223 Mâ‘alaea. 1. Bay, beach, Mâ‘alaea, Maui. Mâ‘alaea Bay is an important part of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Although humpbacks are seen throughout the islands, they concentrate in the waters between the four islands of Maui County, where they calve, nurse, and mate. Mâ‘alaea Beach is a narrow calcareous sand beach approximately 3 miles long and backed by low dunes at the head of the bay. The northeast end of the beach is also known as Sugar Beach. 2. Small boat harbor, Mâ‘alaea, Maui. Constructed in 1952. Facilities include eighty-nine berth/moorings, a ramp, a drydock, and a vessel washdown area. 3. Surf site, Mâ‘alaea, Maui. On the northeast side of the entrance channel to the small boat harbor. The steep, hollow, plunging waves here form one of the longest and fastest rides in Hawai‘i and possibly in the world. Surfer Magazine (established in 1960) has rated it as one of the ten best waves in the world and the fastest-breaking right in the world. Also known as Mâ‘alaea Pipeline, Pipeline. 4. U.S. Coast Guard station. On the shore of the small boat harbor. 5. Beach, Hâlawa, Moloka‘i. The westernmost of the two beaches in Hâlawa Valley that is used as an anchorage and boat launching site. Lit., ocherous earth beginnings. Mâ‘alaea is a contracted form of Maka‘alaea. Mâ‘alaea Ebesu Kotohira Jinsha. Shrine, Mâ‘alaea, Maui. Traditional Shinto fishing shrine on the shore of Mâ‘alaea Small Boat Harbor that was originally on the site of the adjacent Maui Ocean Center. The present shrine was completed in 1999 and is a replica of the original shrine built in 1914 by Reverend Masaho Matsumura. The first service in the present shrine was held in January 2000 and was conducted by Reverend Torako Arine, who takes care of the Mâ‘alaea Ebesu Kotohira Jinsha and the Maui Jinsha in Wailuku. The words in shrine’s name are Ebesu, one of seven lucky deities and the guardian god of fishermen and merchants; kotohira, or fishermen; and jinsha, m Mâ‘alaea Lefts 224 m or shrine. Fishermen believed that by honoring the god they would have good luck at sea and a safe return home. Although the shrine is Shinto, the congregation now is multiracial and multicultural, including commercial and recreational fishermen , surfers, and other people of the sea. Mâ‘alaea Lefts. Surf site, Kahuku, O‘ahu. On the north side of the Turtle Bay Hilton Hotel. During big west or northwest swells, the long lefts here resemble the famous long rights at Mâ‘alaea on Maui. Mâ‘alaea Pipeline. Surf site, Mâ‘alaea, Maui. The steep, hollow waves at this surf site are compared to those at the worldfamous Banzai Pipeline on O‘ahu’s North Shore. Same as Mâ‘alaea. MacKenzie. 1. State recreational area (13.1 acres), fishing site, Malama, Hawai‘i. Established in 1934, but named in 1939 to honor Albert J. W. MacKenzie, a forest ranger from 1917 until his death on June 28, 1938. MacKenzie worked extensively on planting projects in the Puna and Ka‘û Districts, including the planting of the ironwood trees in this park. The low sea cliffs fronting the park are a popular but dangerous fishing site. Many fishermen have been swept off the rocky ledges here by high surf. 2. Monuments, Malama, Hawai‘i. When the park was named for MacKenzie in 1939, a monument was erected here for him. Family members erected a second monument, a stone drinking fountain, to honor the memory of MacKenzie’s wife, Catherine, after her death in 1952. mo‘olelo The MacKenzie family came from the MacKenzie Highlands in Scotland and moved to Nova Scotia. My father left home and arrived in Hawai‘i in the late 1890s when he was sixteen. On the Big Island, he became a stage driver for tourists visiting the volcano. He met my mother at the Volcano House. My mother was the daughter of Peter Lee, the Volcano House manager, and they eventually got married when she was sixteen. All of us were born in Volcano—ten children—two boys and eight girls. I was the youngest and graduated from Hilo High in 1938. My dad was a forest ranger for many years. He was involved with the reforestation of many areas that were destroyed by fire. He worked extensively in Puna and Ka‘û and planted eucalyptus as windbreaks and the...