Galleries

2012 Days of 47 Parade :

2012 Days of 47 Parade

Updated: May 17, 2013 8:25am AEST

2013 World Fireknife Championships :

2013 World Fireknife Championships

Updated: May 16, 2013 7:00pm AEST

2013 Samoan Festival : Several hundred students from high schools across Oahu gathered at the Polynesian Cultural Center's Pacific Theater on May 11, 2013, for the 21st annual "We Are Samoa" Festival of traditional arts and skills.

2013 Samoan Festival

Several hundred students from high schools across Oahu gathered at the ...

Updated: May 14, 2013 3:28pm AEST

2012 :

2012

Updated: Feb 20, 2013 10:03am AEST

2013 :

2013

Updated: Jan 27, 2013 11:24am AEST

Ray - PCC pictures, non theatre or village :

Ray - PCC pictures, non theatre or village

Updated: Nov 13, 2012 9:03am AEST

Moanikeala2010 :

Moanikeala2010

Updated: Oct 05, 2012 5:40am AEST

Fireknife 2010 :

Fireknife 2010

Updated: Oct 02, 2012 10:00am AEST

2009 Te Manahua :

2009 Te Manahua

Updated: Aug 14, 2012 9:31am AEST

2008 Te Manahua :

2008 Te Manahua

Updated: Aug 14, 2012 9:31am AEST

2007 Te Manahua :

2007 Te Manahua

Updated: Aug 14, 2012 9:30am AEST

2005 Te Manahua :

2005 Te Manahua

Updated: Aug 14, 2012 9:29am AEST

2012 Te Manahua : Following a year's hiatus in 2011, the Polynesian Cultural Center's 2012 Te Manahua Maori performing arts (kapa haka) festival came roaring back with the Poi E and Haka Hard events on August 2, the Ria Hall and Maisey Rika concert on August 3 — both in the PCC's new Gateway special events complex, and the kapa haka competition on August 4 in the Pacific Theater.

2012 Te Manahua

Following a year's hiatus in 2011, the Polynesian Cultural Center's 20 ...

Updated: Aug 10, 2012 8:54am AEST

2007 Te Manahua Festival :

2007 Te Manahua Festival

Updated: Jun 22, 2012 12:40pm AEST

2012 We are Samoa :

2012 We are Samoa

2012 World Fireknife Championships :

2012 World Fireknife Championships

Kaneohe Parade 2011 :

Kaneohe Parade 2011

Updated: Dec 06, 2011 6:30am AEST

2011 junior divisions : The Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii, staged its 12th annual Te Mahana Hiro'a o Tahiti dance competition on July 1-2, 2011. The first evening featured seniors (ages 19-and-up) who had previously won the equivalent of a "best dancer" title in a heiva in Hawaii or on the U.S. mainland and were invited to compete. The tamari'i or children and taure'are'a or youth (up to ages 18), who are pictured in this gallery, competed in the PCC's Pacific Theater starting the next morning. (Please note, it was not possible to take pictures of every entrant.) Polynesian Cultural Center photos by Mike Foley

2011 junior divisions

The Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii, staged its 12th annual ...

Updated: Jul 13, 2011 5:45am AEST

2011 Senior invitational : The Polynesian Cultural Center launched a new senior invitational division during its 12th annual Te Mahana Hiro'a o Tahiti dance competition on July 1, 2011, in the PCC's Tahitian village: Each of the contestants had to have previously won the equivalent of a "best dancer" title in a Tahitian heiva, or traditional dance contest, in Hawaii or on the U.S. mainland.

2011 Senior invitational

The Polynesian Cultural Center launched a new senior invitational divi ...

Updated: Jul 12, 2011 9:43am AEST

Allstar Weekend Concert, June 25, 2011 :

Allstar Weekend Concert, June 25, 2011

Updated: Jul 01, 2011 10:04am AEST

2011 :

2011

Updated: May 21, 2011 10:10am AEST

2011 : The Polynesian Cultural Center held its 21st annual Moanikeala Hula Festival at the Pacific Theater in Laie, Hawaii, on January 15, 2011, in honor of its original "kumu hula," Aunty Sally Wood Naluai. Hundreds of dancers from 15 halau — including several from Japan and the Big Island of Hawaii — participated in this year's event.

2011

The Polynesian Cultural Center held its 21st annual Moanikeala Hula Fe ...

Updated: Jan 21, 2011 1:19pm AEST

2010 Te Manahua :

2010 Te Manahua

Updated: Aug 20, 2010 3:59am AEST

2010 :

2010

Updated: Jul 22, 2010 9:24am AEST

Email : Photos I have emailed to smugmug

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Photos I have emailed to smugmug

Updated: Jul 20, 2010 7:11am AEST

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HA: Breath of Life

Updated: Sep 25, 2009 5:57am AEST

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HA: Breath of Life

Updated: Sep 25, 2009 5:40am AEST

2009_Tahiti_groups : Three groups — Marania Haoragi led by Tahia Parker; Nonosina Hawaii led by Jon-Raymong and Tiani Mariteragi; and Tehamata led Viliamu and Penny Toilolo — entered the Polynesian Cultural Center's annual Te Mahana Hiro'a o Tahiti dance competition in Laie on July 11, 2009. The pictures in this gallery, by PCC editor and alumnus Mike Foley, reflect their performances in two categories: ote'a and aparima ahupurotu. Please note: It was not possible to capture images of every dancer or an equal number of pictures of each group.

2009_Tahiti_groups

Three groups — Marania Haoragi led by Tahia Parker; Nonosina Hawaii le ...

Updated: Jul 17, 2009 2:03pm AEST

Tahiti Festival 2009 : The Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii, staged its annual Te Mahana Hiro'a o Tahiti Festival from July 10-11, 2009 — a dance competition for "tamari'i" or children ages 3-18. The following pictures are of solo competitors taken July 10 in the PCC's Hale Aloha luau amphitheater. Please note it was not possible to capture pictures of every dancer.

Tahiti Festival 2009

The Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii, staged its annual Te M ...

Updated: Jul 16, 2009 5:34pm AEST

2009_Samoan_Festival :

2009_Samoan_Festival

Updated: May 20, 2009 8:03pm AEST

2009_PCC_fireknife_semifinals :

2009_PCC_fireknife_semifinals

Updated: May 20, 2009 6:49am AEST

2009_PCC_fireknife_juniors-duet :

2009_PCC_fireknife_juniors-duet

Updated: May 20, 2009 3:39am AEST

PCC_fireknife09_champions : The Polynesian Cultural Center held its 17th annual World Fireknife Dance Competition and Samoan Festival from May 14-16, 2009. These pictures show the senior winners.

PCC_fireknife09_champions

The Polynesian Cultural Center held its 17th annual World Fireknife Da ...

Updated: May 17, 2009 8:39pm AEST

Fire-Knife_May14,2009 : Sixteen senior (ages 18-and-up) men entered the preliminary round of the Polynesian Cultural Center's 17th annual World Fireknife Championship competition on the evening of May 14, 2009, in the PCC's Hale Aloha luau amphitheater. At the end of the first round of competition, nine of them were named semifinalists, with a guaranteed prize of $500 each: Jeurell Lavata'i of Pago Pago, American Samoa; Dana Teai of Faaa, Tahiti; former four-time champion Pati Levasa of Siumu, Samoa (currently performing at Disneyland Hong Kong); Brandon "Fue" Maneafaiga, Waianae, Oahu; Joseph Cadousteau, Papeete, Tahiti; former two-time champion Mikaele Oloa, Waialua, Oahu (formerly of Orlando, Florida); Lopeti Tu'ua, Lahaina, Maui; 2008 champion Viavia "VJ" Tiumalu Jr., Orlando, Florida; and Chesrveigh "Jessie" Usiel.

Fire-Knife_May14,2009

Sixteen senior (ages 18-and-up) men entered the preliminary round of ...

Updated: May 16, 2009 10:35am AEST

Moanikeala Festival 2009 :

Moanikeala Festival 2009

Updated: Jan 25, 2009 3:28pm AEST

Tahiti Competition 2008 :

Tahiti Competition 2008

Updated: Jul 18, 2008 10:54am AEST

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Samoa Festival 2008 Professional Images

Professional High Resolution Images from the Polynesian Cultural Cente ...

Updated: May 17, 2008 10:54am AEST

2007 Samoan Festival :

2007 Samoan Festival

Updated: Apr 05, 2008 6:42pm AEST

2007 Gallery 1 :

2007 Gallery 1

Updated: Apr 01, 2008 1:23pm AEST

2007 Gallery 2 :

2007 Gallery 2

Updated: Apr 01, 2008 1:06pm AEST

Moanikeala 2007 :

Moanikeala 2007

Updated: Apr 01, 2008 12:57pm AEST

Tahiti Festival 2006 Groups :

Tahiti Festival 2006 Groups

Updated: Mar 28, 2008 3:53pm AEST

2004 Samoa Festival :

2004 Samoa Festival

Updated: Mar 28, 2008 1:47pm AEST

Moanikeala 2008 :

Moanikeala 2008

Updated: Mar 28, 2008 10:38am AEST

2004 Gallery 1 :

2004 Gallery 1

Updated: Mar 28, 2008 5:45am AEST

2004 Gallery 2 :

2004 Gallery 2

Updated: Mar 22, 2008 11:40am AEST

2005 Gallery 1 :

2005 Gallery 1

Updated: Mar 20, 2008 7:09pm AEST

2005 Gallery 2 :

2005 Gallery 2

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