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

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

In addition, Hunt testified, the volcanic demon Te Kâ in "Moana" is clearly based on Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes who is part of the "Bucky" story, and there is no similar deity elsewhere ...

High achieving people of Polynesian descent will be front and center the weekend ... The director of the Duke Kahanamoku ...

The new film “Sharing Aloha,” about the Polynesian Cultural Center and BYU-Hawaii, won the 2025 Zions Indie Film Fest ...

To honor Hawaiʻi’s "Star of Gladness," festivities across Oʻahu this week will reflect on the double-hulled canoe's ...

For 26 years, Tama Ali’i Halvorsen has crossed the Pacific from Hawaii to Aotearoa, drawn by a powerful and profoundly personal force – Te Matatini, the pinnacle of kapa haka excellence. Te Matatini o ...

The staff has added several Hawaiian players to the roster, and have been in the mix for several others, putting a priority ...

HONOLULU — 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 ...

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 ...