Marc Shields hails from West Auckland but is a long-term resident of Rapa Nui - he tells Paddy what life is like on the ...

In Santiago, ambitious Leftist Lautaro Ojeda, editor of the small bi-weekly Economista, noisily called attention to Easter Island, Chile’s Polynesian possession. This year, when the Angamos made ...

Famous for its monolithic Moai head stones that were mysteriously erected at the dawn of history, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Easter Island is today making headlines of a different sort.

Named Easter Island ... at the University of Chile in Santiago, he is not sanguine. “As a scientist, I’ve spent half my life there. It’s my island! And now people are already clearing ...

Chile annexed Easter Island in 1888, but until 1953 it allowed ... and fewer than half the people are Rapanui. Just about every job on Easter Island depends on tourism. “Without it,” says ...

Easter Island, or its Polynesian name of ... will support the indigenous rights of the Rapa Nui people during his planned visit to Chile this week since the United States should be a leader ...

Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic ...