Possible Clues:

• Main island of society group, capital Papeete
• I hit at this exotic island
• Island in South Pacific, chief town Papeete
• Gauguin setting
• Idyllic South Seas island
• Get it back about one strike in the Pacific?
• Gauguin locale
• Where there's a strike in it in a pacific sort of way
• There's no miss in this in the Pacific
• Exotic vacation spot