Those that Credit: public domain The Polynesian people, inhabiting the islands in the Pacific Ocean, embarked on epic voyages across vast distances well before the advent of modern navigation tools.

The New Zealand parliament was suspended on Thursday after Maori MPs performed the haka dance in protest of a bill.

Maiava, who grew up on O’ahu, will face off Saturday against Nebraska’s Dylan Railoa, a fellow Polynesian QB, in a ‘stepping ...

Jayden Maiava grew up watching Marcus Mariota win the Heisman Trophy and cheering while Tua Tagovailoa led Alabama to a ...

Ancient Polynesian people didn't have it in words – tattoos were the only way to communicate their status, family ties and even their passions. Unlike the modern fashion of body art, traditional ...

(In Polynesian mythology, Hawaiki is the original homeland of all Polynesian people and in Māori culture, it is also the place where the soul of the deceased returns.) Ra'iātea, which in Tahitian ...

Pasifika opera singers say there is a demand for Polynesian talent in the prestigious art form after tear-jerking ...

The islands scattered along the north shore of New Guinea first drew these canoe people eastwards into the ... of voyages to the far corners of the Polynesian triangle, these oceanic colonizers ...

Jayden Maiava knows he will be setting an example for others when he becomes the first Polynesian to start at quarterback at ...

indeed their ancient cultural heritage as a uniquely oceanic people. That is why the Hokule'a project so captured the Hawaiian imagination, and why its passage through Polynesian seas has so ...