Table of Pacific Island Names

 Current name                                             Formerly known as                               Native name
Rarotonga                                                                                                                         Maaroraro                                               Puka Puka Puka                                                      Danger Ksland Easter Island  (Isla de Pascua)                          Aku Aku                                                  Rapa Nui, Tepito te Henua Caroline Islands                                               Ocean Island

Palau                                                             Belau Chuuk                                                             Truk Pohnpei                                                           Ponape Marshall Islands                                               Ladrone Islands                                        Aelon Kien Ad Fiji                                                                                                                                 Viti Society Islands or Society Archipelago              Tahiti and her Islands,                               Te Mau Fenua Matai

            Windward Islands (Iles du Vent) &amp; Leewqrd Islands (Iles Sous le Vent)   Raro Matai, Tuha a Pae

Marquesas Islands                                                                                                         Makatea Tuamotu                                                          Puamoto, Dangerous Archipelago Anaa                                                               Chain Island   Moorea                                                            Eimeo or Aimeho Maria                                                               Hull Rapa                                                                Oparu Maritori                                                             Bass Gambier Islands                                                Mangareva, Pearl Island                            Mahu, Mataura, Taahueia Akainaru                                                           Wainright Taravai                                                              Belcher Aukina                                                              Elson Tubuai Hawaii Kiribati Line Islands (farther east) Christmas Banaba Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Samoa Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Tongariki Aoba, Pentecost, &amp;Maewo Wallis and Futuna Futuna Wallis

Ladrone Islands

Tahiti and her Islands Windward Islands(Iles du Vent) and Leeward Islands (Iles sous le Vent)

Paumoto, dangerous archipelago Chain Island Eimeo or Aimeho Hull Oparu Bass Mangareva, Pearl Island Wainwright Belcher Elson Austral Islands Sandwich Islands Gilbert &amp; Ellice Islands American Islands Fanning Ocean Island Pleasant Island

Savage Islands

Union Islands Friendly Islands Ellice Island New Hebrides, Espiritu Santo Shepherd’s Island Cyclades Hoorne Islands Îles de home

Maaroaro

Rapa Nui, Tepito te Henua

Aelon Kien Ad Viti Te Mau Fenua Matai Raro Matai, Tuha a pae

Makatea

Mahu, Mataura, Taahueia

Te Henua e Nana Hava`i

Tabuaerau, Kiritimati Kirisimati

Kanaky Aotearoa

Hamoa (means The Islands)

Uvea