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This unshakable belief in his own self-sovereignty offers a welcome contrast to the islanders’ inherent fear of change.
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Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The impetus for Rapa Nui came from Thomas Athol Joyce, an ethnographer at the British Museum who’d urged the Routledges to go while elderly islanders who remembered the old ways were still alive.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Previous islanders from Season 6 made guest appearances throughout the first season, which premiered on Peacock this summer.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
And that was a problem, since what islanders considered a public road passed through Lehrer’s property — as did Langlois.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The impetus for Rapa Nui came from Thomas Athol Joyce, an ethnographer at the British Museum who’d urged the Routledges to go while elderly islanders who remembered the old ways were still alive.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Previous islanders from Season 6 made guest appearances throughout the first season, which premiered on Peacock this summer.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
And that was a problem, since what islanders considered a public road passed through Lehrer’s property — as did Langlois.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Islander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islander. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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islander
noun
is·land·er
ˈī-lən-dər 
: a person born or living on an island
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