Lakona
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Lakona was the 5th Alii Aimoku of Oahu. During his reign Oahu was divided among the sons of Maweke, a legendary figure thought to have colonized the northern islands of Oahu, Kauai and Niihau.
On Oahu, at the close of the migratory period after the depature of Laamaikahiki, we find his son, Lauli-a-Laa, married to Maelo, the sixth in descent from Maweke, and married to High Chiefess Maelo, the sixth in descent from Maweke, and daughter of Kuolono, on the Mulielealii-Moikeha line. They probably ruled over the Kona side of the island of Oahu, not to be confused with the Kona district of Hawaii. While Kaulaulaokalani, on the Maweke-Kalenui line, ruled over the Koolau side.
These were the comtemporary of Lakona, who was also sixth from Maweke, on the Mulielealii-Kumuhonua line being descendant of Kumuhonua, 1st Alii Aimoku of Oahu. Lakona ruled over Ewa, Waianae, and Waialua districts. From him descended the dignity of Moi of Oahu. His successor was Kapae-a-Lakona whose relation to Lakona could be father, grandfather or great-grandfather; as the historians are unsure. Tradition is scanty as to the exploits of the Oahu Mois and chieftains, until Hākā.
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- Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. Page 87-88
| Preceded by Nawele |
Alii Aimoku of Oahu | Succeeded by Kapae-a-Lakona |
