“We argue that Polynesian (Pacific ... It wasn’t until 1722, when Dutch explorers arrived at Easter island on Easter Sunday (hence the name), that its existence became known to the world ...

Traditional Polynesian fare gets a Belgian twist at the "buzzy" Amigo Secreto, which serves "some of Easter Island's best food," Fodors said. There are plenty of "classy and eclectic" fish and ...

Did they sail from the east, from South American soil, or from Central Polynesia to the north and west? It is daunting to imagine a voyage to Easter Island from any direction, which would have ...

Named Easter Island by the Dutch explorer Jacob ... assembled evidence that the first settlers came from another Polynesian island, but they can’t agree on which one. Estimates of when people ...

He’s a Rapanui, an indigenous Polynesian resident of Rapa Nui, as the locals call Easter Island; his own ancestors probably helped carve some of the hundreds of statues that stud the island’s ...

Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues ... Potentially this could rewrite Polynesian history”. (BBC).- ...

West Aucklander turned Rapa Nui resident Marc Shields, gives a run-down on the island also known as Easter Island.

How did the first inhabitants of Easter Island arrive? It is the most remote inhabited island on Earth. The coast of Chile lies 2,300 miles to the east, Tahiti 2,500 miles to the northwest ...

Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and ...

Easter Island’s 19th Century history is a sad one ... Even then, several hundred inhabitants were driven off the island to work on sugar plantations in Tahiti. By 1877, a population of just 110 people ...

Easter Island, a territory of Chile, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia, whose native name is Rapa Nui. It is famous for its archaeological sites, including nearly 900 monumental statues ...