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Carvers of Polynesia: Fulfilling the Center’s Mission

by Nina Jones | Sep 10, 2020 | Cultures of Polynesia

We are pleased to present Fulfilling the Center’s Mission – Part II of our interview with Raymond Mokiao who shares some interesting insights regarding our remarkably talented Polynesian Cultural Center carvers. Perpetuating the arts and crafts of...

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

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...

A King’s Canoe

by Mikaele | Mar 30, 2016 | Aotearoa, Cultures of Polynesia

Correcting a Maori waka taua photo caption Several months ago a woman in New Zealand contacted the PCC to tell us we had mis-identified her great-grandfather in a picture caption of our 60-foot-long 40-man waka taua or war canoe that’s been permanently berthed in the...

Carvers of Polynesia: Fulfilling the Center’s Mission

Hawaiian Wood Carving Meaning & Tradition

Doug Christy Carries on Father’s Wood Carving Legacy

A King’s Canoe

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