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55% of Americans said they travel to learn something new about a place, culture, or history. So perhaps it is not a surprise that over one million people visit The Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu a year, voted the top thing to do in Hawaii. 

The Prime Minister, Hon. Hu'akavameiliku delivered the keynote address at the Polynesia Public Service Commissioners Sub­-Regional Fono yesterday, in Nuku'alofa. The meeting is held from 16-18 August at Tanoa Hotel, and hosted by Public Service Commission.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region.

RadioACTive, the Talanoa Way. Host Stephanie Mahina talks with the Heidi Ruster of American Red Cross about Maui wildfire relief efforts. Utah Museum of Fine Arts amd its Tatau-Marks of Polynesia exhibit. Then, advocate Paige Norton and ...

Theres a lot to enjoy during Utahs 11th Pacific Island Heritage Month during August, from festivals and a luau to a skate night and art exhibit.

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Seventeen hundred years before the dawn of the Viking Age in Europe, the first Polynesians crossed the western flank of the Polynesian triangle to settle in Tonga. Thus began the final chapter in the human settlement of the globe. A newly released book, ‘The Birth of Polynesia: An Archaeological Journey Through the Kingdom of Tonga’, documents this story. The author David V.

For thousands of years, celestial navigation was only practiced by men in Polynesia. Now women are reclaiming traditions that are rightly theirs.

The US Geological Survey said a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Kingdom of Tonga today, Sunday. The authorities indicated in a