Rarotonga
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The jockeying has divided Rarotonga, where chickens and dogs roam freely, and buildings aren’t allowed to be bigger than the tallest coconut trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
New Zealand's health ministry later listed a flight on 7 February from Rarotonga to Auckland as a location of interest, advising passengers sat in rows 53 to 57 to self-isolate.
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
Here he made his home until a chief from Rarotonga drove him away.
From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by W. D. Westervelt
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