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Reef Aikau: A celebration of life

By Kat Wade / Special to the Star-Advertiser

June 25, 2017

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Family friend Molanai Natio'oikaika sings and plays guitar as family and friends attend services and the scattering of seven-year-old, Reef Aikau's ashes in Waimea Bay today in Haleiwa.
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Family friend, Jason Hepa, right, gives Ricki Aikau a hug during the services and the scattering of seven-year-old, Reef Aikau's ashes.
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Reef Aikau's cousins, left to right, Kui Aikau, 16, Pua Aikau, La'a Aikau, 17, Kamalani Aikau, and Khenzie Aikau, 5, pose for a photo.
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Mikw Akima, who picked up Gerald and Reef Aikau each Sunday morning to take them to One Love Ministries church, signs the guest book when family and friends gather to celebrate Reef's life.
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A memorial of photographs of Reef Aikau when family and friends gather to celebrate Reef's life.
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Reef Aikau's cousins Triston Baron, 14 and Cianni Kekahuna, 17, look at the photos of Reef.
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Reef Aikau's uncle, Clyde Aikau, left, gives the ashes of seven-year-old Reef to Ricki Aikau for a last hug and kiss before family and friends paddle out to scatter Reef's ashes in Waimea Bay.
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Reef Aikau's grandfather, Soloman Aikau, with his daughters, Annie Aikau and Christine Aikau, watch as a crowd of family and friends paddle out to scatter Reef's ashes.
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Reef Aikau's uncle, Clyde Aikau, holds up the ashes of seven-year-old Reef before family and friends paddle out to scatter them.
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Family and friends listen to services by the Kahuna before paddling out to scatter Reef Aikau's ashes in Waimea Bay.
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Family and friends paddle out to scatter Reef Aikau's ashes in Waimea Bay.
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Family and friends paddle out to scatter Reef Aikau's ashes in Waimea Bay.
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Kala Duke throws flower petals into the sea as family and friends scatter seven-year-old, Reef Aikau's ashes in Waimea Bay.
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