Who is Alii Nui from Hawaii and what is their importance?

Alii Nui, also called Malama, is the mother of Keoki Kanakoa. She is a tall woman, at six feet four inches. She adopts Western ways at the urging of the Hales. She is of royal blood, the product of the mating of brother and sister, just like her daughter Noelani. When she is dying, she asks to be buried as a Christian, and Abner obliges.