Paumakua

Paumakua Chief of Maui
Father	Huanuiekalaiaʻilaʻikai
Mother	Kapoea
Wife	Manokalililani
Issue	Haho of Maui

Paumakua is a name of one ancient chief who lived in ancient Hawaii and was Alii nui of Maui. He is described in legends as a ruler of the island of Maui. His genealogy is given in ancient chant Kumulipo.^[1]

Because of his father, he is also known as Paumakua-a-Huanuiʻikalailai or also Paunuikuakaolokea as found in the Kumulipo.

He was an ancestor of many kings of Maui and is believed that he never had any control over any significant portion of Maui. He was a descendant of Hemā of the Ulu line.

It is mentioned by Abraham Fornander^[2] that Paumakua probably did not arrive on Maui earlier than the time of his father.^[3] He is also mentioned by physician Nathaniel B. Emerson.^[4]

^ The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant by Martha Warren Beckwith
^ “And from Pili the ruling Hawaiian chiefs, down to the Kamehameha family, claimed their descent; and, as if conscious of their usurpation or intrusion up the domestic line, their genealogists and bards in subsequent ages were always trying to connect Pili with the indigenous chiefs on the Maui line from Paumakua and Haho.”
^ Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969
^ Paumakua of Maui

[1] The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant by Martha Warren Beckwith

[2] “And from Pili the ruling Hawaiian chiefs, down to the Kamehameha family, claimed their descent; and, as if conscious of their usurpation or intrusion up the domestic line, their genealogists and bards in subsequent ages were always trying to connect Pili with the indigenous chiefs on the Maui line from Paumakua and Haho.”

[3] Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969

[4] Paumakua of Maui

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