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A fact from Matua (priest) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 December 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that after High Priest Matua of Mangareva converted to Christianity in 1835, his long hair, sacred in the old pagan religion, was cut short?

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I am only going to create a start article for now and not go into the details of this history since I can't access or understand most of the available French sources. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 02:40, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Index of Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Mangareva: ère chrétienne, 1834-1871: Matua, Maria Tepano. Oncle et tuteur du roi Maputeoa, grand prêtre des idoles. Son physique, 21 et note ; Laval gagne ses bonnes grâces, sa sympathie contrebalance l'hostilité du roi, 39, 74, 82, 85-87, 90-92, 95, 100-102, 110, 111, 116, 118, 126; baptisé en 1835, 130, 131, 133; difficultés politiques, 144-146 ; reçoit un costume du Pape, 181-182, 185, 226. Son fils, cf. Akakio. Sa petite fille, cf. Agapa. Maria Anna, 130. 21

Akakio. Prince, cousin de la Régente, appelé aussi Akokio, épouse Agnès Toamani. Propriétaire du terrain litigieux de Pignon, 334, 352, 358, 360, 362-364, 434-438, 447, 452, 453, 462, 472, 474-476, 485, 500, 503, 508, 509, 545, 546, 552-555, 559, 576, 589, 601, 605, 606 ; sa mort, 610-612, 624. Voir sa fille Agapa ; son fils Maria-Tepano.

Maria-Tepano. Fils de Akakio, 545 ; épouse Agnès, fille de Grégorio Ier, 606, 610, 611, 627. Maria-Tepano. Voir Matua.

Agapa. Fille de Akakio, épousera Joseph, fils de Maputeoa, 545, 546, 551, 552, 557, 559, 561.