Elepuukahonua

Elepuukahonua was 2nd Alii Aimoku of Oahu. During his reign Oahu was divided among the sons of Maweke, a member of the Nanaulu line of the blue blood chiefs of the northern islands of Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. He was the grandson of Mulielealii, son of Maweke. He lived between the 11th and 13th century.

He was the son of Kumuhonua, the progneitor of the first Oahu dynasty. His brothers were Molohaia, Kahakuokane, and Kukawaieakane, whom nothing are known. His cousin was Haulanuiaiakea, king of Kauai. Like his father, he remained in possession of the patrimonial estates on Oahu, and possibly of the nominal sovereignty of the island of Oahu. He was the grandfather of Nawele and great grandfather of Lakona. It is not mentioned who succeed him as the 3rd Alii Aimoku of the Island of Oahu, but it was probably a son. The genealogies of none of these has been preserved except the last, which descends to the time of Haka.

Here, again, the Oahu traditions come in as an umpire to settle the contention which for so many generations disturbed the peace and ruffled the temper of its windward neighbours, and destroy the illusion of the Hanalaa twins, into which even the Maui genealogists had fallen while hotly contending for their own priority over the Hawaii branch.

References

• Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. 40, 48-49