For a taste of more ancient beliefs, any itinerary should include a marae, or Polynesian temple.
Samoa, of course, is a Polynesian paradise with a bit more of a tourist infrastructure.
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Peter says the history of surfing goes back thousands of years in the Polynesian Islands.
But the new Polynesian-led government obtained only a one-seat majority in the 57-member assembly.
McClatchey, an ethnobotanist at the University of Hawaii who has studied healing traditions across ten Polynesian cultures.
Each night, hundreds participate in exuberant Polynesian routines, with ukuleles jangling and drums pounding long into the night.
There's a one-room spa where a therapist gives pummeling massages in a style she learned from her Polynesian grandfather.
Spectators are enthralled by coconut tree climbing, stone lifting, spear throwing and outrigger sailing in a Polynesian version of Scotland's Highland Games.
But you can also dine on sophisticated Polynesian fare such as sake-steamed manila clams in the Royal Hawaiian's new Azure restaurant.
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The visuals are backed by mix of Polynesian, techno and dance music.
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They sang songs and the locals hosted a seaside barbeque lunch, where they performed traditional Polynesian dances accompanied by Marquesan drums and ukuleles.
The Mirage is moving on from its original faux-Polynesian theme, with newly remodelled and ultra modern rooms decked out in bold colour patterns.
Most historians agree that Polynesian seafarers arrived around 400 AD, but no one knows for sure -- some have posited an extraterrestrial connection.
The first Polynesian voyagers used indigenous scientific astronomical knowledge, harnessing the night sky and the environment to guide them across 162 million square kilometres of ocean.
The subject of the painting was a Polynesian youth who was feted as a noble savage by London society during the late 18th Century.
In a 1993 poll to elect two representatives to the French National Assembly, a candidate from the Polynesian Liberation Front won 44.3% of the votes.
The Tikehau Pearl Beach Resort, part of a Polynesian chain of nine hotels, opened in 2001 and is still the atoll's only place to stay.
But this is the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas--and serious business: the annual convention of Tahitian Noni International, a Provo, Utah maker of a Polynesian "health" drink.
The Plastiki's name is wordplay off the "Kon-Tiki, " a balsa raft made famous by Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl, who in 1947 sailed the vessel from Peru to the Polynesian islands.
Mr Heyerdahl said that he and his five companions had felt a bit tired when they landed on a Polynesian reef after 101 days at sea, but were otherwise fit.
By the dawn of the 21st century, with only a tiny population of birds left on the remote French Polynesian island of Rimatara, it was decided to reintroduce the endangered lorikeet on Atiu.
On the same street as Glass, and with a name that cheekily references the seedy bars that surround it, Dirty Dick combines a retro Polynesian vibe with an assortment of cocktails, including classics such as the Mai-Tai and tropical punch bowls to share.
How this tiny dot in the middle of the South Pacific came to be inhabited is the subject of some debate, but the most widely accepted theory is that Polynesian seafarers arrived from the west around 400 AD, perhaps from their nearest neighbour, the Pitcairn Islands.
As a traditional feast got under way, with festival organisers baking enough fish to feed 1, 500, a makeshift community sprang up: an accordion band played under a gazebo, families sold empanadas, Corona and Sprite from the back of their Jeeps, and kids played Polynesian pop music through portable speakers.
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