New River Primary School pupils Rarotonga Ah Loo, 10, Sierra Ah Loo, 10 and Luisapeta Matua-Kuresa, 6, wear traditional clothes for Samoan Language Week.Joanna Griffiths / Fairfax NZ A little ...

The man shot and killed while participating in the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City was a successful fashion designer and ...

Ah Loo’s vibrant work delicately weaves traditional Pacific Island attire with modern silhouettes and design. He used flowers indigenous to Samoa as motifs, and frequently incorporated the traditional ...

He used flowers indigenous to Samoa as motifs, and frequently incorporated the traditional Pacific Islander art called Tapa, a cloth traditionally made from tree bark, into the garments he made.

Ah Loo's vibrant work delicately weaves traditional Pacific Island attire with modern silhouettes and design. He used flowers indigenous to Samoa as motifs, and frequently incorporated the traditional ...

“But I also felt pressure because I wanted to represent our Samoan culture in the best way possible,” she said. Once she started shooting, she said everything fell into place. “The way the sunset lit ...

For the film’s costume designer Sacha Teuila Young, the task of dressing Mareta was one close to home, growing with a father who is part Samoan and a palagi mother who were both teachers in the ...

Unlike other U.S. national parks, the land in American Samoa is not federally owned. Instead, it is leased from local families, in keeping with the territory’s traditional land ownership by aiga, or ...

What Maui’s tattoos in ‘Moana’ say about Polynesia’s tattoo culture. Tattoos in places like Samoa, Tonga, and Hawai‘i can signify a sacred oath to protect and honor one’s community.

Prehistoric Polynesian seafarers were highly skilled and undertook some of the longest and most technically demanding voyages in prehistory—but did they ever sail into very high latitudes with ...

Britain's King Charles III (front, L) attends the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, Samoa, on October 25, 2024.

King Charles and Queen Camilla embraced island life in Samoa as he sipped a traditional 'ava drink during a ceremony and both were presented with garlands during their first full day in the ...