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Cook Islands Ancestral Name Information
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Rarotonga
Tumutevarovaro
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Aitutaki
Ara'ura 'Enua / Utataki 'Enua / 'Ararau 'Enua
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Mangaia
A'ua'u 'Enua
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Atiu
'Enua Manu
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These three islands together 'Atiu, Ma'uke and Miti'aro collectively are known as known to native Cook islanders as 'NGA-PU-TORU' (the three roots) referring to their ancestral lineage and close knit genealogical ties.
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Mauke
'Akatokamanava
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Mitiaro
Nukuroa
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Manuae
Hervey Island
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Takutea
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Manihiki
Humphrey Island / Tapuahua / Manuhiki |
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Pukapuka
Te Ulu o te Watu
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Traditional name Te Ulu-o-te-Watu ..."head of the rock" |
Penrhyn
Tongareva / Hararanga / Te Pitaka
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Hararanga is an historic and important name that refers to the island of Tongareva (Penrhyn) pronounced Halalanga. |
Palmerston
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Rakahanga
Te Ulu o te Watu
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One of the ancestral names for Rakahanga is Te Mokotua o Maui. Maui's backbone. The legendary hero of the Pacific Maui is a well reverred ancestor of the Manihiki/Rakahanga people.
Sir Peter Buck (a.k.a Te Rangi Hiroa) who published the book "Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga" mentioned Rakahanga as "Fararanga" as well but no oral histories are able to reccount the origin of this name in Manihiki/Rakahanga history or genealogies.
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Nassau
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Suwarrow
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