Kristine: EVER WONDER HOW A
HAWAI'I STREET GOT ITS NAME,
EVERY THURSDAY BE HAVE OUR ALOHA
AUTHENTIC TO BRING AWARENESS TO
HAWAI'I'S CULTURE.
IN THIS MORNING'S SEGMENT,
KAMAKA PILI TAKES US TO A STREET
ON HAWAI'I ISLAND.
NAMED AFTER A VOLCANO THAT'S
BEEN GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION
LATELY.
HERE HE IS.
ALOHA.
WE'RE HERE ON ISLAND OF HAWAI'I
IN THE MOKU OF HILO.
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS VERY
BUSY STREET IN HILO TOWN KNOWN
AS KILAUEA AVENUE.
GETTING ITS WAY FROM ONE OF THE
WORLD'S MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
REPORTING THIS, KILAUEA HAS
ERUPTING FOR THE PAST TWO TO
THREE WEEKS.
MAKING IT TIME THAT WE'RE LIVING
IN VERY HISTORIC.
NOW IN OUR HAWAIIAN STORIES, THE
GOODEST OF THE VOLCANO AND FIRE
PELE IS KNOWN TO LIVE AND CALL
KILAUEA HER HOME.
THE STORY SHARES SHE TRIED TO
MAKE MOMENTS AS SHE MOVED TO THE
ISLAND CHAIN TRYING TO FIND A
NICE, FIERY PIT.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THIS
CONSISTENT BATTLE WITH ONE OF
HER SISTERS.
AND EVERY TIME SHE TRIED TO MAKE
THIS PIT, HER SISTER WOULD FUN
THE OUT WITH WATER.
AND JOINING US NOW WITH MORE
ON KILAUEA AVENUE ON HAWAI'I
ISLAND IS KAMAKA PILI.
GOOD MORNING.
ALOHA.
WHAT ARE THE FIVE VOLCANOES
THAT MAKE UP HAWAI'I ISLAND.
IF WE'RE GOING FROM OLDEST TO
YOUNGEST, OLDEST IS KOHALA.
THEN THERE'S MAUNA KEA.
THERE IS HUALALAI.
MAUNA LOA, ABOUT 700,000 YEARS
AND YOUNGEST, KILAUEA, WHICH IS
ABOUT THREE TO 600,000 YEARS
OLD.
Jai: YOUNGEST ON HAWAI'I
ISLAND.
THE MOST ACTIVE.
AND I LIKE HOW YOU MENTION ALL
THE NAMES THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT
REALIZE.
LIKE HUALAAHI.
ALL OUR MOUNTAINS ARE PRETTY
MUCH VOLCANOES.
THAT'S LIKE, WOW, THE VOLCANOES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HAWAI'I
ISLAND AS THE BIG ISLAND.
AND PEOPLE MIGHT BE WONDERING
WHY IS THERE AN ISLAND THAT'S
THE SAME NAME AS THE STATE.
YEAH.
SO -- THIS IS A STORY I WAS
TOLD.
GOING BACK TO KIM KAMEHAMEHA THE
GREAT AND WE'VE DONE A SEGMENT
ON THAT.
THE FACT THAT HE WAS.
ALII WHO UNITED US UNDER ONE
KINGDOM.
THE STATE GOT ITS NAME, HAWAI'I
ISLAND.
SO IF KING CAM KA MAY KAMEHAMEHA CAME FROM
OAHU, HE WOULD BE CALLED OAHU.
THEY SAY BIG ISLAND BECAUSE IT'S
A YOUNGER FEELING.
WITH THIS PUSH FOR FEELING
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE MORE, NOW
THERE'S A PUSH TO USE HAWAI'I
BUT THERE'S NOT A BAD THING WITH
USING BIG ISLAND.
Kristine: IT'S NOT
OFFENSIVE?
NO.
Kristine: A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE SAYING THAT MADAME PELE
BEING ANGRY.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
IN THE CULTURAL SENSE, THE
ELEMENT OF LAVA IS DOING WHAT
THE ELEMENT OF LAVA DOES.
TUTU PELE IS DOING WHAT SHE
DOES.
I DON'T SEE HER AS BEING ANGRY.
THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVE IN
THIS.
BUT THE FACT THAT MOTHER NATURE
DOES WHAT MOTHER NATURE DOES,
IT'S PART OF LIFE.
AND LOOKING AT IT THAT WAY, IT'S
HISTORIC TIMES.
WE'RE LIVING IN TIMES WHERE
ISLANDS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW.
WHERE THE LAST TIME THE VOLCANO
HAD ERUPTS WAS IN THE '80s.
THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH ACTIVITY
LIKE THAT.
TO THINK OF IT AS WE'RE LIVING
IN HISTORIC TIMES TODAY IS A
GOOD SPECIFIC.
Kristine: THAT'S HOW THE
ISLANDS ARE GROG.
AND IT'S PART OF OUR EXISTENCE.
AND I WATCH MAYOR KIM TALK
ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY.
AND THE WAY HE PUT IT WAS SUCH A
HUMBLING WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
THAT WAS REALLY COOL FOR HIM TO
SAY THAT.
Kristine: AND YOU SPENT
TIME ON HAWAI'I ISLAND AND NEXT