Remittances have raised living standards [ 54], contributed to employment (especially in the service and construction sectors) and eased balance of payments problems, despite contributing to inflation, especially in the larger Polynesian countries.
Birth weight is also related to mother's country of birth; for example, babies of mothers born in Asian countries tend to be smaller and babies of mothers born in Polynesian countries tend to be larger than babies of Australian born mothers [ 47].
GREENBURGH -- "Springfair" with a "meet the bees" program; Polynesian, country, line and square dancing, nature family scavenger hunt, petting zoo, tractor rides, sale of plants, kits, refreshments and other items.
The culture of the Cook Islands reflects the traditions of its fifteen islands as a Polynesian island country, spread over in the South Pacific Ocean.
The five independent nations were chosen to represent the diversity of cultures, challenges and systems: Melanesian (Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon Islands) and Polynesian (Samoa, Tonga) countries; populations that were more than 500,000 (Fiji, Solomon Islands) and smaller populations (Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga); without a university (Tonga, Solomon Islands); with a medical school (Fiji, Samoa).
It was like that at Wigan and in Australia it's like that with players from different countries: New Zealand, Polynesians, Papua New Guinea, England.
He was a juggernaut who helped reshape the country's fear of Polynesian physicality from something inherently criminal, to something that could be admired, even cheered for (just ask poor old Mike Catt or Tony Underwood).
An article on April 13 about the Marquesas in the South Pacific misidentified one of the countries that make up the so-called Polynesian Triangle and the Polynesian island that is the farthest from Tahiti.
"Friends, you have come from a very far country, out of love," a Polynesian convert told the travelers in 1821.
Although I didn't realise it at the time, each story is retold in a style that's in keeping with its source country, whether it's Sudanese, Polynesian, Japanese or Basuto.
Tonga, a Polynesian kingdom in the South Pacific, sent the cross-country skier Pita Taufatofua — who also participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics, then in Tae Kwon Do — as its only representative.
