Yes they are all eastern Polynesians. The native people are known in the Cook Islands as Maori, in Hawaii as Maoli and in Tahiti as Maohi. The languages are also very similar as is there dances.
TONGA, SAMOA, COOK ISLAND, FIJI, NEW ZEALAND, NIUE, HAWAII, TAHITI, PAUA NEW GUINEA, TUVALU
* Tahiti * New Zealand * Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)
Wooden drums are central to the Cook Island's culture. Many people are under the misinformation that wooden drums began in Tahiti, but islanders will dispute the fact that they began on the Cook Islands.
Some companies that offer cruises to Tahiti are Thomas Cook, Holland America and Princess. The cruises also include packages that visit Hawaii and other South Pacific islands.
James Cook was speared to death in the Big Island of Hawaii, by native Hawaiians.
The first people to settle in Hawaii were the Polynesians. Captain Cook soon found Hawaii and considered it the sandwich island.
By ship.
Cook's Cove in Tahiti
Captain James Cook Captain James Cook
No, Captain James Cook discovered Tahiti. Captain Bligh was going to Tahiti to deliver Breadfruit.
Captain Cook explored Australia and Tahiti.
No exact answer as follows;"Surfing might have been first observed by Europeans at Tahiti in 1767 by Samuel Wallis and the crew members of the Dolphinwho were the first Europeans to visit the island in June 1767. Another candidate is the botanist Joseph Banks[1] being part of the First voyage of James Cook on the HMS Endeavour, who arrived on 10 April 1769 on Tahiti. Lieutenant James King was the first one who wrote about the art of surfing on Hawaii when completing the journals of Captain James Cook upon Cook's death in 1779."