Kanak people
The earliest history of Europeans arriving on these islands is when Captain Cook of the United Kingdom landed in these islands in 1775 at a time when there were reportedly 70,000 Kanaks living in the archipelago. Cook gave the name "New Caledonia" to these islands, after Caledonia, his Scottish highlands.
Pwapwâ language
Pwapwa (Poapoa) is a nearly extinct Kanak language of New Caledonia, in the commune of Voh.