Rapa Nui News

Rapa Nui News Hiatus

2007-12-13T06:00:00.000-05:00

Rapa Nui News is on an indefinite hiatus. Here is a list of other websites with information about Rapa Nui (Easter Island):

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Biblioteca William Mulloy
Easter Island Foundation
Easter Island Statue Project
Museo Antropológico P. Sebastián Englert

For up to date news about Rapa Nui, visit Google News.

For questions or comments about Rapa Nui News, please contact this blog's administer.

Monolithic Pop Culture References #71

2007-11-08T20:36:00.000-05:00

"Easter Island" reminder

2007-11-07T20:43:00.000-05:00

Letters From Readers
Energy Central, CO - Nov 1, 2007
I can only remind people of 'Easter Island', that little island situated in the South Pacific where an experiment in human survival occurred in the 19th ...

Dramatic dance scenes depict Rapanui survivors

2007-11-07T20:41:00.000-05:00

Scientific dance mash up
Sacramento News & Review, CA - Nov 1, 2007
The dramatic scenes with actors tell a story—by turns humorous and apocalyptic—about a man and woman who appear to be the only survivors on Easter Island, ...

Daniel Clemmett's witty take on moai

2007-11-07T20:39:00.002-05:00

Emerging from the ruins
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Oct 31, 2007
Daniel Clemmett used parts from car bonnets for his witty take on the famous Moai statues on Easter Island. Titled Ran Out of Wood, his assemblage of rusty ...

Visual treats at Sculpture by the Sea
Daily Telegraph, Australia - Oct 31, 2007
Daniel Clemmett used parts from car bonnets for his witty take on the famous Moai statues on Easter Island. Titled Ran Out of Wood, his assemblage of rusty ...

Tingo/book

2007-11-07T20:39:00.001-05:00

Tingo is the lingo with a word for everything
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Oct 30, 2007
His first book, The Meaning of Tingo, which derives its title from a word in the Pacuense language of Easter Island conveying the practice of borrowing ...

Linguist Adam Jacot de Boinod has trawled 300 languages to find ...
ic Wales, United Kingdom - Nov 1, 2007
Incidentally, Tingo, in the book’s title, is the word used by the Rapa Nui tribe of Easter Island to describe someone who borrows things from a friend’s ...

Posada de Mike Rapu/Explora/luxury hotel on Rapa Nui

2007-11-07T20:34:00.000-05:00

Luxury hotel to open in December in Chile’s Easter Island
MercoPress, Uruguay - Oct 30, 2007
Officials from Posada de Mike Rapu, Explora’s new luxury hotel on Chile’s Easter Island, confirmed that it will open on December 15. ...

Easter Island Luxury Hotel Open in December, 2007
About - News & Issues, NY - Nov 1, 2007
Luxury hotel to open in December in Chile’s Easter Island (mercopress): "Officials from Posada de Mike Rapu, Explora’s new luxury hotel on Chile’s Easter ...

Monolithic Pop Culture References #70

2007-10-31T03:40:00.000-05:00

UN postal program honors Rapa Nui among South America's wonders

2007-10-30T04:44:00.000-05:00

In Honor Of South America's Natural Wonders
Hartford Courant, United States - Oct 30, 2007
The New York stamps show views of the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), and Easter Island, also known by its indigenous name Rapa Nui, which is claimed by Chile. ...

Moai painted on wooden chest

2007-10-30T04:43:00.000-05:00

Once a cancer fighter, always a fighter
London Free Press, Canada - Oct 29, 2007
On the chest, made of oak and cedar, Bradley painted the Parthenon, the Roman Colosseum, Easter Island Statues and Kukulkan's Pyramid. ...

Polynesian Triangle

2007-10-30T04:41:00.000-05:00

Ancient mariners enjoyed Hawaiian holidays
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Oct 30, 2007
... first reached the islands of the east Pacific, including Hawaii and Easter Island, by chance, drifting there on currents or carried by storms. ...

Rapa Nui's "Last Tree"

2007-10-30T04:40:00.000-05:00

THE CULTURE ARTIST: The Last Tree
HNN Huntingtonnews.net, USA - Oct 29, 2007
By Chuck Hall
When Polynesian settlers arrived at Easter Island, they found a tropical paradise waiting for them. Archaeological evidence shows that when ...

Rare tiki on Rapa Nui

2007-10-30T04:33:00.000-05:00

Three weeks on the Aranui from Tahiti to the Marquesas
Cape Cod Today, MA - Oct 28, 2007
The only other place these tiki exist is on Easter Island. Our next island, Ua Huka, has 2000 wild horses. The locals round up one only when they need it. ...

2009 total solar eclipse/Rapa Nui

2007-10-30T04:32:00.001-05:00

Tours are aligning to the east for 2009's total solar eclipse
USA Today - Oct 25, 2007
The next big eclipse occurs in 2010 over Easter Island, but don't get too excited unless you've already made plans. Limited air access and lodging on the ...

New Rapa Nui/moai book

2007-10-30T04:29:00.000-05:00

UW Professor, Former Students Work on Easter Island Book
University of Wyoming News, WY - Oct 25, 2007
The book’s introduction will feature Gill’s own description of his research on the ancestors of Easter Island, particularly face and head forms, stature, ...

Chilean wine and a trip to Rapa Nui

2007-10-30T04:23:00.000-05:00

Chilean Challenge
The Times, South Africa - Oct 25, 2007
... huge copper mines and giant valleys full of vines plus Easter Island with its inscrutable statues bearing mute testimony to the ancients who chopped ...

One year to live? Visit Rapa Nui

2007-10-30T04:22:00.001-05:00

What would you do with one year to live?
Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 24, 2007
“I’d go back to Paris, then I’d go to Easter Island to see the giant stone guys, Australia to see the Great Barrier Reef, and I’d try to swim in all seven ...

First mobile WiMax network in Latin America, coverage includes Rapa Nui

2007-10-30T04:14:00.000-05:00

Telmex launches WiMax e in Latam
Business News Americas, Chile - Oct 24, 2007
... plans to complete coverage of 98% of the country's population, equivalent to 92% of municipalities including Easter Island, within the next few weeks. ...

Magician David Copperfield finds fountain of youth using moai as reference

2007-10-30T04:12:00.000-05:00

Magician Copperfield's Warehouse Raided
Actress Archives, NY - Oct 19, 2007
There is Stonehenge in England, I drew a line from Stonehenge to the statues in Easter Island in Chile and another line between the Pyramid of Giza in Egypt ...

COP-A-FEEL
New York Post, NY - Oct 20, 2007
... he had discovered "the fountain of youth" in his private paradise after drawing lines between Stonehenge, the Pyramids and the Easter Island statues. ...

Ecosystems and Economics forum/Rapa Nui

2007-10-30T04:08:00.000-05:00

Veteran ABC News Science Correspondent Ned Potter moderates panel ...
E-Wire (press release), TX - Oct 24, 2007
The lessons from history are daunting: From Babylonia to Easter Island, thriving civilizations fell as they destroyed the natural environments that ...

Captain Cook's voyages

2007-10-30T03:55:00.000-05:00

The Complete Guide To: The travels of Captain Cook
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - Oct 24, 2007
On his return voyage, in 1774 he landed at the Friendly Islands (Tonga), Easter Island, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia and Vanuatu. ...

Book relates Katherine Routledge's Rapa Nui expedition

2007-10-30T03:53:00.001-05:00

At the York Public Library
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Oct 24, 2007
... schizophrenic Katherine Routledge's controversial expedition to Easter Island, and Teddy Roosevelt's journey through the Amazon after his presidency. ...

Chilean folk dancers perform Rapanui dances/San Jose

2007-10-30T03:52:00.000-05:00

3 THINGS TO DO TOMORROW
San Jose Mercury News, USA - Oct 24, 2007
... CollegeChilean folk dance troupe Araucaria will perform dances representative of the various regions of Chile and Easter Island, 7:30 pm Thursday. ...

Wonderland Online/Moai

2007-10-30T03:51:00.001-05:00

Wonderland Online - Official Site and Forum Released
MPOGD.com, IL - Oct 23, 2007
The mysterious Mayan culture, the huge stone statues of Easter Island, and other supernatural events are all waiting for you to explore in the game. ...

Wonderland Online's official website and forums released
MMORPG blog - Oct 24, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Lord of the Rings Online Lore: Gwindethrond and the Gauradain
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Auran Games announce Fury Europe launch, new patch on October 26
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Jagex features Runescape Halloween event based on player wishes
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Lead Designer Kevin Maginn on PoTBS' economy design
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Limited In-Game, Tech, Account Support
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Auran Games announce Fury Europe launch, new patch on October 26
MMORPG blog - Oct 25, 2007
The game basically lets you travel to different places within the normal world, allowing gamers to visit MMO renditions of Easter Island, the Mayan ruins, ...

Rapa Nui a Chilean extreme to enjoy

2007-10-30T03:49:00.000-05:00

Enjoy Two Extremes of Chile
About - News & Issues, NY - Oct 22, 2007
Easter Island also known as Rapa Nui and the "Navel of the World" is the most isolated inhabited island in the world, being about 2000 mi (3200 km) from ...

Rapa Nui a "top hot spot" in Chile

2007-10-30T03:47:00.000-05:00

Chile's top hot spots, from Andes to Easter Island
New York Daily News, NY - Oct 21, 2007
BY ELEANOR BERMAN
Massive statues on Easter Island, including these at Ahu Tongarika, have been a mystery for centuries. The only problem with visiting ...

"A bit of Easter Island" in California's Central Valley

2007-10-30T03:45:00.000-05:00

Seven oddities of Stockton
Stockton Record, CA - Oct 21, 2007
Developer Alex Spanos got his construction career off to a wiki start with the Bali Hai Apartments. The complex boasts a South Seas motif with palm trees, lava "luau pit" and, solemnly guarding the entrance, a two-ton stone tiki god. A bit of Easter Island in the Central Valley.

Sam and Max and Rapa Nui

2007-10-30T03:44:00.000-05:00

E For All: Checking Up On Sam and Max
Wired Blogs - Oct 20, 2007
The second episode will take them to Easter Island to deal with talking stone heads. They're not going into the specific details of the plots insofar as ...

Sam and Max have a second season
Inquirer, UK - Oct 23, 2007
The second episode takes place on Easter Island, and is not formally named yet. Sam and Max are fulfilling an ancient prophecy, and in their words, " Uh-Oh, ...

World traveler to visit "world's most remote inhabited island"

2007-10-30T03:42:00.001-05:00

The International Traveler
Vanguard Online (subscription), MA - Oct 19, 2007
I will also explore the Pacific in January with a trip to the world's most remote inhabited island, Easter Island, and another three countries in South ...

Monolithic Pop Culture References #69

2007-10-20T11:32:00.000-05:00

Cruise to Rapa Nui and more

2007-10-19T11:50:00.001-05:00

Cruise to lands of ice and steamy jungles
Times Online, UK - Oct 19, 2007
Its vessel, Discovery, includes on one trip a two-day visit to Easter Island with its mysterious Moai culture and towering statues. ...

Two moai-style heads/Pink Floyd album cover

2007-10-19T11:48:00.000-05:00

Art's on their sleeve
Courier Mail, Australia - Oct 19, 2007
By Noel Mengel TWO giant Easter Island-type heads stand eerily facing each other in the fens of East Anglia, a distant cathedral framed in their mouths. ...

"Good luck tikis" mark Trader Vic's opening in Las Vegas

2007-10-19T11:44:00.000-05:00

Good Luck Tikis Appear on the Las Vegas Strip to Mark Opening of ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Oct 16, 2007
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The famed four-mile stretch of the glittering Las Vegas Strip was reminiscent of Easter Island today, as dozens of tiki ...

Surfer's "best tow trip" on Rapa Nui

2007-10-19T11:41:00.000-05:00

Dropping in with Brazil's Romeu Bruno at Towsurfer.com
Global Surf News - Oct 13, 2007
I have been going to Chile for the past four years, and we’ve also taken skis to Easter Island. That was the best tow trip I’ve ever done, but it’s very ...

Wonderland/online

2007-10-19T11:36:00.001-05:00

Wonderland Online Announced
Myth Games - Oct 13, 2007
... the huge stone statues of Easter Island and much more combine to form unique quests filled with fascinating elements that our players will experience ...

Love conquers all in a savage universe
Irish Independent, Ireland - Oct 13, 2007
After Cook's landing at Easter Island in 1774, gopher Billie -- now male -- is marooned when the ship hastily sails after a bloody battle with the natives. ...

Winterson's Stone Gods

2007-10-19T11:35:00.000-05:00

Blue is not the only colour
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Oct 12, 2007
The second story begins in the late 18th century, with young seaman Billy left stranded on Easter Island after Captain Cook's ship sails off without him. ...

Quiet Axis/Rapa Nui

2007-10-19T11:29:00.000-05:00

Carnegie Museum Presents 40-Year Visionary Paintings
HULIQ, NC - Oct 11, 2007
... aspect of Quiet Axis, which in 1978 was released into the bottom of the Pacific Ocean near Easter Island, exactly opposite the globe from Afghanistan. ...

Spanish students to visit Rapa Nui

2007-10-19T11:28:00.000-05:00

Spanish students take a world tour
Township Journal - Oct 10, 2007
Some of these explorations are to learning about currencies and the mysterious artifacts and remains of Machu Picchu in Peru and Easter Island off the coast ...

Monolithic Pop Culture References #68

2007-10-11T12:24:00.000-06:00

Migration to Rapa Nui

2007-10-10T17:47:00.000-06:00

Environmental Setting Of Human Migrations In The Circum-Pacific Region
Science Daily (press release) - October 10, 2007
... that of the migration to Oceania, which began about 3500 years BP and culminated in the settlement of Hawaii and Easter Island by 2000-1000 years BP. ...

Rapa Nui among world's sacred sites

2007-10-10T17:44:00.000-06:00

The world's most sacred sites
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - October 10, 2007
The hundred of carved heads that adorn Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were in use as early as 500 BC. They are said to represent an ideology of male, ...

Computer game based in part on Rapa Nui culture

2007-10-10T17:42:00.000-06:00

Wonderland Online Announced and Screens
Gamers Hell, UK - October 10, 2007
... based on several ancient South American and Pacific Island cultures: the mysterious Mayans, the huge stone statues of Easter Island and much more. ...

First-hand account of archaeological summer on Rapa Nui

2007-10-10T17:41:00.000-06:00

Anthropology Club plans slew of events for upcoming months ...
Michigan Journal (subscription), MI - Oct 9, 2007
... Swindler and Vice President Lowell Steiner bring first-hand experience in archaeological field techniques after spending a summer on Easter Island. ...

Travel editor's experience living on Rapa Nui

2007-10-10T17:36:00.000-06:00

Where the Roads Diverged
World Hum, CA - Oct 8, 2007
After searching all her life, Catherine Watson felt she’d found home on Easter Island. Then she heard a whisper in her ear: Be careful what you wish for. ...

Rapanui educators to visit Cleveland

2007-10-10T17:33:00.000-06:00

Cleveland Children to Get a Glimpse of Rapa Nui Culture
All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 8, 2007
Visiting the Cleveland area October 1-13 are Ana Maria Arrendondo, a headmaster of the municipal school of Easter Island as well as an artist and a ...

Roy Dupuis and Rapa Nui

2007-10-10T17:32:00.001-06:00

Dupuis portrays Romeo Dallaire
London Free Press, Canada - Oct 7, 2007
"We'll sail to the Panama Canal, the Galapagos, to Easter Island," he continues. Dupuis expects to be gone five years, minimum. ...

Photographer who visited Rapa Nui

2007-10-10T17:30:00.000-06:00

Capturing the calm
The Union of Grass Valley, CA - Oct 7, 2007
But his travels also will take him to Bhutan, Easter Island, Jordan and Israel to shoot whatever moves him. He carries one bag with a tripod, ...

The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

2007-10-10T17:28:00.000-06:00

The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
Times Online, UK - Oct 6, 2007
With this in mind, the story jump-cuts to several other locations, each with its own Billie and each with its own ecological problems: Easter Island in the ...

Rapa Nui tourism boom

2007-10-10T17:23:00.000-06:00

Politics/ Pitcairns: GETTING READY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEALINGS
Island Business, Fiji - Oct 3, 2007
Tourism is anticipated to be propelled by the 40 odd cruise ships that travel between Easter Island and French Polynesia. Also, Pitcairn Island is ...

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Make Your Reservations Now for Easter Island
About - News & Issues, NY - Oct 4, 2007
Easter Island expects summer tourism spike (MercoPress): "Tourism is booming on Isla de Pascua (Easter Island). With the height of the summer tourist season ...

Review of The Stone Gods

2007-10-10T17:22:00.000-06:00

An oddly familiar time-travelling romance
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Oct 3, 2007
... including an excerpt from the journal of Billy, a young crewman on Captain Cook's ship Resolution who becomes marooned on Easter Island. ...

Surfing Tournament to be held on Rapa Nui?

2007-10-10T17:21:00.000-06:00

Ramón Navarro is setting South American big wave bar
Global Surf News - Oct 3, 2007
... top ten with the possibility of participating in the Master’s Tournament, which will close the Chilean season in December, possibly in Easter Island. ...

Connection between deteriorating resource base and population decline on ancient Rapanui

2007-10-10T17:17:00.000-06:00

THE NATURE OF THE NEW WORLD
The Baltimore Chronicle, MD - Oct 2, 2007
For example, as the environmental resource base of Easter Island in the South Pacific deteriorated, its population declined from a peak of 20000 several ...

Anonymous moai-like stone carvings in Yorkshire

2007-10-10T17:08:00.001-06:00

Who is leaving these bizarre stone heads on our doorsteps?
Times Online, UK - Oct 1, 2007
Residents of Yorkshire could be forgiven for wondering if Easter Island has come to the North of England after at least 19 carved stone heads were left on ...

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Stone head mystery puzzles northern England
Reuters UK, UK - Oct 2, 2007
As many as 20 artfully carved faces, miniature versions of the Easter Island sculptures, have been deposited in sleepy villages across northern England in ...

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Enigmatic artist may be behind the riddle of the invading stone headsThis is London, UK - Oct 2, 2007... of looking like a miniature version of Easter Island, a clamour is growing for the conundrum of the surreptitious sculpture-spreader to be cracked. ...

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WEIRD NEWS
Commonwealth Times (subscription), VA - Oct 4, 2007
As many as 20 miniature versions of the Easter Island head sculptures have been mysteriously left on doorsteps and outside post offices in villages across ...

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Intriguing news reports fresh off the Internet
Tri-Valley Herald, CA - Oct 5, 2007
The heads are 18-inch-high miniatures of the giant heads on Easter Island, and according to stonemasons the sculptures exhibit quality workmanship. ...

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Who's Been Leaving Heads Behind?
ShortNews.com, Germany - Oct 6, 2007
Small versions of the famous Easter Island Heads have been appearing on doorsteps of some homes and businesses in Northern London and the recipients are at ...

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Intriguing news reports fresh off the Internet
Tri-Valley Herald, CA - Oct 5, 2007
The heads are 18-inch-high miniatures of the giant heads on Easter Island, and according to stonemasons the sculptures exhibit quality workmanship. ...

Learning from Rapa Nui's past

2007-10-10T17:05:00.001-06:00

Learning from the past
Cleantech, CA - Sep 30, 2007
During the later centuries of the Mayan civilization, a new society was evolving on faraway Easter Island, some 166 square kilometers of land in the South ...

Moai in Chilean wine area

2007-10-10T17:00:00.000-06:00

Wine grapes thrive in sheltered Chilean valley
Contra Costa Times, CA - Sep 30, 2007
... up a steep hillside to an elaborate village with reproductions of houses from Chile's Mapuche and Aymara peoples as well as an Easter Island figure. ...

The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

2007-10-10T16:57:00.000-06:00

Review: The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 29, 2007
... and an interlude from the fictional diaries of a shipwrecked member of Captain Cook's Easter Island crew, there are a few pages of what feels like ...

Narrative travel book mentions Rapa Nui

2007-10-10T16:54:00.000-06:00

The Resourceful Traveler
Chicago Tribune, United States - Sep 29, 2007
another time, Easter Island ("It was as if the island had been waiting for me…") She treats each destination with respect; thus, she takes personally any ...

Rapa Nui items at Oslo's Kon-Tiki Museum

2007-09-28T12:35:00.000-06:00

Sweden, Norway part III: Closed for Easter
Juneau Empire (subscription), AK - September 28, 2007
Moai relic: Postcard showing the excavation of ancient stone statue on Easter Island. Oslo has many fine museums. I wanted to see the Henrik Ibsen Museum. ...

Jared Diamond's "eeriest case study" is Rapa Nui

2007-09-28T12:31:00.000-06:00

Time to walk away
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - September 28, 2007
His eeriest case study is Easter Island, a once-thriving society that is now treeless and desolate, its huge stone statues a testament to the fact that it ...

Keynote speaker at Kauai sustainability summit drew from Rapanui experience

2007-09-28T12:27:00.000-06:00

Kaua‘i represented at sustainability summit
Lihue Garden Island, HI - September 28, 2007
Drawing from his personal work with the Hopi Indians and Rapanui people of Easter Island, Tamminen explained it is up to the state culture to either work ...

Quebec actor Roy Dupuis to sail to Rapa Nui

2007-09-28T12:26:00.000-06:00

Sailing right along
Edmonton Sun, Canada - September 28, 2007
"We'll sail to the Panama Canal, the Galapagos, to Easter Island," he continues. Dupuis expects to be gone five years, minimum. ...

How was Polynesia settled?

2007-09-28T12:23:00.000-06:00

The Why Files -- whyfiles.org
Why Files - September 28, 2007
Were they blown out to sea by a storm and then lucky enough to wash up on remote flyspeck islands like Tahiti, Easter Island or Hawaii? ...

Rapa Nui in Science Magazine

2007-09-28T12:21:00.000-06:00

Full Text
Science Magazine (subscription) - September 28, 2007
... of the eastern margins of the Pacific Ocean, delimited by Hawai'i, New Zealand, and Easter Island, the last region on Earth to be settled by humans. ...

Section of new book, The Stone Gods, deals with Rapa Nui eco destruction

2007-09-28T12:18:00.001-06:00

The Stone Gods
Metro, UK - Sep 27, 2007
The second section deals with the destruction of the ecosystem on Easter Island; the final part depicts a horrific, marginal world inhabited by the toxic ...

Provocative review of Collapse by Jared Diamond

2007-09-28T12:15:00.000-06:00

Book review provokes thought among Rotarians
Sulphur Southwest Daily News, LA - Sep 26, 2007
Finchum said Collapse covers several famous failed civilizations including Easter Island and Greenland and Iceland. Overall, Collapse shows the correlation ...

Monolithic Pop Culture References #67

2007-09-26T13:33:00.000-06:00

Ohio dance collaboration with Rapanui choreographer

2007-09-25T13:36:00.001-06:00

A busy season promises to keep troupes on their toes
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Sep 22, 2007
One of the biggest projects for Bill Wade's modern company is a collaboration with a Rapa Nui choreographer from Easter Island in October as part of an ...

New Book: "The Stone Gods" by Jeanette Winterson

2007-09-25T13:30:00.000-06:00

Head cases
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 21, 2007
I felt this particularly in the Easter Island section, the central part and hinge-point of the book. The history of that island and its people, ...

The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson (Hamish Hamilton, £16.99)
Daily Mail, UK - Sep 24, 2007
... islander on Easter Island (hence the novel's title); the second involving a company operative and a prototype robot in post-apocalyptic London. ...

Monolithic Pop Culture References #66

2007-09-21T03:28:00.000-06:00

Rapa Nui in Science Magazine

2007-09-21T00:10:00.001-06:00

Full Text
Science Magazine (subscription) - September 21, 2007
Easter Island is famous for many reasons: its remoteness, its total deforestation, its hundreds of giant stone statues, their destruction by the carvers' own descendants, the violent transformation of its Polynesian society, and as a metaphor for our ...

South American Cruises to visit Rapa Nui

2007-09-21T00:10:00.000-06:00

South America Cruises: Vibrant Cultures, Natural Splendors And ...
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - September 21, 2007
Then, departing from Santiago on February 6, QE2 offers the rare opportunity to visit a more distant part of South America, Chile's mysterious Easter Island, as the ship sails across the Pacific Ocean. A bounty of choices is offered on five ships and ...

Canadian Nature Club to visit Rapa Nui

2007-09-20T03:39:00.001-06:00

Huntsville Nature Club’s new season starts next Monday
Huntsville Forester, Canada - September 20, 2007
The first Huntsville Nature Club speaker for the year is Trisha Healy, a club member who spent seven weeks last winter exploring, through hiking and sailing, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Tahiti and the famous Easter Island.

New lodge opening on Rapa Nui

2007-09-20T03:37:00.001-06:00

Steppes Travel launches new Travel Ideas section on Website.
Free press releases (press release), UK - Sep 18, 2007
Current travel ideas include news of a new Phillippe Starck designed hotel in Rio, Brazil; a new lodge opening on Easter Island; the opening of Mahoora Safari Camp in Sri Lanka situated in one of the best places in the world to spot leopards; ...

Rapa Nui engraving by Duché de Vancy used in language class

2007-09-20T03:33:00.001-06:00

Learning language at UofL more than conjugating verbs
U Of L News, KY - Sep 17, 2007
This engraving of French explorers on the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) was published in 1797. It is one of several by Duché de Vancy, official artist for the Jean-Francois de Lapérouse expedition, that Greene will use in class.

"Bashed, bruised and beautiful" Rapa Nui

2007-09-20T03:30:00.000-06:00

BASHED, BRUISED AND BEAUTIFUL: A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHILE’S EASTER ...
Santiago Times (subscription), Chile - Sep 16, 200717, 2007)
(Ed. Note: Traveling to Easter Island? Our friend Paul Davies just did, and his essay below should help orient any would-be traveler to one of the world’s most remote islands.

Yoo by Philippe Starck features entrance inspired by Moai

2007-09-20T03:24:00.000-06:00

POR AGENCIAS: Agencia IBNW
InfoBolsa, Spain - Sep 14, 2007
The award reflects Yoo by Philippe Starck s creativity and innovation in designing a development that includes a spectacular two-story entrance with columns inspired by the Moai Statues of Easter Island; French or Blue St. Tropez limestone or Black ...

Monolithic Pop Culture References #65

2007-09-15T06:12:00.000-06:00

Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:

Classic physique photography
Bay Area Reporter, CA - Aug 30, 2007
His dark eyes are as enigmatic as those of the carved stone idols on Easter Island. He's a flesh-and-blood monolith staring off into the distance.

Host with the most
Vancouver North Shore Outlook, Canada - Aug 30, 2007
From New Zealand to Sudan to Easter Island, it seems music lovers across the globe have become enamoured with Canadian independent music.

Time for heroes
The Japan Times, Japan - Aug 30, 2007
By MARK SCHILLING The ways of Japanese TV drama producers must be as mysterious to their Hollywood counterparts as the statues of Easter Island. Takako Matsu, Nene Otsuka, Norito Yashima AND Hiroshi Abe in "Hero." (c)2007 FUJI TELEVISION. TOHO.

Cert PG, 104mins HH
Mirror.co.uk, UK - Aug 30, 2007
Radiating the charisma of an insurance salesman, and with a face as unreadable and expressionless as an Easter Island statue, this is the stuff of Razzies.

Battle for Bonner
Courier Mail, Australia - Aug 31, 2007
Crumbed bream to the left, Easter Island heads and women's fibreglass breasts to the right. It's a world away from my permanent digs in the city's inner west.

Venezuela's Chavez arrives to Colombia to broker hostage for rebel ...
International Herald Tribune, France - Aug 31, 2007
An "agreement to create a demilitarized zone involving a tiny slice of land the same size as Easter Island and representing just 0.015 percent of Colombia's territory as a location for a secure prisoner swap, is now standing between the FARC hostages ...

Ancient Watering Hole Gives Up Treasure Trove of Mammoth Fossils
Voice of America - Aug 31, 2007
Last year, she visited an archeological site on Easter Island, but she says looking for 26000 year-old mammoth bones is different.

Venezuela's Chavez Meets With Colombian
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Aug 31, 2007
An ``agreement to create a demilitarized zone involving a tiny slice of land the same size as Easter Island and representing just 0.015 percent of Colombia's territory as a location for a secure prisoner swap, is now standing between the FARC hostages ...

General Sir Mike Jackson speaks out
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Aug 31, 2007
... of the recently retired Army man but he might just as well be in disguise because all I can see is the maroon Parachute Regiment beret, the pressed fatigues and the gaunt features of an Easter Island monolith that dominated his military campaigns.

Death and the documentarian
Globe and Mail, Canada - Sep 5, 2007
Shortly after the film was finished and Raymont was taking a vacation on Easter Island, he heard that General Augusto Pinochet had died.

Lost City of ‘Mu’ found
Zee News, India - Sep 9, 2007
Mr Kamura believes the city had a castle, a shrine, a triumphal arch, Moai-like statues found on Easter Island and even a coliseum once upon a time, when the city was above water.

[College Basketball] Topic: Tennessee 11 Temple 6
Covers, Canada - Sep 11, 2007
Two of Temple's best ball-handlers, Rick Trudeaux and John Kneib, stood like Easter Island statues in Chuck Taylors, passing the ball back and forth for minutes at a time.

‘He was a real character. He was fiercely loyal and a wonderful ...
York Press, UK - Sep 12, 2007
They did a round-the-world tour for their honeymoon including USA, Easter Island, New Zealand and Australia. At the time of his death, Danny, was working for BT near Ipswich, and still kept up his weightlifting and his passion for motorbikes.

I'm So Tired of Athletic Fatties
SportsFan Magazine, MD - Sep 12, 2007
And he won't be getting a lot of infield hits unless the opposing infielders have the defensive skills of the Easter Island statues. Dmitri Young could be the Comeback Player of the Year in the NL; he might also acquire The Gilbert Brown Award.

Queens of darkness, and a princess of light
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - Sep 13, 2007
It sits there, as mysterious and implacable as an Easter Island statue. Through one of the open windows on the bus comes the scent of KFC and exhaust.

It's not over till the little guy sings
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 22 hours ago
A chorus of senior Liberals mills around a large stone Easter Island face, which looks just like Malcolm Fraser. They all wear dark suits and sing the rousing drinking song Oh who will be Treasur-ah-ha-ha?

Rapa Nui representative spoke at UN event

2007-09-14T07:00:00.000-06:00

At the UN, Declaration of Rights for Indigenous First Nations ...
Inner City Press, NY - 7 hours ago
The speakers went on for more than an hour, including an extensive speech by a representative from Easter Island. UN Television filmed it, but did not put it online.

Ithaca museum displays Rapa Nui photography

2007-09-14T06:59:00.000-06:00

Ithaca museum displays photos of world's spiritual landmarks
Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - Sep 13, 2007
He later photographed holy sites in Syria, Jordan, England, Scotland, Mexico and Easter Island. A practicing Buddhist, Izu has more recently focused his energies on Buddhist and Hindu sites in India, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Lowbrow moai in Vancouver

2007-09-14T06:58:00.000-06:00

12 tikis to Midnite
24 Hours Vancouver, Canada - Sep 12, 2007
The local lowbrow artist and owner of Lucky Red Gallery (Union Street at Main) thought of everything, including red Plexiglas lit from behind to look like lava flow, a nine-foot styrofoam Easter Island head and a reconstructed fridge that looks like a ...

Moai to be topic at October meeting in Huntsville, Canada

2007-09-14T06:56:00.000-06:00

Geographer to share travel observations
Huntsville Forester, Canada - Sep 12, 2007
by Rick Stronks STILL A MYSTERY: These enigmatic statues on Easter Island will be just one of the topics discussed by Trisha Healey at the nature club’s October meeting.

Luxury condo development inspired by moai

2007-09-14T06:52:00.000-06:00

ICON Brickell to be Honored at International Property Awards
Multi-Housing News, NY - Sep 11, 2007
The project features a two-story entrance with columns inspired by the Moai Statues of Easter Island. Units will be equipped with limestone or granite kitchen countertops; limestone bathroom floors; and terraces with glass railings.

Global sailing trip stopped at Rapa Nui

2007-09-14T06:48:00.000-06:00

All around the world
Beacon, Canada - Sep 11, 2007
From there, it was on to Chile to take part in vegetation surveys, followed by visits to Robinson Crusoe Island, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Tahiti, Bora-Bora, Tonga and New Zealand, where they spent six months refitting the Joshua.

Moai replica in Kerrville, Texas

2007-09-14T06:47:00.000-06:00

Tee Pee Motel restoration brings back a bygone American era
USA Today - Sep 11, 2007
Texas has its share of attractions that were once considered tacky, like the replicas of Stonehenge and Easter Island in Kerrville, and the Eiffel Tower topped by a cowboy hat in Paris (Paris, Texas, that is).

"Collapse" not just in "isolated" Rapa Nui

2007-09-14T06:44:00.000-06:00

Of Capitalism, Crisis, Conversion & Collapse:
Transnational Institute, Netherlands - Sep 11, 2007
That is where we are now worldwide, not just in isolated places like Easter Island or Greenland. Our global financial, corporate and political elites are all busy grabbing what they can today and too bad about tomorrow - look at anything from the oil ...

International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific

2007-09-14T06:43:00.001-06:00

Gotland and Easter islands struggle to preserve heritage
International Herald Tribune, France - Sep 10, 2007
Landscape was an essential underlying theme at the 7th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific held last month on Gotland, a 4500-square-kilometer, or 1740-square-mile, landmass a 3-hour ferry ride from the Swedish coast.

Trip to Rapa Nui fulfils life long dream

2007-09-14T06:40:00.001-06:00

Third time's charm for Easter Island trip
commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN - Sep 8, 2007
As LAN flight 1467 settled to the runway on Easter Island, it was the final step in fulfilling a dream that my wife and I had harbored for 35 years.

New7Wonders list = great itineraries

2007-09-14T06:38:00.000-06:00

Bob Retzlaff Lists make for great itineraries
Post-Bulletin, MN - Sep 7, 2007
Landmarks that were nominated for the contest but did not receive enough votes to place among the final seven included the Acropolis, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the stone statues on Chile's Easter Island, Sydney's Opera House, ...

Visit to Rapa Nui one of many trips for "Fil-Am lady"

2007-09-14T06:32:00.000-06:00

This Fil-Am lady has been in 162 countries
Philippine News Online, Philippines - Sep 5, 2007
“ In the Pacific, Odette has been to Australia, Easter Island, Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand (Aukland and Rotorua) and Northern Marianas and Saipan.

"Ignored nature, cut down all the trees, built 50 ton rock monuments and died"

2007-09-14T06:29:00.002-06:00

Se;ected Growth Fallacies: Part 17--Next Added 100 Million Americans
OpEdNews, PA - Sep 4, 2007
On tiny Easter Island, humans ignored nature, cut down all the trees, built 50 ton rock monuments and died of overpopulation via starvation.

Local views on New7Wonders

2007-09-14T06:29:00.001-06:00

Impressive, breathtaking: Locals chime in on 'new' Seven Wonders
Shreveport Times, LA - Sep 4, 2007
We have also seen all of those that were in the running except for three, Easter Island, Timbuktu and Kiyormizu Temple. And of course we have been (twice) to see the only remaining wonder from the old list, the Pyramids of Giza.

Henry Moore inspired by Rapa Nui art

2007-09-14T06:28:00.001-06:00

This still startles with its novelty, timeless political relevance ...
This is London, UK - Sep 3, 2007When he said this, Henry Moore was 74 and well able to look back over his work and see it in the context-of the Italian Renaissance, ancient Greece and Rome, Stonehenge and Easter Island. In the spirit of enquiry he had acquired a repertory of ...

Rapa Nui piece in Condé Nast Traveller

2007-09-14T06:25:00.000-06:00

10 years, no freebies
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 3, 2007
William Boyd wrote about France in the first issue and Will Self has piece on Easter Island in the 10th anniversary issue. Columnists such as Zoë Heller and reporters such as John Davidson and Russell Miller have contributed in the past.

Possible fare includes Rapa Nui

2007-09-14T06:22:00.000-06:00

Mexico - life in ruins
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Sep 2, 2007
On this fare it is possible to stop in Tahiti, Easter Island and/or Santiago. Fares from Cancun to Mexico City start at $216 plus tax one-way.

Maori king to meet with representatives of Rapa Nui and more

2007-09-14T06:20:00.000-06:00

Maori King joining Pacific royals to strengthen links
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 2, 2007
Those represented will include Samoa, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Cook Islands, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and Tonga. Spokeswoman for Tahitian Prince Teriihinoiatua Joiville Pomare, Roti Make, said the declaration was about improving education - a theme King ...

Rapa Nui best for hiking or archaeology

2007-09-14T06:18:00.000-06:00

The Pacific Islands A South Sea Dream
PR-GB.com (press release), Bulgaria - Sep 1, 2007
Easter Island is best for hiking or archaeology. Most of the travel agents suggest a short stay in Easter Island. Then you can't explore the place much, if it is a short stay.

Rapa Nui "fascinates the human race"

2007-09-14T06:10:00.000-06:00

The mysterious island of Easter
Montreal Gazette, Canada - Aug 28, 2007
Easter Island fascinates the human race the way Nessie or Stonehenge do. Located more than 3500 km west of continental Chile, it is home to the moai statues - considered one of the world's greatest mysteries - is a finalist in the new Seven Wonders of ...

US East Coast canoe trip inspired by what happened to Rapa Nui

2007-09-14T06:08:00.000-06:00

From Miami to Maine, spreading the word about the oceans
Christian Science Monitor, MA - Aug 27, 2007
But she got a wake-up call in late 2005 when she read about what happened to Easter Island long ago. This tiny island in the South Pacific was almost completely deforested by the 18th century.

Rapa Nui visitors drawn to moai and natural beauty

2007-09-14T06:01:00.000-06:00

Easter Island a mix of adventure, history, awe
Canada.com, Canada - Aug 28, 2007
This book, about the voyage to prove the possibility of settlement of Easter Island by peoples from South America, made for fascinating reading. ...

"Monolithic" Pop Culture References #64

2007-09-05T02:18:00.000-06:00