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The two islands are separated by a few hundred metres of water and joined by a sandspit at low tide. A small bridge was built to connect Huahine Nui and Huahine Iti. Its highest point is Turi, at 669 m elevation. In the northwest of Huahine Nui lies a 375-hectare (930-acre) brackish lake known as Lac Fauna Nui (Lac Maeva). This lake is all that ...
Starting in the late 1960s, Huahine Airport has a long and illustrious history. The airport was largely utilized for military purposes after being constructed as a military installation by the French military. To handle the rising number of visitors to the island in the 1990s, the airport received repairs and restorations.
Faʻahia is an early Polynesian occupation site in the north-east of the island of Huahine, in the Society Islands, French Polynesia. With the neighbouring Vaitoʻotia site, it dates to between 700 CE and 1200 CE.
Fare is an associated commune located in the commune of Huahine on the island of the same name, in French Polynesia. [2] References
Mahine', also called Te-hei-’ura or Puru (c. 1761–1838) was the king of the island of Huahine. Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. He was born in 1761. [citation needed] Mahine Tehei’ura became a king in 1810 after the abdication of Tenania, his brother.
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She governed the island of Huahine with the main chiefs Mahine and Hautia on behalf of her sister Teriitaria II. She died on December 16, 1834, in Huahine at the age of approximately 45, and was married to No, also known as Maitui, as recorded by missionary Charles Barff and his companion Thomas Nightingale.. [35] [36] [37] [38]
The Polynesian island of Huahine, in the Society Islands, was a kingdom ruled by the Teurura'i dynasty from the 18th century until its annexation by France in 1895. The island is now a part of French Polynesia .