María Ignacia Paoa Rangitopa María Ignacia is the daughter of María Carmela Languitopa and Alberto Paoa-Bornier, a grandson of the French settler Dutroux-Bornier, who took over the lands of the Easter Islanders and proclaimed himself “King of Easter Island”, prior to the Chilean annexation. Everyone knows her by her nickname
Climate Changes on Rapa Nui Effects on animal life in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: El aumento de las lluvias relacionado con El Niño aumenta la turbidez del agua y disminuye su salinidad, influyendo en los procesos de fotosintesis submarina. Ello afecta la relacion natural entre los peces y su medio
French Expedition of 1872 Pierre Loti dibujó y registró en sus cuadernos de guardiamarina sus impresiones, datos de la población y paisajes, logrando llevar a Francia un testimonio real de la cultura Rara Nui. Pierre Loti drew in his midshipman notebook impressions, population data and landscapes, succeeded in bringing France
Testimony from the Past Ana Rapahango — 80 years old at the time of this account — is the granddaughter of Antonia Tepuku and daughter of Victoria Rapahango and the Englishman Henry Percival Edmunds, administrator of the Williamson & Balfour Company who resided on the island from 1906 to 1930.
Plastic contaminates the coast of Rapa Nui Every year millions of tons of plastic are dumped into the oceans. The largest part of this rubbish ends up floating in the so-called “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, contaminating the marine life. Rapu Nui receives the rubbish from the South Pacific Gyre. Last
There has been a lot of speculation on the problems of water supply in the remote past of Rapa Nui. “The Island has no rivers, creeks or valleys which wash its countryside nor water sources which refresh the thirsty”.. wrote Father Sebastian Englert in his book “The Land of Hotu
The Man who was born from a Chicken Two men of the royal Miru tribe were walking to the well known bay of Hotu Iti where there was an abundance of fish and lobster. On the way, they stole a chicken to eat later in the day, one of the
Ursula Rapu My father was called Alejo Kana Kyoka. He was the son of a Chinese, but my grandmother’s husband accepted him as his son and gave him the family name of Rapu. He was white skinned and, when I was born and he saw me as dark as my
“Iorana, welcome Manutara and thank you for coming to Rapa Nui” are the first lines of a song written by Parapina Araki when the legendary seaplane, coming from east to west, descended over Vinapu and alighted on the sandy strip at Mataveri. Manutara is the Easter Island seagull which each
The rebirth of ancestral medicine The Rapanui community of today is in the process of reclaiming many different aspects of their social and political life. One of them is the rebirth of ancestral medicine. Currently on the Island is an old field hospital, built in the 1970s, which was originally
AVA RANGA UKA A TOROKE HAU German Archaeological Excavation (2nd Stage) New studies are being done by the German and Swiss archaeological team, together with the Anthropological Museum and the Mata Ki Te Rangi Foundation of Rapa Nui, at Ava Ranga Uka a Toroke Hau near Vaitea (located in the
