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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