FINAL CHOICE CAPSULE
Releasing exclusively this Thursday, June 11 at 11am HST. model: @ikaikaloha Aloha kākou! In recognition of Kamehameha Day we present this capsule to share a mo'olelo. Before Kamehameha consolidated under one kingdom, someone tried to stop it before he took his first breath. When Kamehameha was born, the high chiefs of Hawaiʻi were gathered. A genealogical chant proclaimed this newborn's future and so the plot began. High Chief Keawemauhili of Hilo said: "Pinch off the tip of the young mulberry shoot." The child was a threat to the existing order. Funny thing about those days — prophecies and kauoha ruled decisions. To counter that, the infant was taken away in secret, reared in hiding, kept from the reach of the...