It is dark, pleasantly nippy and easy to get sucked into the blob of tourists sitting in front of a bunch of famous statues at one of the world’s most remote places. The sun is about to break on Rapa ...

Concert pianist Mahani Teave has traveled the world, But Rapa Nui, sometimes known as Easter Island, is her home. "Rapa Nui – that's what we call ourselves here also," she said. "That's our people, ...

Few stories in our human past spark as much imagination as the discovery of the most remote islands in the vast Pacific Ocean. Rapa Nui, sometimes known by its colonial name of Easter Island, is ...

Picture a place 2,000 miles off Chile’s coast, only 14 miles long. Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are ...

Researchers confirmed that Rapa Nui’s moai statues could “walk” upright using a rocking motion, aided by rope and just a few people. Experiments with replicas and 3D models revealed design features ...

Rapa Nui’s mysterious moai statues stand in silence but speak volumes about the achievements of their creators. The stone blocks, carved into head-and-torso figures, average 13 feet (4 meters) tall ...

It was 2023 when Friar Francisco Nahoe received a panicked phone call from his agent at an airport in Santiago, Chile. The agent said officials were seizing three "ivi tupuna", or "bones of the ...

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 ...

Marvel at the mysterious moai statues—the island's most famous features—in Rapa Nui National Park. For a coastal setting and plenty of amenities, stay at Nayara Hangaroa, a sprawling resort with three ...

Mahani Teave plays Handel's Suite No 5 in E Major As sea levels rise and the climate changes, Mahani Teave's island home and its culture are increasingly under threat. Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Mahani Teave, 38 and likely the only professional classical performer from the remote island, has released her first album. By Thomas May From her ...