The Pirates Voyage dinner show’s new act introduces island music and costumes and features high-flying acrobatics, special effects and even fire.

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

The Arizona Aloha Festival is transforming Tempe Town Lake to celebrate Hawaiian and Polynesian cultures. Here's your guide ...

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 ...

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

(AP Photo/Mengshin Lin) Hokulea crew members and Hawaiian culture practitioners sing during Hokulea ... and Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, pose for photos before ...

This article was first published in the ChurchBeat newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. The new film “Sharing Aloha,” about the Polynesian Cultural Center ...

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 ...

All linked stories were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists. Throughout history, cultures have left behind a trail of breadcrumbs for archaeologists to follow. New sites and ...

Auli’i Cravalho returns as the voice of Moana. Dwayne Johnson also reprises his role as Maui. Other cast members include Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, David Fane, ...

Photos shared by cultural officials in a March 4 Facebook ... “It is by far the most important discovery in New Zealand, possibly Polynesia, and it will go down as one of the most important ...

The Polynesian Cultural Center, a BYU-Hawaii work-study program, has made higher education virtually free for 60 years for thousands of students from the Asian Rim and Oceania who otherwise would ...