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    Rakahanga is part of the Cook Islands, situated in the central-southern Pacific Ocean. The unspoilt atoll is 1,248 kilometres (775 miles) from the Cook...
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  • Rakahanga-Manihiki is a Tahitic language belonging to the Polynesian language family, spoken by about 2500 people on Rakahanga and Manihiki Islands (part...
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    Rakahanga Island is one of 11 islands in the Rakahanga atoll of the Cook Islands. It is on the southern edge of the lagoon, and the village of Nivano and...
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    possibly unsurpassed elsewhere in Polynesia. The islands of Manihiki and Rakahanga trace their origins to the arrival of Toa Nui, a warrior from the Puaikura...
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    1963, a small boat, Tearoha, set sail from Manihiki to Rakahanga for food. On leaving Rakahanga on 15 August 1963, the boat was blown off course in a storm...
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    Mangerevan Tahitic languages Austral Māori Tuamotuan Penrhyn Rarotongan Rakahanga-Manihiki Tahitian Nuclear Polynesian Futunic languages Pukapuka Ellicean...
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    Rakahanga is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Cook Islands Parliament. Its current representative is Democrat Piho Rua, who...
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    Europeans was Gente Hermosa (beautiful people) by Spanish explorers to Rakahanga in 1606. The islands as a whole are named after British Captain James...
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    Island Tuvalu, Tokelau and the Northern Cook Islands (Pukapuka, Nassau, Rakahanga, Manihiki, Penrhyn, Suwarrow and Palmerston) Western Polynesia Tonga Samoa...
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    stand for the fifteen islands that make up the Cook Islands (Tongareva, Rakahanga, Manihiki, Pukapuka, Nassau, Suwarrow, Palmerston, Aitutaki, Manuae, Takutea...
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