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 ...

The Taputapuātea marae is at the center of the Polynesian Triangle that comprises Hawaii to the North, Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) to the East, and New Zealand (Aotearoa in the Māori language ...

Explora has announced that its 30-key lodge on Easter Island, Explora Rapa Nui, will reopen on September 24, 2022, following a pause of more than two years.The island is finally welcoming ...

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.

The book moves chronologically from the point of Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan's voyage, which was the first European attempt to travel successfully into the Polynesian Triangle, a vast ...