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Kanahā 1998, reprinted 2017

Accession No.
2017.320
Date Created
1998, reprinted 2017
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Pacific Art
Dimensions A
40.6 x 50.8cm
Media Category
Photograph
Secondary Media Category
gelatin silver photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver photograph on fibre-based paper
Credit Line
Purchased 2017 with funds from the Bequest of Jennifer Taylor through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

Ua ho’i ke ao kōkōli‘i ma Mauna Leo,
mumule ka pahu ahimakani o Milu mai Kahului mai.
Hō‘ā ke ahi lele ‘ē i nā kūkaekōlea, 
ke ho’okakano nei i ka mauli o Kanahā. 
Pō‘ele‘ele ‘o Mau‘oni i ka ua halahala,
malumalu ‘ia nā ae‘o e ka papa makaloa.

Black clouds have returned to Mauna Leo; 
Milu’s fuel tanks from Kahului are mute.
The weeds burn and spread,
threatening the essence of Kahahā.
Bitter rains have extinguished Mau‘oni,
makaloa flats shielding the ae‘o.

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