Concert pianist Mahani Teave has traveled the world, But Rapa Nui, sometimes known as Easter Island, is her home. "Rapa Nui – that's what we call ourselves here also," she said. "That's our ...

The moai of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) are among the world's most recognizable monuments. Furthermore, the authors of the study argue that making the mata'a inefficient as killing tools was a ...

The Pacific island of Rapa Nui — also called Easter Island by the Europeans that arrived there on a Sunday in 1722 — is arguably most famous for its iconic human-like volcanic rock statues ...

The moai at Easter island, built by the Rapa Nui people TravelingOtter via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 The story of Easter Island—home to the famous moai monoliths—is a tragic one. But depending ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Pacific islanders who carved the haunting stone statues of Rapa Nui appear to have avoided ...

The group of Rapa Nui say the land on which the hotel was built had been illegally taken from their ancestors generations ago. They have been protesting for months over what they say are plans to ...

Artifacts found on the shores of Easter Island revealed that the ancient civilization of Rapa Nui was not destroyed by warfare. Rather, disease brought by European explorers and slavery caused ...