Paumakua is a name of one ancient

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who lived in

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and was Alii nui of Maui. He is described in legends as a ruler of the island of

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. His

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is given in ancient chant ''

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''. Because of his father, he is also known as Paumakua-a-Huanuiʻikalailai or also Paunuikuakaolokea as found in the ''

''. He was an ancestor of many kings of Maui and is believed that he never had any control over any significant portion of Maui. He was a descendant of Hemā of the Ulu line. It is mentioned by

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that Paumakua probably did not arrive on

earlier than the time of his father. He is also mentioned by physician Nathaniel B. Emerson.Paumakua of Maui
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Family

Father of Paumakua was Chief Huanuiekalaiaʻilaʻikai (otherwise known as Huanuiʻikalaʻilaʻi), who was born on

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as a son of Chief Paunuikaikeanaina and his wife Kapohaʻakia. Mother of Paumakua was called Kapoea or Kapola, and she was born c. 1010. Of Paumakua himself little is to tell. Of his brother Kuheailani, nothing remarkable has been retain upon Hawaiian

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. Kuheailaniʻs son Hakalanilea appear to have become the

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of some lands in the Hilo district of

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. Paumakua married his sister Manokalililani and their son was King

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