Tahiti is more than 9,000 kilometers northeast of New Zealand. It is the main island among the 130-some Society Islands of French Polynesia. The capital, Papeete, is located there, and so Tahiti often serves as a synonym for the whole archipelago.
大溪地在紐西蘭東北方九千多公里，是法屬玻里尼西亞社會群島一百卅多個島嶼中的主島，群島首府巴貝蒂也位於此地，因此它往往成為整個群島的代稱。