Rarotonga - Drums of Atlantis

Polynesian

Polynesian Accounts of Creation

The word wari (wali) occurs in various Polynesian groups and always with reference to a softened substance: “mud” or “muddy” in Tahiti and Rarotonga; “pulp” or “pap” in Mangareva; “a marsh” in the Tuamotus; “potato grown watery with age” in New Zealand.

Polynesian DNA

The genetic data indicated that these navigators first reached Rarotonga, then continued to spread in various directions over centuries, eventually populating islands as far-flung as Rapa Nui by 1210 C.E.