Mike Foley's blog
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Samoa factoids: Did you know?
In the wake of news from the September 29, 2009, earthquake and tsunami damage in Samoa, I was recently reading some Samoa history, and the following few factoids caught my interest enough to share them:
Kupuna tales: Old Laie and the Hukilau
[By Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, September 25, 1997] Ahi Logan’s [pictured on left] family roots run deep in Hawaii. Names like Kuakaha, Kawaiopua, Kaleohano, Nainoa and Lokona Kalili have great meaning to him, his family and the community. These are names of just a few of his ancestors. Logan can trace his family […]
‘Uncle John’ celebrates 25 years of China friendship
[Story and photos by Mike Foley, originally published in the PCC Imua Polenesia newsletter, June 2007] John Muaina (fourth from left, back row), his wife Luella, Carolyn and Eric Shumway and Napua Baker (right, back row) meet with AEM alumni in Xi’an, China Polynesian Cultural Center Vice President of Human Resources John Muaina recently represented the […]
Hawaii Diocese recognizes Napela-St. Damien collaboration
[Reprinted from a press release I wrote on May 12, 2010] LAIE, Hawaii — The Most Reverend Clarence “Larry” Silva, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, presented the Polynesian Cultural Center and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii with a special Certificate of Appreciation on May 7, 2010, “in […]