Oceania & Pacific

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (225+ words) Culture represents the core lifestyle of a particular region, representing the norms, traditions, and diversity of the people from those sites. Among the cultures across the globe, Polynesian culture reflects a glorious past of marine and coastal life, still part…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1445+ words) A vanished mining town in Western Australia became a deadly trap for thousands of workers and families — including Spanish migrants who arrived seeking a better life and discovered the danger only decades later. Its existence depended on a single resource:…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (548+ words) Accumulating shellfish refuse transformed a Fijian shoreline into solid ground, revealing how ordinary people across the Pacific engineered their landscape one meal at a time. Published September 6, 2026 · How we edit A thousand years of lunch has been sitting off the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (661+ words) A wall of fire rising from the side of a hillside is not something most travellers expect to find in the middle of a landscape. Yet on the Absheron Peninsula, this extraordinary sight has been burning for generations. The Yanardag…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (364+ words) The Polynesian Voyaging Society recently inducted six Hawaiʻi captains and navigators as Pwo Navigators. The title is among the highest honors bestowed within the Weriyaeng School of Navigation. A sacred Pwo induction ceremony was held in Niu Valley on Oʻahu…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (683+ words) The 500ft-long, heavily forested land mass surprises locals by popping up on Williston Lake in British Columbia A thickly forested island appeared mysteriously on a western Canadian lake. Nearly 500 feet long and 250 feet wide, the land mass took locals and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (625+ words) Apart from a few holiday cottages, the Copelands are uninhabited. But while there may not be any human residents, Lighthouse Island is home to thousands of birds and acts as a drop-in centre for a variety of marine creatures, including…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (655+ words) One hundred and ten years ago this week, President Woodrow Wilson signed a law creating the National Park Service. The new agency was charged with protecting the nation's national parks and monuments so pristine landscapes could remain "unimpaired for the…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (62+ words) China Daily A tale of two cities New documentary explores the deep connections between Quanzhou and the Egyptian port of Alexandria through personal experiences and cultural exchanges, Li Yingxue reports. - When adornments became symbols of love and loss Guangzhou retrospective…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (741+ words) One of the most striking aspects of being in Dunedin at the southern end of New Zealand is that there are moments when you can be easily deceived and fooled, mind and soul persuading individuals they have never left Scotland…...