These changes have come from many different aspects of Polynesian society.

A similar word with the same concept is found in other Polynesian societies.

Independence and/or increasing autonomy is not the only influence affecting modern Polynesian society.

All Polynesian societies have many stories of ghosts or spirits who played a role in their traditional legends.

Polynesian societies were ruled by an ariki from ancient times.

Several ancient Polynesian societies exhibited a diarchic political structure as well.

In 1892 he was one of the founders of the Polynesian Society.

In some Polynesian societies, fa'afafine are considered to be a "third gender" alongside male and female.

She was also a major contributor to the Journal of the Polynesian Society.

Journal of the Polynesian Society 49, no. 3 (1940): 447-465.