--- id: "<insert-uuid-here>" title: "Mahelona Koichizoku" slug: "mahelona-koichizoku-organization" state: "public" isWip: true isDraft: false entityClass: "Organization" templateType: "organization" editor: "plutarch" url: "https://www.worldanvil.com/w/nejiro-rangoric/a/mahelona-koichizoku-organization" world: "Nejiro" category: "Small Families" creationDate: "2025-02-14 18:17:16 Europe/London" updateDate: "2025-02-14 18:17:23 Europe/London" publicationDate: "2025-02-14 18:17:36 Europe/London" wordcount: <insert-wordcount> views: 0 cover: "https://wa-cdn.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/assets/prod/prodromos-client/images/WorldCover_Default.jpg" --- # Mahelona Koichizoku Mahelona Koichizoku **colors:** ocean blue, black **kamon:** the points of the holopuni constellation (to sail or travel around) **Delm:** Hanohano Mahelona **Matrona:** Noelani Kelii Mahelona **Founders MP:** Lilo Wikoli Mahelona **Spokesperson:** Kaiko Malu Mahelona **Militia:** Umi Heitai (sea soldiers, marines) **Militia Commander:** Rangi Nalani Mahelona **Associate Member Families:** - Wikoli - Pika - Ona - Utsumi - Nalani - Alamea - Iolana - Malu - Lapita ## Territory Map D (650 sq km) landhold on the island of Hoku'ula ("red star", located under where the red star sets) east of the Kasai Isles, plus the rest of the island (1054 sq km), and private and commercial dockyards in Leyte, Port, Fune, and Majuro. The majority of the Ichizoku are ship people that spend their time at sea exploring the oceans, traveling to various ports as sailors, scientists, teachers, doctors, crafters, artisans, technicians, and engineers that carry news, cargo, medicine, even passengers. The Ichizoku members are skilled in many varied fields and their expertise is valued and their people are respected. Many times they act as arbiters, and as support to the NPO Sea Patrol and the Nejiro Fire Brigade at Sea. ## Agriculture At sea, they utilize fishing, aquaculture, foraging, and hydroponics. They are skilled craftsmen (e.g. using sea grass fibers for weaving and yarn crafts, and wood carving for art and utility). People occupying the landhold, the Gingerhills cooperative, farm bamboo, hemp, cannabis, koa trees, sweet potatoes, taro, sea grass and kelp, fruit and vegetables, spices and herbs, poultry, pigs, coffee, sugarcane, and sandalwood. They also have coastal and ocean fishing fleets. ## Corporate **Nekton Enterprises:** an umbrella corporation encompassing many businesses including a naval shipyard on the landhold, commercial shipyards, a marine salvage company, a marine exploration and science company, shipboard hospitals, a cargo fleet, owns and operates marinas and marine road stations across the oceans of Nejiro, fishing fleets, a dive equipment company that does sales and rentals, also maintenance and repair, a company that manufactures dive equipment, pleasure cruising companies with sailing yachts and cruise ships, sea charter fleet, a company that crafts takeami (bamboo weaving style), the Nekton Foundation is a charitable company that funds education and research grants associated with the ocean, that also sponsors aquariums and other entities and programs that educate about the ocean, Nekton College is partnered with the Quezon Institute of Science with programs for oceanography and marine sciences education and studies, the Nekton Journal publishes marine science studies and articles for academia and popular venues, owns and operates mines, manufactures submarines and underwater vessels for commerce and combat, has hydroponic, aquaponic, and aquafarm facilities. **Holopuni News Network:** digital news outlet covering Nejiro's oceans and islands **Seaspan Marine:** a firm that has divisions that do marine engineering and marine construction, has a military shipyard, a commercial and pleasure craft shipyard, does transportation, shipping, towing and salvage, distributes marine fuel supplies, constructs floating docks, drydocks, and piers **Lapita:** crafts traditional Polynesian outriggers, catamaran, waka katea (double canoes), makes pottery, teaches and records oral histories, folklore, karakia (prayer), aruruwow (memory aides), teaches traditional Polynesian blue water navigation, seamanship, and exploration methods including star compasses, observation of clouds, waves, winds, bird and fauna migration, and bioluminescent patterns for orienteering **Kai Ho'aika'i (ocean explorer):** ocean research vessel fleet **Moana Loa'a (ocean searcher):** ocean resource seeker fleet, and ocean search and rescue fleet Halau Hula Aloha - a halau is a school (a branch from which many leaves grow), hula is a storytelling dance originating on the Hawaiian Islands, Terra which has evolved several different styles - 'auana {to wander or drift} is influenced by western and other cultures, kahiko is ancient hula performed with traditional costumes and instruments, monarchy is hula choreographed and composed in the nineteenth century oli is a chant, mele is a song or prayer, noho is a sitting dance, luna is a standing dance, kumu is the source of knowledge a teacher, kuleana is responsibility, alaka'i is a leader, kokua is a helper, 'olapa is a dancer, haumana is a student the halau has about fifteen thousand students through the main school on the landhold and satellite schools across the oceans of Nejiro developed by former alaka'i of the founding kumu Haunani Hokulani Iolana