(In Polynesian mythology, Hawaiki is the original homeland of all Polynesian people and in Māori culture, it is also the place where the soul of the deceased returns.) Ra'iātea, which in ...

Those that Credit: public domain The Polynesian people, inhabiting the islands in ... Astronomy proved as useful to the Polynesian culture as it did any other, with stars useful as navigational ...

The islands scattered along the north shore of New Guinea first drew these canoe people eastwards into ... did the ocean-oriented Polynesian culture take on its classic form.

The answer lies in the deeply-rooted traditions of Polynesian culture. The people of the Pacific are intimately tied to the ocean. They sailed the sea hundreds of years before Europeans ...