Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had si ...

Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin, and many people believed Polynesian voyagers simply lucked into finding th ...

To mark the anniversary, the Hokulea's early crew members gathered Saturday for ceremonial hula and kava drinking at the Oahu ... Samoa and Tonga, said Mary Therese Perez Hattori, the director ...

The ni-Vanuatu share a kava culture with Fiji and Tonga and more recently with the Kanaks. The betel-nut habit starts north in the Solomons and extends through Bougainville into Papua New Guinea.

So when I heard the buzz about kava, a kind of drink made from roots that people were enjoying as a social lubricant that ...

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Ian Beckles recently joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the global health and wellness show Bloom, to ...

The German Research Centre for Geosciences said a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tonga on Sunday. The quake was said to be at a depth of 10 km. According to the US Geological Survey, USGS ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga early Monday morning, prompting a tsunami warning that has since been lifted. The U.S. Geological Survey said that the earthquake hit about ...

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tonga on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 16km (10 miles), GFZ said. GFZ had earlier pegged the earthquake ...

This stunning aerial shot highlights the "looming threat" of a volcanic island in Tonga, which could violently explode in the future. The island also has a colorful origin story in Tongan ...

Heavy drinking is associated with increased risk of a type of brain injury linked with memory and thinking problems. That’s according to a new study in which researchers defined heavy drinking ...

A strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake rumbled near the island nation of Tonga, causing a tsunami warning for the Pacific island country. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the quake struck about ...