Kilinahe

He performed his hana lawelawe or "service task" under Ka'ahumanu and Kamehameha III, starting as a kāhili bearer and royal attendant.

[3] He was the hanai adopted son of Kahuakao and his mother Kalamaie,[4] both of whom held Royal patents in Kilinahe's name.

[5][6] Charles Kanaina brought in Kilinahe as one of his closest relatives, to assume all of his service duties in the Royal Court of Kamehameha III.

When Kanaina was elevated in the House of Kamehameha through his marriage to Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi, Kilinahe would take over all of his official responsibilities.

In November 1833, Kilinahe was one of two armed royal attendants that accompanied Kanaina, Kekūanaōʻa, Kīnaʻu, and Hoapili to the Kings home at Hale-uluhe on the Beretania grounds in order to convince him to name Kina'u Premier of the Kingdom instead of Liliha, Boki's wife.

He presented Kina'u as the daughter of the house of Kamehameha and asked that she serve the King, who agreed but stated that Liliha should be informed.

During the period of the late Hawaiian Kingdom, Lunalilo was known to be the largest land owner in Hawaii from inheritance passed to him from his mother, Kekāuluohi and from Kīnaʻu.

All of the main family had died, leaving Kanaina to become the holder of the largest collection of lands in Hawaii by the time of his death.

Kilinahe would be brought back to Honolulu to testify for the proof of the last will and testament of Kekāuluohi, Kanaina's wife and the mother of Lunalilo.

Litigation through the Hawaiian Supreme Court over the span of several years took place in order to adjudicate heirs to the largest collection of private lands in the Kingdom of Hawaii.

[10] Petitioners to the court included King David Kalākaua for his two sisters, Liliuokalani and Likelike, Keʻelikōlani, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Kilinahe as well as several other distant relatives with their representatives.

[12] Due to Kilinahe's death before adjudication, his widow and children were listed with seven other parties as Kanaina's closest living relatives.

The small, four room cottage, raised off the ground by four feet was located on the Waikiki side of Kamehameha IV Road, about a half mile from King Street.

[5] Kaiapoepoe's's wife, Kahana was injured and the couples's son, Kalehua received fatal injuries in the blast at the age of twenty.

While the blast was felt throughout the Kalihi district, it was not evident what the cause was to many as the home was blocked from view of the main road by trees, which may also have served to keep debris from spreading far.

When Samuel reached the children he asked what had happened to their father, Kehaka but they had only thought that the man had fled the home.

[17] By the time of Captain Cooks visit, Kaniana nui was among the chiefs who first greeted and assisted the English upon their arrival.