According to the archaeological and linguistic studies, the Polynesian ancestors arrived from the South-west of Asia.

They arrived on the coasts North of New Guinea about 4000 to 5000 years ago and they gradually left for Fiji and Tonga around 1500 BC and for Samoa around 100 BC.

The marquesas were inhabited only around 300 AC. This colonization was done by the means of great voyages, accomplished by canoes built by the Polynesians, bringing with them plants, fruits, animals and other foods important for the survival of man.

Cook was the first European to visit Huahine in 1769. Later he travelled several times to Huahine.   Where he made it possible for a young Polynesian, called Omai, to make a round the world tour, and to live in England during a few years.

In 1809, Protestant missionaries Davies and Bennet undertook a 1 year round the island tour, during  they wrote a detailed journal. From 1847 to 1888, after long sets of skirmishes and negotiations, Huahine felt under French protectorate. The final annexation followed in 1897. French missionaries replaced the English missionaries thus. The granting of the French citizenship took place in 1946.