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In the Cook Islands, it's now....
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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How to get to the Cook Islands
A quick tour of the Cook Islands
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MY COOK ISLANDS
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Islanders praised for tsunami warning response
New call for compulsory crash helmets
Air force avert Penrhyn food crisis
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Aitutaki's Cyclone Pat
Total eclipse 2010 Mangaia
Mangaia - the southernmost of the Cook Islands - is one of only two places on land where you can see a total eclipse of the sun in its full glory this year.  And it promises to be an awesome experience as darkness blankets the oldest island in the Pacific.
Find out more and watch an exclusive animated preview of the Mangaia eclipse
Palmerston's patriarch
The main street!
Palmerston church
PALMERSTON is so remote, it wasn't even properly positioned on maps until 40 years ago.  And this tiny island is owned and populated enitrely by the direct descendants of a British man and his four wives. 
Explore Palmerston     The founding father
Bottling the essence of the Islands
If only you could bottle the Cook Islands and take them home....well, that's pretty much what happens at a "garden factory" on Rarotonga
Essence of the Islands