Polynesian Voyaging Society’s CEO Nainoa Thompson, and renowned Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, called for an SOS at a Paris ...

The area of Polynesia is roughly defined as a triangle bounded by Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand. Those that Credit: public domain The Polynesian people, inhabiting the islands in the ...

In 1905 the world’s oldest known surfboard was discovered in Hawaii. It dated back to the early 1600s. And it belonged to a woman.

Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin ...

The Polynesian Cultural Center, a BYU-Hawaii work-study program ... but she notes that most people see her big smile — and it truly is a radian smile — and don’t see the struggle it is ...

Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had simply lucked ...

Guests on the Waipa Cultural Food and Farm tours on Kauai learn about the relationship between people, food and the land.