Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin, and many people believed Polynesian voyagers simply lucked into finding th ...

If you thought the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) was mostly just a luau, you’d only be scratching the surface. Don’t get ...

Tahiti, le 29 mars 2025 - Samedi se déroulait la Mata Are Race 2025. Une épreuve référence dans la saison de va’a V1, mais ...

The typical vintage postcard from Hawaii shows a hula girl on the beach, and those are usually the top two things to see on Oahu for most visitors. But what if instead of just going to a hula show, ...

Bates/Grist) The United Nations body in charge of overseeing mineral extraction from the international seafloor, known as the ...

One of the most spectator-friendly events in the Miami-Key Biscayne area, the Black Belt Paddler Challenge, will be returning ...

Alex Hutchinson’s new book mixes anecdotes with insights from behavioural psychology and neuroscience to make the case that ...

Xw’lemi Outrigger Racing Association, which has grown rapidly since starting last fall, is holding its first gala in Ferndale ...

Heyerdahl’s theory gained traction, despite generations of Hawaiian oral history describing voyages from distant lands – such as Kahiki, possibly present-day Tahiti – by canoe, bringing ...

In 1980, Thompson became the first Hawaiian in six centuries to navigate to Tahiti without a compass or other modern instruments — a span of about 2,700 miles. Kaneohe canoe club welcomes Hokulea as ...

They started the Polynesian Voyaging Society, intent on sailing a canoe to Tahiti without modern instruments. They needed a navigator. Traditional long-distance voyaging skills had all but ...