In 1933 the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Māmala Hoa, was honored by the County of Hawaiʻi by having its round-the-island highway named in its honor as Mamalahoa Highway. This is contrary to the common yet mistaken assumption that the highway is named after Kamehameha’s “Mamalahoe Kanaawai” or “Law of the Splintered Paddle” which provided safe travel and passage for commoners first on Moku O Keawe then throughout a untied Hawaiʻi. Today, Mamalahoa Highway is owned and maintained by the State of Hawaiʻi.