Rarotonga
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For many in Rarotonga, there is a sense of futility when it comes to U.S.-China competition and deep-sea mining, even though technically the islands haven’t yet formally legalized mining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
New Zealand news site Stuff reports the visitor first developed symptoms on the day they left Rarotonga, the largest of the country's islands.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2022
The explorers arrived first on Rarotonga, the largest island in a chain now called the Cook Islands.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 22, 2021
About seven years ago he got into competitive ocean canoeing, and it has drawn him to events in Hawaii and Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
The two principal islands are Rarotonga and Mangaia, the most southerly of the group.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir
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