Possible Clues:

• A strike in this odd island
• Thanks to success, one finishes up in exotic island
• French-speaking island (6)
• Island in South Pacific, chief town Papeete
• Locale for some Gauguin art
• Land in a Gauguin landscape
• I hit at this exotic island
• Main island of society group, capital Papeete
• Where to find Papeete
• Gauguin locale