story by Mike Morris photographs by Ryan Siphers The open-air workshop in KawewehiPundyke’s upcountry backyard buzzes with the sound of power tools each month. On this sunny Saturday morning in April, couples and individuals were sanding and smoothing pohakukuiai (poi pounding stones) at four workstations. The previous month, they were in the same space transforming slabs of wood, including monkeypod and mango, into papa kuiai (poipounding boards).