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.

Prehistoric Polynesian seafarers were highly skilled and undertook some of the longest and most technically demanding voyages ...

(In Polynesian mythology, Hawaiki is the original homeland of all Polynesian people and in Māori culture, it is also the ...

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 ...

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

Scientists said on Wednesday an examination of DNA from 807 people - from 14 Polynesian islands and Pacific coastal Native American populations from Mexico to Chile - definitively resolved the matter.

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 ...

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 ...

"It means a lot to me," Johnson-Cook said. "Being one of the few selected people to play in the Polynesian Bowl, I'm honored and blessed. I'm looking forward to playing in Hawaii because this is ...