Hi-Hi-Aka-La-La-Hai

Hi-Hi-Aka-La-La-Hai was a strong and handsome man who tried to court the Hawaiian goddess Poliahu. She agreed to give him an answer if he scaled a cliff at night and reached the top before dawn. He failed this task, so she transformed him into the first Hau Tree. This tree grew large before it was uprooted and relocated by a strong windstorm. It grew even larger there, until it was broken into five pieces by a flash flood. These pieces spread throughout the island and formed the large amounts of these trees present today. The lines on the leaf of this tree represent this mountain, and the five main rivers of the island.

Citations:

Smith, Walter J.. Legends of Wailua. United States, Printing Services Corporation, 1955.