Polynesia in a sentence

These results appeared to confirm that the chickens came from Polynesia and that there were transpacific contacts between Polynesia and South America before Columbus's arrival in the Americas.

The drink was symbolically served to Nā Pohaku O Taputapuātea, three stones carried on Hōkūleʻa from the sacred voyaging temple of Raʻiatea in French Polynesia where the canoe sailed to for permission to embark on this voyage.

Top picks ranged from the Canary Islands; Spain; Chattanooga, Tenn; and Bucharest, Romania; to Colorado Springs, Colo.; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Moorea, French Polynesia.

Beyond its paradise setting on the island’s famous white sand beaches, it has all-important eco credentials to align with the King’s endeavors while in Polynesia.

During the 1947 Kon Tiki expedition, when Thor Heyerdahl and his crew traversed the Pacific from Peru to Polynesia on a raft, two inexplicable submarine anomalies were observed.

His prowess extends beyond medicine into para sports, where he's thrived in athletics, rowing, basketball and ultimately paracanoe, mastering the va'aa one-man canoe traditional to Polynesia.

Known informally as the Rock of Polynesia, Niue was settled by Samoans in 900AD and has a population of around 1,500.

Later, around 1,000 to 700 years ago, people spread further east to the remaining islands, such as French Polynesia and Rapa Nui (Easter Island), north to Hawaii and south to Aotearoa (New Zealand).

Noted that the "Tavini" party has been fighting for the independence of French Polynesia freed from French slavery for many years.

Tahitian dancers in palm-leaf skirts mingled with Olympic surfers, locals and tourists as the opening ceremony for the Summer Games commenced in French Polynesia on Friday morning, some 10,000 miles away from the main ceremony in Paris.

The Papeete Sunday Market is the beating heart of French Polynesia’s capital city.

The star is also allegedly in danger of blowing her $60million fortune after splashing out over a million dollars for each of her monthly trips to French Polynesia and Hawaii, photos of which she shared on social media.

The surfing competition for the Olympics is being held in Teahupo’o on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia, 9,000 miles away from Paris.

After the birthday trip, Kim accidentally started after revealing the precautions she took before flying out her entourage to The Brando, which is a luxurious resort on Tetiaroa, a private island in French Polynesia.

Alexander Ioannidis from Stanford University in California and his international colleagues analysed genetic data from more than 800 living indigenous inhabitants of coastal South America and French Polynesia.

French Polynesia reopened last month to visitors, but requires them to take a test before entry and again four days after arriving.

French Polynesia’s tourist minister said the economy would go through “dark times” in the coming weeks.

Here are the results by “nation” as of Nov. 10, excluding Hawaii (because it’s part of a regional culture not treated here, Greater Polynesia).

Languages like Scottish Gaelic, Hopi, and Western Nahuatl, and regions including Polynesia, Central America, and the Middle East were represented.

Diving with 700 hungry sharks feasting on spawning gropers in French Polynesia was an experience of a lifetime for our top shark expert, Flinders University ecologist Dr Charlie Huveneers.