polynesia

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 * Polynesia** is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

Wikipedia
[|Polynesia] [|Polynesian_languages] [|French_Polynesia]

Flickr Groups
[|Polynesian Perspective]


 * Main Polynesia**
 * [|American Samoa] (overseas United States territory )
 * [|Cook Islands] (self-governing state in free association with [|New Zealand])
 * [|Easter Island] (called //Rapa Nui// in [|Rapa Nui], politically part of [|Chile] )
 * [|French Polynesia] ("overseas territory", a territory of [|France] )
 * [|Hawaii] (a [|state] of the United States)
 * [|New Zealand] (independent nation)
 * [|Niue] (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 * [|Norfolk Island] (an [|Australian] External Territory)
 * [|Pitcairn Islands] (a British Overseas Territory)
 * [|Samoa] (independent nation)
 * [|Tokelau] (overseas dependency of New Zealand)
 * [|Tonga] (independent nation)
 * [|Tuvalu] (independent nation)
 * [|Wallis and Futuna] (overseas territory of France)


 * Polynesian outliers**
 * In Melanesia**
 * [|Anuta] (in the [|Solomon Islands])
 * [|Mele] (in [|Vanuatu])
 * [|Bellona Island] (in the Solomon Islands)
 * [|Emae] (in Vanuatu)
 * [|Nuguria] (in [|Papua New Guinea])
 * [|Nukumanu] (in Papua New Guinea)
 * [|Ontong Java] (in the Solomon Islands)
 * [|Pileni] (in the Solomon Islands)
 * [|Rennell] (in the Solomon Islands)
 * [|Sikaiana] (in the Solomon Islands)
 * [|Takuu] (in Papua New Guinea)
 * [|Tikopia] (in the Solomon Islands)
 * [|Rotuma] (in the Fiji Islands)


 * In Micronesia**
 * [|Kapingamarangi] (in the [|Federated States of Micronesia])
 * [|Nukuoro] (in the Federated States of Micronesia)


 * Subantarctic Islands**
 * [|Antipodes Islands]
 * [|Auckland Islands] (the most southerly known evidence of Polynesian settlement)