Cook Islands $3 dollar note
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NORTHERN GROUP ISLANDS
Manihiki  Island of pearls
Nassau  A remote Garden of Eden
Penrhyn  Floating in space
Pukapuka  Island of beautiful girls
Rakahanga  The undiscovered country
Suwarrow  A real treasure island
THE GROUPS
About the Southern Group
About the Northern Group
SOUTHERN GROUP ISLANDS
Rarotonga  The capital island
Aitutaki  Your own blue lagoon
Atiu  Land of the birds
Manuae  Uninhabited
Mangaia  Oldest island in the Pacific
Mauke  Garden of the Islands
Mitiaro  Face of the ocean
Palmerston  An English legacy
Takutea  Uninhabited
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THE ONLY INDEPENDENT, NON-COMMERCIAL GUIDE ON THE NET.  THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLANDS
How to get to the Cook Islands
A quick tour of the Cook Islands
Guided tour of Aitutaki
What's on
15 Aug: Rakahanga gospel day
2008 calendar    More about gospel days
China ready to sign big loan deal
Islanders 'moving away from church'
New Melbourne-Raro flight planned
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William Marsters
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Website author, John Roberts  has been talking about the story of William Marsters of Palmerston, on Radio New Zealand National's' 'Nights' programme.  
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Road through the makatea
MANGAIA is the oldest island in the Pacific and evidence of its great age is everywhere.  But this is also home to a friendly, but fiercely independent people...who say they're 'proud to be British'!
Explore Mangaia    Personal Impressions    Video tour
The Islands may be sending just four athletes to the Beijing Olympics, but they're all proud to flying the flag for their homeland.
Meet the Islands' Olympians
And here to read about the dynasty Marsters founded
Black pearls
Unique memories are the lasting souvenirs of a Cook Islands visit, but if you're after something more tangible there's everything from a $3 note to precious black pearls
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