Even at the airport, Tahiti goes to great lengths to meet your expectations of the South Seas. By the queue at the immigration desk, a three-man combo plays traditional melodies, accompanied by a ...

Here's everything you need to know about visiting the French Polynesian island of Ra'iātea. SteÌ phane Mailion Photography/Courtesy of Tahiti Tourisme As the small motorboat made its way across ...

Learn why this remote island in the Pacific is a bucket list-worthy destination for intrepid travelers to the Cook Islands, ...

Christina Thompson deftly weaves her fascinating narrative of European travels and attempts to understand the Polynesian puzzle in her new book, though European colonization is not fully addressed.

If you take planet Earth and draw lines on the surface from Hawaii, to New Zealand, to Easter Island, you'd draw the Polynesian triangle. This scattering of small islands — in 10 million square ...

A minuscule triangle born from the eruption of three volcanoes at the outmost border of the Polynesian triangle, Easter Island is surrounded by crystal-clear water, covered in low vegetation and ...

Oceania Polynesian Triangulation: Polynesian Leaders’ Group Expands New Zealand, Hawaii, and Rapa Nui, the outer points of the triangle, joined the group recently. By Grant Wyeth July 10, 2018 ...

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Harvard Review editor Christina Thompson, however, treads lightly on this theme, preferring instead to dwell in the optimistic and romantic idea of cultures ...

Christina Thompson deftly weaves her fascinating narrative of European travels and attempts to understand the Polynesian puzzle in her new book, though European colonization is not fully addressed.