The Kāneʻohe Community Page on Instagram: "Mahalo @lulani_lane for sharing this with us. The Law of the Splintered Paddle (Kānāwai Māmalahoe) is one of the most important human-rights based laws in Hawaiian history; created by Kamehameha I around 1797 to protect the innocent, defenseless, and vulnerable from harm, even at the hands of aliʻi. Māmala means “splintered”; hoe means “paddle,” and Kānāwai refers to water and the traditional Hawaiian responsibility to conserve streams, the closest conc