Ancestors of contemporary Polynesians first settled on the then-uninhabited volcanic island around the year 1210. No other inhabited place is so isolated in the world. Rapa Nui is 1,900 kilometers ...

Recent genetic research has challenged long-standing theories about the collapse of the Rapa Nui civilization on Easter Island, refuting the "ecocide" narrative and confirming pre-European contact ...

Te-Pito-te-Henua, "end of the land," or "land's end," is an early name for the island. On Rapa Nui, the more modern, and local, name for Easter Island, large palm forests flourished. Upon arrival ...

Today, those indigenous to the land call the island Rapa Nui, named for the Rapa Nui people. As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its ...

The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR), a body within the Organization of American States, has issued Precautionary Measures to protect the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island.

"Te Pito o Te Henua" follows the Rapa Nui Indigenous community on Rapa Nui Island, also known as Easter Island, one of the world's most remote inhabited islands, as they prepare to host their most ...

Dr. Frances R. Curcio traveled 28,105 nautical miles to Peru, Chile, Fiji, Australia, Cambodia, India, Tanzania, Egypt and ...

There is a Rapa-nui wedding ceremony, complete with loincloth, awaiting you on Chile’s Easter Island. Chilean tour companies offer a range of ceremonies on beautiful island locales that include ...

Maui Nui Venison is on a mission to balance out the island’s invasive axis deer populations. There’s an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 axis deer on Maui, with the majority Upcountry, and without ...

"Te Pito o Te Henua" follows the Rapa Nui Indigenous community on Rapa Nui Island, also known as Easter Island, one of the world's most remote inhabited islands, as they prepare to host their most ...