Kaha-wali

Family: the chiefs of Kauai · Role: chief · First appears: Chapter VII · Pele and Kaha-wali · Part 1

At Kauai, Kaha-wali excelled all the chiefs in holua riding and set out to test his skill on other islands. He travelled to Hawaii to compete with Pele, taking his wife Kanaka-wahine, their two children, his sister Koai, his younger brother, his friend Ahua, and his favorite pig, Aloi-puaa. His father, O-lono-hai-laau, remained on Oahu with others of the family.

Kaha-wali settled in Puna and often raced Ahua. When Pele, disguised as an old woman, asked to ride, Kaha-wali refused her his holua, but Ahua lent her his. After she fell during the race, she challenged Kaha-wali again and asked for his papa-holua. She then unleashed lava that followed him and devastated the valley. Kaha-wali crossed a chasm on his spear and pulled Ahua after him; they escaped by canoe, while Pele hurled red-hot rocks at him from the shore. On one account, he joined his father on Oahu and remained there; in other accounts, he returned to Kauai to gather priests against Pele, or came back to Hawaii with six priests after his defeat.