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Rarotonga (rärōtông`gä, rărətŏng`gə), formerly Goodenough's Island, volcanic island (2006 pop. 15,153), 26 sq mi (67 sq km), South Pacific, capital of the Cook Islands Cook Islands, island group (2006 pop. 19,569), 90 sq mi (234 sq km), S Pacific, SE of Samoa; a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand. It consists of 15 small islands and is comprised of two main groups, the Southern (or Lower) Cook islands
..... Click the link for more information. . The most southwesterly of the group, it is also the largest, most important, and by far the most populous. Avarua is the administrative seat and chief town and port of Rarotonga. Citrus fruit, copra, and pearl shell are exported. Tourism is an important industry. Rarotonga was visited in 1823 by the English missionary John Williams Williams, John, 1796–1839, English missionary, called the Apostle of Polynesia. Under the London Missionary Society he went (1817) to the Society Islands. He discovered Rarotonga in 1823 and founded missions there.
..... Click the link for more information. . The island was almost completely devastated by a hurricane in 1987.

Rarotonga

an island in the S Pacific, in the SW Cook Islands: the chief island of the group. Chief settlement: Avarua. Pop.: 12 188 (2001). Area: 67 sq. km (26 sq. miles)

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Rarotonga is known for its fisherman''s gods and staff-gods, Atiu for its wooden seats, Mitiaro, Mauke and Atiu for mace and slab gods and Mangaia for its ceremonial adzes.

Places to Go in the South Pacific by Matthew Kepnes / Travel, recreation and leisure community

30/06/09 , RAROTONGA (Pacnews)--Cook Islands foreign affairs minister Wilkie Rasmussen says the controversial PACER Plus free-trade agreement between Pacific Forum island nations, and Australia and New Zealand is likely to be a major talking point at the Forum leaders meeting this August, reports Cook Islands News.

Pacific trade controversy continues by Pacific Ecologist

Lilah's bottle drifts on ocean currents, washing upon Rarotonga many months later where 11 year old Tia-Moana participating in an Earth Day Beach clean-up.

Pacific Promises: A Story from the Leaders of Tomorrow by Tok Blong Pasifik

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