▁of ▁T ah iti . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁Pol yn es ians ▁had ▁built ▁houses ▁on ▁the ▁beach . ▁Later ▁on , ▁they ▁had ▁built ▁houses ▁further ▁in land ▁because ▁of ▁high ▁t ide . ▁Captain ▁James ▁Cook ▁came ▁on ▁his ▁expedition ▁to ▁chart ▁the ▁Pacific ▁islands ▁during ▁ 1 7 7 0 . ▁He ▁also ▁came ▁with ▁expl orer ▁English man ▁Samuel ▁Wall is ▁to ▁explore . ▁James ▁Cook ▁later ▁went ▁to ▁Australia . ▁Charles ▁Dar win ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁Society ▁Islands ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 0 0 s ▁from ▁the ▁western ▁Pacific . ▁P una ' au ia ▁experienced ▁a ▁major ▁population ▁bo om ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁census ▁it ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 2 8 , 1 0 3 , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁second ▁most ▁popul ous ▁commune ▁in ▁French ▁Pol yn esia . ▁ ▁Transport ▁The ▁A rem iti ▁fer ry ▁is ▁the ▁main ▁fer ry ▁that ▁s ails ▁to ▁Moore a ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁other ▁Society ▁Islands . ▁The ▁fer ry ▁is ▁white ▁with ▁red ▁stri pes . ▁The ▁other ▁is ▁the ▁Moore a ▁Fer ry ▁which ▁is ▁white ▁on ▁the ▁top ▁and ▁blue ▁on ▁the ▁bottom . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Comm unes ▁of ▁French ▁Pol yn esia ▁* <0x0A> </s> ▁K ana ▁Ext ended - A ▁is ▁a ▁Unicode ▁block ▁containing ▁h enta ig ana ▁( non - standard ▁hi rag ana ) ▁characters . ▁Add itional ▁h enta