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The View from the Waipiʻo Valley Lookout Waterfalls at the back of Waipiʻo Valley Waipio Valley cliff falling in during the 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake. Waipiʻo Valley is a valley located in the Hamakua District of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. "Waipiʻo" means "curved water" in the Hawaiian language. [1]
Waipi'o is located at (21.418050, -157.997988), [4] south of Mililani Town via either Interstate H-2 or Kamehameha Highway (Hawaii RouteThe town is immediately east of Waikele, separated by Kamehameha Highway, the road that leads southward to Farrington Highway (Hawaii Route 90) with connections then to Pearl City to the east and Waipahu to the west.
The species was first formally described in 1939 by Earl Edward Sherff, based on specimens collected from Waipio Valley in Kohala, Hawaii in 1938. [2] Sherff named the species after Auckland War Memorial Museum botanist Lucy Cranwell, who was one of the three people who collected the specimen. [2]
Hiilawe Waterfall is one of the tallest and most powerful waterfalls in Hawaii located on the Big Island.The waterfall drops about 1,450 feet (442m) with a main drop of 1,201 feet (366m), into Waipio Valley on Lalakea Stream. [1]
In 1828–29, Kuhina Nui (Regent) Kaʻahumanu visited the Waipio Valley and took the kaʻai (funerary basket) of Liloa and Lono-i-ka-Makahiki and had them hidden at Kaawa-loa in a cave. The remains were moved again in 1858 and finally interred at Mauna Ala in 1865 along with other aliʻi from the Royal Tomb at Pohukaina .
The residence of Kahaimoelea was in Waipio Valley. Kahaimoelea was a Hawaiian chief, who ruled as the Aliʻi Nui of Hawaiʻi from 1285 to 1315. He was the sovereign king or chief of the island of Hawaiʻi. He is sometimes referred as Kahai IV or Kahiamoeleaikaʻaikupou. Waipio Valley was first occupied as a royal residence by Kahaimoelea. [1]
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Entrance to Lua-o-Milu is from the top of a valley wall or sea cliff where the soul departs via a tree. It is reported that each Hawaiian island has at least one leaping place. [1] According to natives of the land, the entrance located in Waipio Valley has since been covered in sand and is now hidden from the sight of upper areas. [2]