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

The ancient art of Polynesian wayfinding, a traditional navigation method used by the ancestors of Pacific Islanders, is ...

A California federal jury said on Monday that Disney's hit film "Moana" did not infringe an artist's copyrights related to ...

The population of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, interbred with Native Americans before Europeans arrived, despite ...

Both "Bucky," the story of a teenage boy from New Mexico who moves to Hawaii after his father's death, and "Moana," the tale of the daughter of a local chief set in ancient Polynesia, are essentially ...