Who we are

We are a small family based team. We endeavor to live pono - to have integrity and to be honest, upright and transparent in our dealings. We hope to be ha’aha’a - to let all things be done in humility. We work to Malama - to care for each other and to care for our ‘aina by giving back and building community. We want others to fall in love with our kindness and to walk with us on the path to sustainability. We hope our character, work and practices will win your trust, collaboration and business.

From community leadership, expertise in security and logistics, business and marketing acumen, creative media talent and legal mastery - we feel we have truly assembled a dream team to tackle any project challenge given to us. We’d love to earn your business. In the meantime get to know us through our little blurbs below.

Community Leader. Cultural Practitioner. Security and Logistics Expert. Activist.

With decades of community service and activism, Joseph Henderson has been a pillar in the Big Island community since his first days in Kalapana as a teenager. As a leader in the Kia’i Mauna movement, Joseph is an expert in community action, relationship building, logistics, security and cultural understanding. He is first and foremost a personal practitioner of mo’omeheu na kupuna hawaii whether it be Lo’i Kalo, Pa Lua, Paniolo or Loko I’a. He led the Lo’i Kalo restoration program as a director at Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike in his hometown of Hana Maui, and currently serves as a program lead and educator at Hale Ho’oleimaluo in Keaukaha where he teaches Loko I’a restoration to our big island youth and children.

Business Leader. Digital Creative. Marketing Expert. Music Producer.

With decades of experience in live event production, creative media and music, marketing as well as product and business management in California and Utah - Stephen is grateful to be back home in the islands. After graduating from Stanford with advanced degrees in Music and Neuroscience, Stephen produced events in Los Angeles for well over 10,000 people and worked as a music producer and songwriter for ABC and Sony. He received an MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology and has made a name for himself in the technology sector in Silicon Slopes as a Senior Product Manager at Cricut, Inc. His passion for all things creative and his love for his ancestral culture and community are at the heart of all that he does.

Attorney Extraordinaire. Community Innovator. Musician and Songwriter.

Born and raised in Ka’u and owner, operator and principal attorney of Big Island Lawyer, P. Kai Pueo is a community leader and legal expert in the realms of business, contracts, intellectual property, environmental law and Hawaiian rights. After graduating the UH Hilo in Political Science, Kai started and continues to run his 501C3, Na Mamo O Kawa that specializes in cultural preservation and land stewardship for his ancestral homelands in Ka’u. Kai received his JD from Williamette University and has worked as a legislative coorespondent, law clerk and public defender for Senator Daniel Akaka, the State of Hawaii, OHA and and the Hawaii third circuit court before founding his current private practice, Big Island Lawyer.