Hawai‘i Wisdom — January

Poliʻahu, ka wahine kapu hau anu o Mauna Kea.

“Poli‘ahu, the woman who wears the snow mantle of Mauna Kea.”

Source: ‘Olelo No‘eau, by Mary Kawena Pukui

Joanna Maltas, right, as the evil Snow Queen in a children’s play titled The Snow Queen at All Saints Gym in Kapa‘a Dec. 12. At the play’s end, love melted the ice in the Snow Queen’s heart, and she became good.