Polynesian cultures have a remarkable navigational tradition. It stands as a testament to human ingenuity and an intimate understanding of nature. Where Western cultures developed maps and tools to… ...

The Polynesian Triangle includes more than a thousand individual islands in the South Pacific Ocean forming several dozen cultural groups, most of which have their own distinct tattoo traditions.

This woman navigated a 3,000-mile Pacific voyage without maps or technology. Polynesian wayfinding has long been a patriarchal tradition. Lehua Kamalu is breaking the mold—and helping to lead a ...

Christina Thompson’s “Sea People” tells the story of the people of Polynesia and their “discovery,” while Peter Moore’s “Endeavour” looks at the ship that made that encounter possible.

Polynesia forms a triangle across the Pacific, with Hawaii to the north, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to the southeast, and Aotearoa (New Zealand) to the southwest, with Tahiti in the centre.

There are more than 1,000 islands that make up the region of the Pacific Ocean known as the Polynesian triangle. And though the different islands of that group all have their own distinct traditions ...

Hokule'a, a Polynesian canoe, is pulled closer to the dock at Prince Rupert, B.C., during an expedition circumnavigating the Pacific Ocean. (Submitted by Polynesian Voyaging Society) Social Sharing ...