Huki is Back: Crafting costumes for the long awaited return

Huki is Back: Crafting costumes for the long awaited return

As the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child,” and this couldn’t be truer for the making of the Huki costumes. At the heart of this creative journey is Jesse Allred, the seamstress supervisor at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Despite having no formal...

Polynesian Cultural Center’s new “Huki” celebrates canoes

The Polynesian Cultural Center will officially launch the grand premiere of our new Huki: One ‘ohana sharing aloha canoe celebration on August 18, 2018. (‘Ohana means “family” in Hawaiian.) We present Huki each afternoon the Center is open at 2:30 on the freshwater...
The “new” Polynesian Cultural Center

The “new” Polynesian Cultural Center

…or rather, the re-new-ed PCC The Polynesian Cultural Center has been open now for 55 years, and in addition to its age and the routine wear-and-tear from working with many millions of visitors, Hawaii’s beautiful natural environment can also wreak havoc on the...