PALAPALAʻĀINA

A Genealogy

Maui Komohana is a term often used to describe the moku of West Maui: Wailuku, Lahaina, and Kāʻanapali. 

The ʻili ʻāina of ʻĪao is located in the ʻahupuaʻa of Wailuku, in the moku of Wailuku, on the island of Maui. Nā Mauna o ʻEʻeka is the mountain range that surrounds these moku and defines the ʻahupuaʻa of Wailuku. 

Within this valley, there are a number of streams that flow from the surrounding mauna and feed the stream of ʻĪao. The streams Poʻonāhoahoa and Nākalaloa begin below the mountain peak, Puʻu Kukui, where they later form ʻĪao River. Kinihāpai and Ae, two streams that form between the peaks Puʻu Kukui and Puʻu Kāne, feed ʻĪao near Kūkaʻemoku. Flowing from Puʻu Lio, smaller ʻĪao streams join the river from the mountainside. ʻĪao River finally emerges to the sea at Paukūkalo, between Kahului and Waiʻehu.