Introduction to Tahiti: The administrative center of Tahiti (Tahiti) is Papeete. The shape of the island looks like a tail fish when viewed from the air. The head and body of the fish are called "Big Tahiti" (Tahiti Nui), the fish tail is called "Little Tahiti" (Tahiti Iti). Since Tahiti is the largest of the French Polynesian islands and is the political and economic center of French Polynesia, many people are accustomed to referring to the entire French Polynesia as Tahiti.