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

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

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

The geography of French Polynesia is diverse, with mountainous volcanic islands covered in tropical rainforests and coral atolls surrounded by turquoise lagoons.

(AP Photo/Mengshin Lin) Palau President Tommy Remengesau, left, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, center, and ...

Around 3,000 years ago, people from Southeast Asia began sailing out into the Pacific and settling on the islands of […] ...

In a nearly four-hour long ceremony Thursday, dozens of navigators and crew members were honored for their contributions to ...

An unusual geological feature in ʻEwa Beach may hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of when Polynesians first arrived in ...

The New Zealand ruling elite depicts itself as a benevolent colonial ruler defending the Cook Islands from the alleged ...

I think, from that foundation, the canoe being there, they believe it. This is their canoe. This is not Hawaiʻi’s canoe. This ...

Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had simply lucked ... outstretched hand to track the stars and runs her hand in the ocean to feel the currents. Crew members taught animators about coconut ...

A Spanish photographer has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year for his picture of a humpback whale and her newborn calf in French Polynesia ... of life in our ocean", the ...