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Timmy Mocodompis
Timmy Mocodompis, from Tangerang, Indonesia, (a city of about 2 million people on the western border of Jakarta), exemplifies resilience and determination.
Hella Lunnen
Senior Polynesian Cultural Center missionary Hella Lunnen—still spry at 89 years old—pulls her weight with the “younger” senior missionaries at the Mission Settlement, an area consisting of three buildings dedicated to honoring contributions of early Christian missionaries to Laʽie.
PCC’s new voyaging master sails the Iosepa
For its first sail in eight years, the BYU–Hawaii canoe joins the FestPAC fleet, then circumnavigates O’ahu By Mikaele Foley LAIE, Hawaii, June 2024 — The Polynesian Cultural Center and Brigham Young University–Hawaii, which have worked together for 60-plus years
Tahitian alumnus creates Laie mural
Eriki Marchand, former “chief” of the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Marquesas tohua, recently revisited Laie to install a mural honoring the visit of King Kalākaua to Laie in 1894.
PCC videographer produces award-winning film
Milton Kaka’s video, “Tala,” traces the death of an infant girl in Samoa and its subsequent impact over 60 years ago.
Virtual choir touches hearts at 60th-anniversary devotional
The story behind the Cultural Center’s 60th-anniversary virtual choir video that was performed on screen during the opening devotional on October 8, 2023, in the BYU–Hawaii Cannon Activities Center, and is now online.
Opening devotional: 60 years of one ‘ohana sharing aloha
Kahuku 3rd Ward (Tongan) was one of three choir that performed during the PCC’s 60th anniversary’s opening devotional.
‘Big Joe’ Vakalala returns to the Center
“Big Joe” Vakalalavanua was a very popular Fijian student-employee at the Center in the 1960s, and only returned once in 2002 after graduating.
‘Mama’ and ‘Papa’ Pū: “A most beloved couple”
Mama and Papa Pu, who were originally from Tuba’i, French Polynesia, served in the Tahitian Village until 1983.
