![20201006-025605 Raiatea, formerly known as Havai'i, sits in the middle of the Polynesian triangle (Hawai'i, Easter Island, New Zealand) and is considered as the sacred island...](thumbs/20201006-025605.webp)
Raiatea, formerly known as Havai'i, sits in the middle of the Polynesian triangle (Hawai'i, Easter Island, New Zealand) and is considered as the sacred island…
![20201007-012708 Taputapuatea was settled around 1000 years ago by the Ma'ohi civilization. It is a religious, cultural, intellectual and political crossroads. A marae is an...](thumbs/20201007-012708.webp)
Taputapuatea was settled around 1000 years ago by the Ma'ohi civilization. It is a religious, cultural, intellectual and political crossroads. A marae is an…
![20201007-012712 Marae Taputapuatea, built as the founding marae by god Ta'aroa, dedicated to his son 'Oro, god of peace and war.](thumbs/20201007-012712.webp)
Marae Taputapuatea, built as the founding marae by god Ta'aroa, dedicated to his son 'Oro, god of peace and war.
![20201006-022314 Marae Hauviri, belonging to the kings from the Tamatoa dynasty, with the intronization rock in the middle.](thumbs/20201006-022314.webp)
Marae Hauviri, belonging to the kings from the Tamatoa dynasty, with the intronization rock in the middle.
![20201006-024210 Marae Taputapuatea, built as the founding marae by god Ta'aroa, dedicated to his son 'Oro, god of peace and war.](thumbs/20201006-024210.webp)
Marae Taputapuatea, built as the founding marae by god Ta'aroa, dedicated to his son 'Oro, god of peace and war.
![20201006-024303 Marae Taputapuatea, built as the founding marae by god Ta'aroa, dedicated to his son 'Oro, god of peace and war.](thumbs/20201006-024303.webp)
Marae Taputapuatea, built as the founding marae by god Ta'aroa, dedicated to his son 'Oro, god of peace and war.