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Understanding the International Date Line

Understanding the International Date Line

by Nina S. Jones, Blogger | Dec 27, 2022 | Aotearoa, Cultures of Polynesia, Fiji, Hawai'i, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga

How the International Date Line got all crazy in Polynesia In December of 2011, Samoa and the neighboring island of Tokelau moved the position of the International Date Line, effectively erasing December 31, 2011 from existence. Their purpose was to align the...
Remembering Pulefano Galea’i: A mentor to many, a friend to all

Remembering Pulefano Galea’i: A mentor to many, a friend to all

by Nina Jones | Jun 11, 2021 | News at the Center, Samoa

The Polynesian Cultural Center wishes to recognize the passing of one of their own, Pulefano Galea’i, founder of the World Fireknife Competition, on June 5, 2021.   Alfred Grace, President and CEO of the Polynesian Cultural Center stated “I have often shared...

Community service and aloha reflects the spirit of inductee Junior Ah You

by Mikaele | Feb 3, 2017 | News at the Center

While the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame inducted Junior Ah You into its class of 2017 during an enshrinement ceremony on January 21, 2017, at the Polynesian Cultural Center, it’s the large Samoan’s decades of serving the people of his home with “aloha”...

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