"Sharing Aloha" is an emotional, surprising film full of the magic that working at the Polynesian Cultural Center adds to the ...

Both “involve a main character who encounters a demigod with a giant hook and tattoos.” Both “involve protagonists who learn ...

Polynesian Cultural Center is a great place to spend a day. Not only is getting to explore the “islands” a ton of fun, but so is the luau as well as the Hā: Breath of Life evening show. If ...

Early crew members of the voyaging canoe Hokulea have gathered in Hawai'i to celebrate the vessel's 50th birthday ...

"I've had family and friends that have played in the Poly Bowl. It's awesome to see the Polynesian culture be represented on a huge platform. I'm really looking forward to meeting and competing ...

Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had simply lucked into finding the islands by drifting on logs. But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of shame ...

The jury tasked with deciding whether Walt Disney's 2016 blockbuster movie "Moana" infringed the work of an animator who created a story about a teenage surfer years earlier received a lesson on ...

Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had simply lucked into ...

The ability to navigate the oceans is a crucial aspect of the movie Moana, and this focus pays tribute to the rich cultural heritage of traditional Polynesian navigation, which relied on tools ...

Consumed in the South Pacific for at least 2,000 years for pleasure, relaxation, and in cultural and spiritual ceremonies, the drink holds deep significance in both Hawaiian mythology and Polynesian ...