Raiatea and Tahaa Travel Guide
French Polynesia's sacred heart, Raiatea was formerly known as Havaiki, the "sacred island." Thought to be the first inhabited island, Polynesian tradition has it that Hiro, a descendant of the creator god Taaroa and Oro, was its first king, founder of the dynasty and the Taputapuatea marae at Opoa. From Mt T ...