MidWeek Windward - Nov 9, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9, 2022
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Poi Factory Focuses On Waiāhole History
A PUBLICATION OF
AN EDITION OF
Waiāhole Poi Factory owner Liko Hoe pounds poi at the Windward business.
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William Beringer, DO
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phrase has guided Waiāhole Poi Factory’s journey from a small takeout place open only a couple days per week to a full-scale establishment serving classic lū‘au food to hundreds of kamaʻāina and visitors daily.
BY STEPHANIE LOPES
ānai i ka‘ai. Hānai i ke aloha.” “Nourished by the food and spirit of our ancestors.” This
The ancestors within the poi factory’s walls date back to the building’s construc- tion around 1905, when growing kalo or taro was pervasive in Waiāhole. The factory processed kalo for over six decades — de- spite most productions moving off island for economic reasons much earlier, according to Waiāhole Poi Factory owner Liko Hoe.
In 1971, Hoe’s father, Calvin, from nearby Hakipu‘u, and mother, Charlene, an art ma- jor from Minnesota, obtained the lease for the historic building, converting it into an art gallery and space for cultural classes such as hula, slack-key guitar and ‘ōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language).
In the late 1980s, the Hoe family and oth-