The discovery was called by one archaeologist as something that will go down as one of the most important finds in Polynesian history.

The boat, known as a waka, was unearthed in the Chatham Islands. Researchers say it could be one of the most significant ...

For many Polynesian Indigenous groups ... the king of New Zealand’s Indigenous Māori people, and 15 chiefs of Tahiti and the Cook Islands. “The sounds of our ancestor’s song have grown ...

The researchers believe that the Rapa Nui people adapted to the ... that their genomes were 90% Polynesian, but, surprisingly, the 10% had genomes from Indigenous Americans," he said, according ...

The haka is the traditional Maori (New Zealand's indigenous Polynesian people) war dance, and the New Zealand rugby team terrifies their opponents by doing it before every game. But the airport ...

To honor Hawaiʻi’s "Star of Gladness," festivities across Oʻahu this week will reflect on the double-hulled canoe's ...

With European, Asian, and Polynesian influences ... for ingredients harvested from the land and water, the indigenous Māori people possess a tradition of food that is uniquely their own and ...

Scientists said on Wednesday an examination of DNA from 807 people - from 14 Polynesian islands and ... most closely related to present-day indigenous Colombians at around 1200 AD.

New Zealand's biggest tennis event has featured cultural elements of the Māori, the indigenous Polynesian people of the country, on its Championship Sunday for many years—and the opportunity to ...

The three-year voyage of the Hōkūleʻa, a giant Polynesian sailing canoe, helped spread indigenous knowledge and concern for ... which requires several people to handle. The 62-feet-long and ...