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Haʻamonga ʻa Maui ("The Burden of Maui") is a stone trilithon located in Tonga, on the eastern part of the island of Tongatapu, in the village of Niutōua, in Heketā. It was built in the 13th century by King Tuʻitātui in honor of his two sons. [1] The monument is sometimes called the "Stonehenge of the Pacific". [1]
The moai statues face away from the ocean and towards the villages as if to watch over the people. The exception is the seven Ahu Akivi which face out to sea to help travelers find the island. There is a legend that says there were seven men who waited for their king to arrive. [ 20 ]
Since 1972, the site around the monument has been protected as the Haʻamonga ʻa Maui Historical Park. [1] [2] About a hundred metres away from the Haʻamonga ʻa Maui is the Maka Faʻakinanga, an upright stone slab "with markings on the front resembling an indentation of a large head, shoulders and back". Oral history has it that the slab ...
ʻĪao Valley is covered in dense rainforest, most of which consists of introduced vegetation on the valley floor. The Puʻu Kukui summit area at the valley's head receives an average 386 inches (9.8 m) of rainfall per year, [4] making it the state's second wettest location after The Big Bog, slightly wetter than Mount Waiʻaleʻale. [5]
Upcountry Maui is the name for the sloping area on the western face of Haleakalā, including the towns of Makawao, Pukalani, and Kula. [17] [18] [19] This area ranges from 1,500 ft (460 m) to 4,500 ft (1,400 m), and the climate tends toward mild heat (between 70 °F (21 °C) and 80 °F (27 °C)) during the day and cool evenings. The higher the ...
Maui children face grief, destruction as schools start up after wildfire. Sharon Bernstein. August 19, 2023 at 6:02 AM. ... At Maui High School, traditionally a rival of Lahainaluna, students and ...
In Moana, Maui is a legendary trickster who stole the heart stone of the goddess Te Fiti. He owns a magical fish hook that allows him to shapeshift into different animals, but manages to lose it. When a young girl named Moana discovers that her island is facing an ecological disaster, she defies her father by sailing beyond the reef.
Underwater archaeologists dug under 20 feet of sand and rock off the coast of Sicily and found a 2,500-year-old shipwreck. Researchers date the find to either the fifth or sixth century B.C.