Month: March 2015

Documentary traces fall and rise of French Polynesia's tattoo traditionRadio AustraliaAt one point last century the art was on the brink of disappearing but a revival began in the 1980s …

azcentral.com Island breezes blow at Aloha Festival in Tempeazcentral.comPeople from the vast South Pacific belong to three ethnogeographic groupings — Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia— and come from the Hawaiian, Samoan, …

KHON2 Nainoa Thompson to receive ocean conservation awardKHON2For decades, Thompson has dedicated himself to teaching the skills and values of wayfinding to generations of navigators throughout Polynesia. Hōkūleʻa has now …

Radio New Zealand Tahiti due for fresh French Senate election in MayRadio New ZealandThe French High Commission in French Polynesia has confirmed that a fresh election of the territory's two …

Kiwanis convention gets guv's supportSun.Star"We work to grow Kiwanis in the ASPAC particularly in Australia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand-South Pacific (New Zealand, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Vanuatu), Philippine …