ye Land Commissioners: I hereby state my claim for land to you all. The name of this claim is Nukupono, and it has a fishery in it. That is my right from my makuas, for 17 years, from 1832, from the death of Kaahumanu until the present. That is my claim at Haiku.

Furthermore, I have a claim, named Waikina, in Pauwela which is the Ahupua`a. It has been occupied for 17 years and is similar to that /first/ claim, also there is a pauku of taro and a kula.

Furthermore, there is a claim for our place of residence, named Haliipali, in Pauwela, which has been occupied from the time ....

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.... pali.

Section 3:
Mauka by Hog corral/road
Koolau by Pali
Makai by Government road
Wailuku by Kaili.

Kuhaulua, sworn, he has seen 2 sections at Nakupono ili of Haiku 2 ahupuaa. This is old land and was received from Nahinu's parents in 1832, no one has objected.

Section 4:
Mauka by Kanihae
Koolau by Kuiaha ahupuaa
Makai by Mahina
Wailuku by Pauwela ahupuaa.

Section 5:
Mauka by Palau
Koolau and Makai by Pauwela ahupuaa
Wailuku by Kawalei ili land.

[Award 3905; R.P. 2171; Nukupano Pauwela Hamakualoa; 2 ap.; 2.79 Acs; Wakina Pauwela Hamakualoa; 1 ap.; 1.68 Acs]