In 1817, King Pomare II asked if he could personally print the first page of the Gospel of Luke. He did so on a small manual press brought to Moorea by missionaries.
१८१७ मध्ये, राजा पोमारे दुसरे यांनी, लूक शुभवर्तमानाचे पहिले पान स्वतः छापण्याची विनंती केली.