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Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2023 - Polynesian peoples are renowned for their advanced sailing technology and for reaching the most remote islands on the planet centuries before the Europeans reached the Americas. Through swift eastwa

An international team of researchers from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, in collaboration with archaeologists from the Vanuatu Cultural Centre in Port-Vila in Vanuatu, used geochemical fingerprinting to reconstruct long-distance voyages between central and western Pacific Islands during the last millennium A.D.

Round-up of news from Papua New Guinea, FSM, Papua, Cook Islands and Tonga

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GOVERNMENT OF TONGA Ministry of Finance, Central Services Unit REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST INDIVIDUAL CONSULTING SERVICES Assignment Title: Procurement Specialist (1 Full Time Position). Project: Tonga Skills and Employment for Tongans Project. Grant Number: IDA D3660 Date of Issuance: 15th March 2023 Date and time Expression of Interest (EOI) due: Thursday, 03rd April

USA TODAY 10Best releases best of Hawaii 2023 Readers Choice Awards for beaches, hotels, restaurants, attractions, tours and poke.

Disney’s latest animated feature film, Moana, has achieved critical acclaim, already netting over half a billion dollars. It tells the story of a Polynesian princess, who must seek out Maui, a legendary demigod, to help her reunite a mystical relic with a goddess in order to save her people.

WHEN still a boy, William Mariner left England in 1804 on the ship Port-au-Prince for a whaling expedition to the Pacific. After two years on the high seas, the ship

The massive volcanic blast in the Pacific last year was felt 18,000km away on the other side of the world, on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.

Hawaii volcano still erupting, but lava flow slowing; call for pandemic unity; and cockroaches found in eating establishments