House of the ʻiwa
Hale is a house and ʻiwa is the great frigatebird, the black seabird with the long forked tail that soars over the channel. The name was given to a hotel built in 1899 at the end of the railway line, and the town took the hotel's name.
The ʻiwa is admired for staying aloft effortlessly for days, and the word is used of a graceful person. It also means thief, because the bird takes fish from other birds in flight.