New research reveals that ancient Easter Island was not isolated but played a key role in spreading ceremonial traditions ...

While the distance of 140 miles isn’t mighty when compared to some of the voyages the Polynesians are known to have made, it ...

Escape to Tahiti, where verdant peaks meet sapphire lagoons, and experience the magic of French Polynesia first-hand.

East Asian Paleolithic voyagers may have used dugout canoes to cross one of the strongest currents in the world.

Some know it became the 50th U.S. state in 1959. Fewer know what came before that.Centuries before surfboards and statehood, ...

There's an ancient tradition in Hawaii that involves riding a narrow, wooden sled down a mountain track. Some practitioners are reviving it.

This 10-day itinerary sails through islands like Bora Bora and Mo'orea, with lagoons, tropical landscapes, and ancient sacred ...

How did the Polynesian peoples come to live on the far-flung islands of the Pacific? The question has intrigued researchers for centuries. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl brought the topic to ...

Students say Fiji and the Philippines each have their own unique garlands, both resembling and differing from the Hawaiian ...

New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research has uncovered the unlikely location of one of the earliest securely dated sites of sweet potato (kūmara) cultivation in Polynesia.