HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - There are steel plates covering the roadway along Halekauwila Street in Kakaako. They cover the latest archaeological trenches -- the digs to find iwi kupuna, or bones from ...

WAILUKU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A recent post on social media about the discovery of iwi kupuna, or ancestral bones, on Maui has sparked a conversation about preservation. With construction continuing in ...

BARKING SANDS — The lineal descendants of iwi kupuna discovered on the grounds of the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) were joined by leadership of the facility during the two-day Ka ...

KAILUA-KONA — Skeletal remains unearthed last week at Old Kona Airport Park have been deemed an “inadvertent burial find.” ADVERTISING KAILUA-KONA — Skeletal remains unearthed last week at Old Kona ...

A painting by Robert Jenkin, of Golden Bay, shows explorer Abel Tasman's ships, the Heemskerck and Zeehaen, at anchor in Golden Bay on the night of 18 December 1642. Jenkin has been heavily involved ...

The discovery of iwi, or human remains, on the site of American Savings Bank’s new headquarters tower in Chinatown, shown above, will delay construction indefinitely. “We certainly would have liked to ...

When the anatomist Georg Thilenius excavated a number of skulls and skeletons on the island of Maui in 1897, he violated the prevailing Hawaiian laws that prohibited the removal of human remains from ...

Te Arawa has hopes of becoming the major employer of iwi descendants within the next 30 years. The iwi wants to see more Te Arawa-run businesses providing employment for its people locally, while also ...

Decendants of the original land owners at Rotorua Airport Blanche Hohepa-Kiriona and her daughter Renee Kiriona. Photo / Andrew Warner The Rotorua Daily Post is bringing back some of the best premium ...

Descendants of South Taranaki iwi Ngati Ruanui this morning embarked on a journey that is over 140 years in the making. More than 110 iwi members will be travelling to Dunedin's Southern Cemetery to ...

In the cool, green cathedral of native forest within the Ruapehu District’s Karioi Rāhui, the call of the kiwi is returning. Last week, local iwi Ngāti Rangi welcomed home 10 taonga (valued) western ...