The film explores the formation and cultural history of Hawaii, detailing its volcanic origins, the arrival of Polynesians, and its eventual status as the 50th state of the United States in 1959. It ...

Polynesians, history’s greatest seafarers who settled islands across a vast area of ocean from Madagascar to Easter Island, originated in Taiwan, according to a new genetic study published in the ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Inspired by his time living in Hawaii, Jeffrey L. Gross authored a detailed ...

A review of literary and oral history suggests Polynesians, and not Europeans, were the first to explore Antarctic waters and possibly even spot the frozen continent itself. European explorers are ...

About 3,000 years ago, people on the eastern edge of Asia began sailing east, crossing the ocean to reach uninhabited islands. Their descendants, some 2,000 years later, invented the double-hulled ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - Centuries ago when ancient Polynesians climbed board their double-hulled canoes and sailed out into the vast Pacific Ocean, it was in many ways a giant leap of faith. “The ...

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Recently, a Polynesian waka (canoe) was discovered off the coast of New Zealand’s Chatham Islands. This significant find has illuminated our understanding of the Polynesians’ long-distance trade ...

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Each year, Butter adds new ornament designs to her exquisitely made ‘Nei Hua’ ornaments. “As every year, Butter told this reporter, we’ve added seven new Hawaiian ornament designs just in time for ...