List of Polynesians
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This is a list of notable Polynesia
Polynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...

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  • Jonah Takalua
    Jonah Takalua
    Jonah Takalua is one of three main fictional characters on the Australian mockumentary series Summer Heights High played by Chris Lilley. Jonah is the only one of the three main characters in Summer Heights High to debut in the mockumentary, with Ja'mie and Mr. G appearing in Chris Lilley's...

    , fictional character on Chris Lilley
    Chris Lilley
    Chris Lilley may refer to:*Chris Lilley , Australian comedian*Chris Lilley , technical director, W3C...

    's Summer Heights High
    Summer Heights High
    Summer Heights High is a Logie Award-winning Australian television mockumentary series written by and starring Chris Lilley. It is a parody of high-school life epitomised by its three protagonists: effeminate and megalomaniacal "Director of Performing Arts" Mr G; self-absorbed, privileged teenager...

  • Finau 'Ulukalala of Tonga
  • Hone Heke
    Hone Heke
    Hone Wiremu Heke Pokai was a Māori rangatira and war leader in Northern New Zealand and a nephew of Hongi Hika, an earlier war leader of the Ngāpuhi iwi. Hone Heke is considered the principal instigator of the Flagstaff War....

  • King Kamehameha I of Hawaii
  • Kaahumanu
  • Liliuokalani
  • Lo'au of Tonga
  • Queen Pomare IV of Tahiti
    Pomare IV
    Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti , more properly Aimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraitua , was the queen of Tahiti between 1827 and 1877...

  • Salamasina of Samoa
  • Queen Sālote, Tupou III of Tonga
  • King Tāufa'āhau, Tupou I of Tonga
  • Te Kooti
    Te Kooti
    Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki was a Māori leader, the founder of the Ringatu religion and guerrilla.While fighting alongside government forces against the Hauhau in 1865, he was accused of spying. Exiled to the Chatham Islands without trial along with captured Hauhau, he experienced visions and...

  • Te Puea Herangi
    Te Puea Herangi
    Te Puea Herangi, CBE was a respected Māori leader from New Zealand's Waikato region known by the name Princess Te Puea.-Early life:...

  • Te Rauparaha
    Te Rauparaha
    Te Rauparaha was a Māori rangatira and war leader of the Ngāti Toa tribe who took a leading part in the Musket Wars. He was influential in the original sale of conquered Rangitane land to the New Zealand Company and was a participant in the Wairau Incident in Marlborough...

  • Te Whiti o Rongomai
    Te Whiti o Rongomai
    Te Whiti o Rongomai III was a Māori spiritual leader and founder of the village of Parihaka, in New Zealand's Taranaki region.-Biography:...

  • Tupaia
    Tupaia (navigator)
    Tupaia was a Polynesian navigator and arioi , originally from the island of Ra'iatea in the Pacific Islands group known to Europeans as the Society Islands. His remarkable navigational skills and Pacific geographical knowledge were to be utilised by Lt. James Cook, R.N...

    , 18th century Tahiti
    Tahiti
    Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...

    an navigator, arioi (Polynesian religious office, similar to priest) and noble; accompanied Lt. James Cook
    James Cook
    Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

     on his renowned first voyage of discovery
  • Tarheto, 18th century Tahitian boy who accompanied Tupaia on his voyage with Captain Cook until their deaths in Batavia
  • Māui (mythology)
    Maui (mythology)
    Māui is the great hero of Polynesian mythology. Stories about his exploits are told in nearly every Polynesian land. Maui in most cases is regarded as a demi-god, or as fully divine; in some places, he is regarded as merely human ....

  • Kupe
    Kupe
    In the Māori mythology of some tribes, Kupe was involved in the Polynesian discovery of New Zealand.-Contention:There is contention concerning the status of Kupe. The contention turns on the authenticity of later versions of the legends, the so-called 'orthodox' versions closely associated with S....

  • timali of samoa*
  • Tevaite Vernette (1-time Actress appeared with Mel Gibson and Tony Hopkins in The Bounty)
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