 Birds found on other islands as well as Maui include the I'iwi ("Drepanis coccinea"], 'Apapane ("Himatione sanguinea"), as well as the Nene ("Branta sandvicensis", the state bird of Hawaii), Hawaiian coot ("Fulica alai"), and a number of others.Polynesians from Tahiti were the original people to populate Maui.The Tahitians introduced the kapu system, a strict social order that affected all aspects of life and became the core of Hawaiʻian culture.