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The island of Rarotonga

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The island of Rarotonga

Rarotonga, the main island in the Cooks, is also the most mountainous and most populous. Most people come and go on the four-hour flight from Rarotonga to Auckland. Smaller planes and irregular boat services serve the more isolated outer islands.

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Carl Walrond, Cook Islanders – Migration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3751/the-island-of-rarotonga (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.