polynesia.com | blog
  • BOOK NOW
  • Categories
    • News at the Center
    • Cultures of Polynesia
    • Eat Polynesia!
    • Hawai’i Travel Tips
  • Villages
    • Hawai’i
    • Aotearoa
    • Fiji
    • Samoa
    • Tahiti
    • Tonga
  • Our Websites
    • Polynesia (main site)
    • Hukilau Marketplace
    • Pounders Restaurant
    • We Are Samoa
Select Page
  • BOOK NOW
  • Categories
    • News at the Center
    • Cultures of Polynesia
    • Eat Polynesia!
    • Hawai’i Travel Tips
  • Villages
    • Hawai’i
    • Aotearoa
    • Fiji
    • Samoa
    • Tahiti
    • Tonga
  • Our Websites
    • Polynesia (main site)
    • Hukilau Marketplace
    • Pounders Restaurant
    • We Are Samoa
A one-of-a-kind hands-on Polynesian cooking experience

A one-of-a-kind hands-on Polynesian cooking experience

by Nina Jones | May 29, 2019 | Cultures of Polynesia, Hawai’i Travel Tips, Samoa

See it, smell it, taste it, love it! Experience the REAL Polynesia If you venture beyond the urban buzz of Honolulu and head north, you’ll quickly find yourself in a tropical landscape that has remained relatively untouched. The small town of Lā’ie rests quietly on...
World Fireknife Competition

World Fireknife Competition

by Nina Jones | Apr 23, 2019 | Cultures of Polynesia, News at the Center, Samoa

Wednesday, May 8 – Saturday, May 11th at the Polynesian Cultural Center Competitors and fans from all over the world flock to the Polynesian Cultural Center once a year to see the World Fireknife Competition and the We Are Samoa festival. Ticket information and...
Samoan Family Traditions: The Sacred Duty of Brothers in Samoa

Samoan Family Traditions: The Sacred Duty of Brothers in Samoa

by Mikaele | Apr 22, 2019 | Cultures of Polynesia, Ha: Breath of Life, Samoa

Ha: Breath of Life completes the Polynesian Cultural Center experience every evening in the Pacific Theater. People love this circle-of-life production that follows a young couple fleeing from a natural disaster, the birth of their son Mana, his coming of age and more...

Powerful Polynesian symbolism you can see at the Polynesian Cultural Center

by Mikaele | Apr 17, 2019 | Cultures of Polynesia, Fiji, Hawai'i, Samoa, Tonga

Polynesians use symbols to represent ideas, emotions, states of mind, phrases, movements, memories, loved ones and much more. The symbols can be embodied in words, names, carvings, lei, designs, dance, music, and so on. Hawaiians say many such representations have...
Presidents Council Achieving Results at the Polynesian Cultural Center

Presidents Council Achieving Results at the Polynesian Cultural Center

by Mikaele | Apr 4, 2019 | Cultures of Polynesia, News at the Center

Leadership by the numbers Imagine an organization dedicated to portraying the best of ancient cultures in a modern environment. Add in executive leadership who must thoroughly understand both sides of that equation, and you begin to define the Polynesian Cultural...
Hawaiian Wood Carving Meaning & Tradition

Hawaiian Wood Carving Meaning & Tradition

by Mikaele | Mar 13, 2019 | Cultures of Polynesia, Hawai'i, News at the Center

Doug Christy, a 37-year veteran Maori wood carver for the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) in Laie, Hawaii, learned his craft from his father, who also worked at the PCC for many years. Now he and the other senior carvers at the Center teach those same skills to a new...
Doug Christy Carries on Father’s Wood Carving Legacy

Doug Christy Carries on Father’s Wood Carving Legacy

by Mikaele | Mar 13, 2019 | Aotearoa, Cultures of Polynesia

Doug Christy, a Maori carver at the Polynesian Cultural Center for the past 37 years, is continuing the legacy of his father, the late Epanaia Whaanga Christy. The senior Christy, or “Uncle Barney”, worked at the Center until just a few months before he...
13 kids’ activities for the whole family in Hawaii

13 kids’ activities for the whole family in Hawaii

by Nina Jones | Mar 1, 2019 | Aotearoa, Cultures of Polynesia, Fiji, Hawai'i, Hawai’i Travel Tips, Tahiti, Tonga, Villages

For those of you with kids, planning out a vacation can be stressful. We feel you! At the Polynesian Cultural Center, we try to make sure that every member of our ‘ohana (family) is taken care of. Out of the many activities and shows at the Polynesian Cultural Center,...
2019 inductees enshrined in Polynesian Football Hall of Fame at PCC

2019 inductees enshrined in Polynesian Football Hall of Fame at PCC

by Mikaele | Feb 9, 2019 | News at the Center

The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame (PFHOF) enshrined the Class of 2019 in their permanent display at the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) on January 19, 2019 and recognized several other honorees. PCC president and CEO Alfred Grace welcomed all the honorees to the...
Tua Tagovailoa honors his Polynesian roots at 2018 College Football Player of the Year event

Tua Tagovailoa honors his Polynesian roots at 2018 College Football Player of the Year event

by Mikaele | Feb 8, 2019 | News at the Center

  The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame honored University of Alabama national championship sophomore quarterback Tua Tagovailoa as the College Football Player of the Year during the annual enshrinement program at the Polynesian Cultural Center on January 19,...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Recent Posts

  • Voyaging this May: Iosepa 2025
  • The Polynesian Cultural Center Is: One ‘Ohana, Sharing Aloha
  • International Food Trucks on the North Shore
  • Packing for Paradise: Hawaiian Island Vacation Fundamentals
  • Christmas Comes to the Hukilau Marketplace!

Recent Comments

  • Charlebois Harley on Awards to Polynesian Cultural Center
  • Yvonne Kauihou on Sharing Aloha: Hawaiian words and their meanings
  • Barbara Farr on Awards to Polynesian Cultural Center
  • Charlebois Harley on Coconut Bread recipe from the Tahitian Village at the Polynesian Cultural Center!
  • Michael on Tongan Traditions and Customs

Archives

Categories

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Follow us!

facebook twitter instagram

Visit Our Other Sites

Polynesian Cultural Center
The Hawaii Store

Hours of Operations

55-370 Kamehameha Hwy
Laie, Hawaii, 96762

800-367-7060
Polynesian Cultural Center, All Rights Reserved, 2024

Free Newsletter

Sign up and receive emails when we post new blogs 🙂

    Test

    TeST