Main Polynesia American Samoa (territory of the United States) Cook Islands (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand) Easter Island (called Rapa Nui in the Rapa Nui language, politically part of Chile) French Polynesia (overseas country, a collectivity 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 (collectivity of France) Rotuma (Fijian dependency) The Phoenix Islands and Line Islands, most of which are part of Kiribati, are geographically Polynesian islands, but they had no permanent settlements until European colonization. Polynesian outliers In Melanesia Anuta (in the Solomon Islands) Bellona Island (in the Solomon Islands) Emae (in Vanuatu) Fiji Mele (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) There are United States Minor Outlying Islands[which?] in this area. In Micronesia Kapingamarangi (in the Federated States of Micronesia) Nukuoro (in the Federated States of Micronesia) Subantarctic Islands Auckland Islands (the most southerly known evidence of Polynesian settlement) Polynesians Unite . (got this from wikipedia)
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