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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...

The Village Approach: Māori Child Rearing

by Nina Jones | Aug 12, 2017 | Aotearoa, Cultures of Polynesia

It takes a village Māori culture is built upon the premise that…“Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari, he toa takitini” (“my achievements are not of myself, but because of the many”.) Māori culture personifies the belief that “it takes a village to raise a...

Special artisans at PCC’s Te Manahua 2017 festival

by Mikaele | Jul 1, 2017 | Aotearoa, Cultures of Polynesia

ATTENTION, Maori culture fans! The Polynesian Cultural Center’s Aotearoa Village has invited an amazing slate of special artisans from New Zealand to our biannual Te Manahua Festival. The event will be held: in the PCC’s Aotearoa Village from July 13-15, 2017. Rahira...

Hawaiian Wood Carving Meaning & Tradition

Doug Christy Carries on Father’s Wood Carving Legacy

The Village Approach: Māori Child Rearing

Special artisans at PCC’s Te Manahua 2017 festival

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