Kumukahi

Video Questions

1) What is an ʻauwai?

2) How does the ʻauwai system use gravity to move water from one place to another?

3) The ʻauwai system brings freshwater to the loʻi kalo, or wetland taro patches. How do people irrigate their crops today?

4) What is the difference between an ʻauwai and a kahawai? Why would the water be more clear and calm in the ʻauwai?

5) How long has the land been in Kawaʻa’s ʻohana? What happens when land exchanges hands a lot of times? Is this a good thing or a bad thing for Hawaiʻi?

6) Pretend you live in a place without faucets and running water. How would you bring water to your house? Make a diagram that illustrates the water flow.