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Polynesian Cultural Center honors Tonga’s late queen mother
Tongan Villagers at the Polynesian Cultural Center joined their compatriots in the South Pacific in mourning Her Majesty Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata’aho. She passed away at age 90 on February 19, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand, where she had gone for medical treatment....
Meet Tupua, our Senior Master of Ceremonies
Tall, dark, handsome, killer smile, mellifluous voice, perfect diction, great stage presence, and more: Chances are if you’ve been to the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Alii Luau in the past three years, you’ve already met our Senior Master of Ceremonies, Tupua Ainuu....
PCC celebrates 27th annual Moanikeala Hula Festival
As it has for the past several years, the Polynesian Cultural Center hosted its annual Moanikeala Hula Festival on February 4, 2017, in a perfect setting — under the monkeypod tree in the Hawaiian Village. PCC’s current kumu hula [or hula master teacher] Pomaika’i...
Ambassador Macadamia Nut Chicken Recipe from the Polynesian Cultural Center
Restaurants around the world change their menus regularly to reflect current popular dishes, economic necessities and the imagination and skills of the current chef. But there are always favorite dishes that patrons remember fondly. The Polynesian Cultural Center is...
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2015 March Updates
PCC updates: Hukilau Marketplace opening Hukilau Marketplace Grand Opening The official opening of our exciting new Hukilau Marketplace on February 20, 2015, was another great Polynesian Cultural Center event. Hundreds of people from the community got the...
Pounders Restaurant Pizza and More!
Spoiler alert: Pounders pizza may wreck you from enjoying any others The next time you’re in Laie, home of the Polynesian Cultural Center, and you’re feeling ono (hungry), you’ve gotta’ try one of our new Pounders Restaurant 10-inch Hawaiian pizzas in the Hukilau...
Maoritanga — The Maori Way of Life
Māoritanga — Māori culture — is very much alive Occasionally, a travel writer may describe the Polynesian Cultural Center as a “living museum”: That is, a place where we’ve recreated the past, but that’s not really accurate. Granted, most Polynesians now-a-days live...
Celebrating Fakapale Style: Tongan Cultural Traditions and Festivities
Tongans, along with the rest of our Polynesians, love to dance. It is in their blood and sometimes in their wallets. Let me explain! I’ve learned in all my years working at the Polynesian Cultural Center that when you attend a Tongan celebration, festival, or party,...
Lomi Lomi Salmon – simplicity with flavor
Sometime in the first half of the 19th century Lomi Lomi Salmon became a Hawaiian staple. No one knows for sure how a dish made almost entirely of non-native ingredients came to be but the Hawaiian Time Machine Blog has one of the best explanations I’ve seen....
Hukilau Marketplace and the new Oahu North Shore Courtyard Hotel
In a recent gathering at the Hukilau Marketplace PCC president and CEO Alfred Grace explained that in ancient Hawaiian times Laie was a pu’uhonua where women, children and the aged could seek sanctuary during warfare, and those who had broken the kapu or taboo system...
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