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King Pomare II. Pōmare II, King of Tahiti (1774 – 7 December 1821) was the second king of Tahiti between 1782 and 1821. He was installed by his father Pōmare I at Tarahoi, 13 February 1791. He ruled under regency from 1782 to 1803.
Tahiti is the highest and largest island in French Polynesia lying close to Moʻorea island. It is located 4,400 kilometres (2,376 nautical miles) south of Hawaiʻi, 7,900 km (4,266 nmi) from Chile, 5,700 km (3,078 nmi) from Australia.
King of Tahiti and Moʻorea: Teinaiti: Ari'ifa'aite: Pōmare IV Queen of Tahiti and Moʻorea: Tapoa II King of Bora Bora of the Tapoa Dynasty of Bora Bora: Teuhe Queen of Huahine of the Teurura'i Dynasty of Huahine: Pōmare V King of Tahiti and Moʻorea: Marau: Ari'iaue: Teri'itua Tuavira "Prince Joinville" Ariʻi of Hitiaʻa: Isabelle ...
Montage of people in the Pōmare royal family. The Pōmare Dynasty rose to prominence in the early 1790s from a ruling Tahitian family aided by protection from British mercenaries from the mutineers on the Bounty. [citation needed] On 29 June 1880, King Pōmare V agreed to a treaty of annexation with the French. On 9 September 1842, there was a ...
[15] [16] (Although Moorea has only 16,000 people, the 50,000-signature figure is not necessarily untrue because it could imply that Hau Pakumotu received signatures from people both on Moorea and in other parts of French Polynesia.) He declared an independent Pakomotu Sovereign Republic State on 25 June 2010 and has called French Polynesia a ...
In the generations before Europeans arrived, a cult called 'Oro-maro-'ura developed: the cult of the red-feathered girdle. This became a tangible symbol of the chief's power. Key followers of the 'Oro cult were the 'arioi, who lived separately from the common people. They wore scented flowers and adorned themselves with scents and scarlet-dyed ...
The Māori King Movement, called the Kīngitanga [a] in Māori, is a movement that arose among some of the Māori iwi (tribes) of New Zealand in the central North Island in the 1850s, to establish a role similar in status to that of the monarch of the British colonists, as a way of halting the alienation of Māori land. [13]
The French Admiral De Tromelin invaded Honolulu in 1849, causing $100,000 in damage and took the king's yacht, Kamehameha III, which was sailed to Tahiti. [21] Hawaiʻi escaped French annexation because the balance of American, British, and French interests in the islands made it impossible for any of the three nations to annex the islands.