Polynesian Cultural Center and Laie Community News Polynesian Football Hall of Fame announces new category The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame, which has partnered with the Polynesian Cultural Center in showcasing the organization’s permanent exhibit gallery near...
Lāʻie Days “fireside” honors PCC “labor missionaries” Young Mormon missionaries are widely recognized around the world, but some of you may be less familiar with a unique group of Mormon missionaries who began serving about 70 years ago, originally in Tonga and Samoa....
First, some PCC “special event” history: In the early decades of the Polynesian Cultural Center each village celebrated at least one “culture day” every year — sometimes more, if a very special visitor came. Some of these reflected national and/or traditional...
“Everything was going according to plan, until the groom accidentally dropped his wedding ring into the lagoon. Not wanting to ruin the wedding, many of our employees jumped into the water to help look for the ring … but in the murky waters of this fresh...
■ PCC Maori musician named Kamehameha Schools Kapalama principal: A contingency of officers and cultural leaders from the Polynesian Cultural Center recently presented one of our own to the Kamehameha Schools Kapalama (KSK) in Honolulu in an exchange of traditional...
From its very beginning in 1963, the Polynesian Cultural Center has featured traditional canoes and, soon after opening, launched a canoe pageant that remains an important part of our daily program. The canoes and pageant not only pay tribute to the islanders’ ancient...
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