Crew members train for the Hoki Mai challenge, a voyage that covers almost 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean, in Rapa Nui, a territory that is part of Chile and ...

The voyaging canoe Hokule‘a and its crew marked the return of the vessel to Polynesian waters Saturday with a traditional landing ceremony at Anakena Beach in Rapa Nui. It was the second time the ...

There will be three new members at the next Polynesian Leaders Group scheduled for Pago Pago, American Samoa. New Zealand, Hawaii and Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, have been admitted as members of the ...

The recent meeting of the Polynesian Leaders’ Group (PLG) in Tuvalu was most notable for the admission of three new members into the institution. These new members — New Zealand, Hawaii, and Rapa Nui ...

Groundbreaking research undertaken by Uppsala University and published in the journal Antiquity (via Ancient Origins) has rewritten previously held beliefs about the remote society of Rapa Nui, also ...

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RAPA NUI, Chile — The causes are worthy, the course is daunting — almost 500 kilometers (about 300 miles) across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean in a large canoe. The event consists of a canoe voyage ...

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RAPA NUI, Chile >> The causes are worthy, the course is daunting — almost 500 kilometers (about 300 miles) across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean in a large canoe. It’s the Hoki Mai Challenge, which ...

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