Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The term "Tahiti" needs clarification. People often use it to refer to French Polynesia as a whole, but Tahiti is only the main ...

If it's July, it's Heiva Festival month in Tahiti, a stunning celebration of ancient Polynesian culture, song, dance and sports known as the Polynesian Olympics. Over 140 years old, it originated in ...

Next year, Tahiti will be home to the surfing competition of the Paris Olympics, almost 10,000 miles away from France. But the region has its own annual games, known as the Heiva. Toakura, the ...