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Te Kohau Hawaiiki wins Te Manahua

A few clips from Te Kohau Hawaii's presentation at the Polynesian Cultural Center's 2010 Te Manahua competition
 
Te Kohau Hawaiiki — a Maori kapa haka [traditional songs and dances] group led by Iraia and Miriama Bailey, Alex and Shannon Galeai, and Tama Halvorson…and drawing their members primarily from around Laie — won the aggregate or overall [...]

Laie youth win ‘overall’ PCC Tahiti prizes

Age category and division winners vie for overall awards in the PCC's 10th annual Tahitian dance competition
 
Mykle Keni and LJ Mariteragi of Laie, who are both members of Nonosina Hawaii, won their respective boys and young men's overall titles in the Polynesian Cultural Center's tenth annual Te Mahana Hiro'a o Tahiti dance competition on [...]

Laie woman named Miss Tahiti 2010

 
Miss Tahiti 2010 (second from right), Luçie Poehere Hutihuti Wilson of Laie
By Scott Nagata
Luçie Poehere Hutihuti Wilson of Laie, Hawaii, became Miss Tahiti 2010 on June 25 in Papeete. It was the 50th anniversary of the pageant and has gone through many changes since its inception, the latest being last year when the pageant [...]

Kahuku High’s holds ‘May Night’ 2010

Several hundred Kahuku High students put on their annual May Night program on April 29, 2010, in the Polynesian Cultural Center's Pacific Theater to the delight of a large crowd of more students, family and friends.
May Night queen Amber Anuhea Ah Sue and king Pololu Silva, and their court, received lei from proud parents, performed [...]

PCC sets 2010 special events

The Polynesian Cultural Center has set its 2010 calendar of special events, starting with the twentieth annual Moanikeala Hula Festival on Saturday, January 16, starting in the Pacific Theater at 10 a.m. [photo at right, courtesy of the Polynesian Cultural Center].
Other 2010 special events at the PCC include:

 May 13-15, 2010, Samoa Festival: 18th annual World [...]

PCC offers ‘kamaaina holiday special’

The Polynesian Cultural Center is offering kamaaina a "holiday special":
From November 16 to December 31, 2009, kamaaina with a valid Hawaii ID can purchase tickets to the PCC's new  night show, Hä: Breath of Life, for $25 and eat at The Gateway dinner buffet for free.
"The Kamaaina Holiday Special is our way of saying thanks [...]

PCC’s ‘Haunted Lagoon’ spooky as heck!

Wow! Our nervous laughter was interrupted by plenty of screams as the creepy scares just kept on coming during a September 30 preview of the Polynesian Cultural Center's Haunted Lagoon 2009 spooky canoe ride.
That night the PCC invited media, travel industry people and about 200 school children to an updated version of last year's successful [...]

Oloa reclaims PCC World Fireknife Championship

Polynesian Cultural Center night show performers give the royal treatment to Mikaele Oloa, who minutes earlier on May 16 won the World Fireknife Championship… for the third time. — Photo by Mike Foley
 
The runners-up in the PCC's 17th annual World Fireknife Championship were:
 

Joseph Cadousteau of Papeete, Tahiti, 2nd place
 Viavia "VJ" Tiumalu Jr. of Orlando, [...]

PCC World Fireknife Championships underway

The Polynesian Cultural Center's 17th annual World Fireknife Championships got underway on May 14 in the Hale Aloha when 16 senior men competed in the preliminary round. They came from as close as Laie, and as far as Hong Kong, Guam, Samoa, Maui, Kona, San Diego, Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida…all hoping for a shot [...]

PCC previews portion of new night show

The Polynesian Cultural Center presented a conceptual preview of its new Samoan, Tahitian and Fijian night show sections for the board of directors and community members who filled the Pacific Theater after the regular show on February 25 . . . and if the audience's reaction were a good indicator, "Ha, the Breath of Life," [...]