 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Tahiti yaitongwa nemadzimambo omunyika yacho namambokadzi mumwe edzinza raPōmare kubva muna 1788 kusvika muna 1880, apo mambo wokupedzisira, Pōmare V, akasiya nyika yake achienda kuFrance. Mashoko omutambo wokugadza korona waPōmare II, Mambo wechipiri weTahiti 1791, akachengetwa. Tsika yacho yaibatanidza maro ura, bhandi dzvene raimiririra chinzvimbo nesimba zvaPōmare, raiumbwa neminhenga yero neritsvuku, rakareba mamita mashanu uye rakafara masendimita gumi nemashanu. Mapeya matema aifukidza mupendero wokumusoro newezasi wenguvo yacho. Nguo iyi yaivawo nebvudzi rebhuruu raRichard Skinner, mumwe wevapandukikubva kuH.M.S. Bounty avo vakanga vasarudza kugara muTahiti apo Fletcher Christian akaenda kuPitcairn Island. Somugeri wengarava, Skinner aiva nomukurumbira chaiwo pakati pevaTahiti, avo vaikoshesa bvudzi rake dzvuku uye vakaruka mamwe aro mumaro ura yavo. Zvakare zvakabatanidzwa mubhanhire raiva pennant tsvuku yeBritain, iyo Samuel Wallis weH.M.S. Dolphin akanga amutsa paTahiti paakaitora nokuda kwekorona yeBritain muna 1767. VaTahiti vakanga vabvarura mureza uyu, uye vakauruka mujasi ravo roumambo sechiratidzo chouchangamire hwavo pachavo pachitsuwa chavo. 