Wallis and Futuna
About Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast, Samoa to the east, and Tokelau to the northeast.
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It was the only French colony to side with the Vichy collaborationist government during the Second World War. That lasted until a regiment of US Marines arrived in 1942 and said uh-uh. Cannibalism was banned there in 1830.
from No Such Thing As Churchill's Secret Parrot, 2016-10-28 at 00:29:32 · read transcript
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Had to change it back. They did really good research on Moana into Pacific Islanders' culture and history and stuff, didn't they? They consulted lots of experts. I think they're creators of the film traveled to Polynesia multiple times. They put together a committee of linguists and anthropologists and historians from all over the Pacific. Islands who I think ended up being called the something committee the Pacific Committee or something.
No Such Thing As Suckling's Column, 2020-01-10 · listen
They did really good research on Moana into Pacific Islander's culture and history and stuff, didn't they? They consulted lots of experts. I think the creators of the film traveled to Polynesia multiple times and they put together a committee of linguists and anthropologists and historians from all over the Pacific Islands, who I think ended up being called the Pacific Committee or something. They were called the Oceanic Trust.
303: No Such Thing As Suckling's Column, 2020-01-10 · listen
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