TALK STORY
Engineering key Maori, Samoan structures
A Church engineer took this picture of traditional Samoan houses in 1962 to help create building plans for the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Mikaele Foley
November 12, 2023
Susana Magalei-Wong: “I wouldn’t trade those times”
Susana Magalei-Wong grew up in Laie and worked at the Center as a girl, but moved to Honolulu in 1975 and recently retired from Hawaiian Airlines.
Mikaele Foley
November 9, 2023
Shirley Dela Rosa: Fond memories of PCC
Shirley Dela Rosa grew up in Laie and worked at the Center as a teenager, but later moved to American Samoa where she still lives today.
Mikaele Foley
November 9, 2023
Aunty Kela: So much history since we first started
Aunty Kela Miller was born in Laie, learned hula from her ‘ohana, danced at the Hukilau, then became an original Hawaiian Villager and dancer at the PCC.
Mikaele Foley
November 9, 2023
‘Aunty Val’: A PCC ‘living treasure’
Aunty Valetta Nepia Jeremiah from New Zealand devoted 50 years of her life to the Polynesian Cultural Center, and was revered as a “living treasure.”
Mikaele Foley
November 8, 2023
