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	Mangaia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mangaia (traditionally known as Anau Enua) is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga.
		It is of interest to geologists because it may be the oldest volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean.
		Mangaia is also the name of the lair of Makuta, the villain of Lego's Bionicle franchise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mangaia (100 words)

	Mangaia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mangaia, the most southerly of the Cook Islands, is also the second largest.
		Mangaia is a recent name given by a visiting Aitutakian some two years before Captain Cook arrived on March 29 1777.
		Mangaia is a rich source of sophisticated legends and myths of origin and has attracted the interest of anthropologists from around the world.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /cook_islands/about_destin/mangaia.html (2442 words)

	Mangaia, Cook Islands
		Mangaia (51.08 sq.km/31.66mi; up to 169m/554ft), the most southerly and the second-largest island in the archipelago, is in the shape of an irregular circle.
		The lower slopes of the central volcanic ridge are deeply indented by rivers.
		As with the rest of the Cook Islands, Mangaia is struggling to deal with a declining population.
	www.planetware.com /south-islands/mangaia-cok-cok-m.htm (222 words)

	Mangaia, Cook Islands
		The Mangaia Project is a collaborative endeavor between the OAL and the University of Florida (Gainesville), co-directed by Prof.
		Mangaia is the southernmost of the Cook Islands, in central Eastern Polynesia.
		The arrival of Polynesians on Mangaia may have been as early as 2500-2000 B.P., although this is signaled only through the proxy indicators of charcoal influx and vegetation changes in the pollen records.
	sscl.berkeley.edu /~oal/research/mangaia/mangaia.htm (669 words)

	Mangaia
		Mangaia is the southern most island of the Cook Islands and it’s second largest.
		Mangaia has a wonderfully warm climate and even during the winter months (March to October) enjoys an average of around 23 -25 degrees Celsius.
		Mangaia offers a fine variety of basic, centrally located accommodation options with all properties offering meal alternatives within the cost of your stay, either cooking meals for you or allowing you to make your own.
	www.islandhoppervacations.com /Areas/Locations.aspx?ID=10 (603 words)

	Ara Moana, Mangaia, Cook Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This tropical island, believed to be the oldest in the Pacific, is the southernmost of the Cook Islands with Antarctica as its only neighbour to the south.
		Mangaia is situated 22 deg South 157 Deg West and has a circumference of about 30 Km.
		Ara Moana Bungalows are located on the eastern coast of Mangaia, a five-minute walk south of the village of Ivirua.
	www.good-hotels-guide.com /oceania/cook-islands/ara-moana-mangaia.htm (321 words)

	Mangaia
		Mangaia is the Cook Islands' southern-most and second largest island, but is not much smaller than Rarotonga.
		Touted as being the oldest island in the Pacific, its central hills are surrounded by an outer rim of raised coral reef called a makatea, believed to have risen from the ocean in stages over the last two million years and the lagoon inside the fringing coral reef is very narrow and shallow.
		Taro swamps are found around the inner edge where water collects between the hills and coral flatlands as well as the central valleys which are the most fertile part of the island and where various crops grow.
	getaway.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=17552 (810 words)

	KiaOrana.com \| Mangaia (1 of 4) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mangaia (pronounced ManEyeUh) - is the second largest island in the Cook Islands.
		Mangaia is the southernmost of the Cook Islands, located a little over a hundred miles (about 200 km) SouthEast of Rarotonga, just north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
		The Mangaia and Atiu kingfishers are both sub species of the Pacific Kingfisher and can be found on many islands in the South East Pacific: Society, Cook and Gambier Islands.
	www.kiaorana.com /mangaia.html (259 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		PHYSICAL FEATURES Mangaia (51.8 sq.km) is a volcanic island with a broad terrace of raised coral limestone (makatea) surrounding the remains of the original volcanic cone.
		The population of Mangaia was 1,235 in 1986, having fallen from about 2,000 in the mid-1970s.
		Mangaia has one endemic bird species, the Mangaia Kingfisher (Halcyon ruficollaris), and an endemic subspecies of the Cook Islands Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus kerearako kerearako) discovered as recently as 1973.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wetlands/mangaia.htm (429 words)

	Mangaia: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mangaia is the most southerly of the Cook Islands[Click link for more facts about this topic] and the second largest, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Rarotonga is the most populous island in a group of islands known as the cook islands, with about 9,500 residents....
		Mangaia is also the name of the lair of Makuta Makuta quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/mangaia.htm (173 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Of the nine islands of the Southern Group, Palmerston and Manuae are typical atolls, Aitutaki is an "almost atoll" with a central volcanic cone rising to 119 m, and Takutea is a tiny sand cay on a coral foundation.
		Freshwater marshes and swamps: on Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke.
		On Atiu, Mangaia and Mauke, extensive freshwater swamps are present in a broad zone around the central volcanic cores of the islands.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/pacific/wetlands/cok_intro.htm (1989 words)

	Mangaia - Compare prices from , and more at Brilliantshopper.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mangaia (traditionally known as Anau Enua) is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest...
		Mangaia is also the name of the lair of Makuta, the villain...
		Mangaia Island lies 177 kilometers southeast of Rarotonga and is the southernmost of the Cook...
	www.brilliantshopper.com /results.php?q=Mangaia (168 words)

	SMALL ISLANDS VOICE
		The island of Mangaia is the second largest island in the Cook Islands.
		Mangaia is an adventurous place full of great legends, myths and a great place for scenery.
		Mangaia is so peaceful and a very nice place to relax on hot days underneath the trees.
	www.unesco.org /csi/smis/siv/Pacific/reap-heritage.htm (462 words)

	Jetsave Travel Accommodation Guide to the Cook Islands, South Pacific
		Mangaia Island lies 177 kilometers southeast of Rarotonga and is the southernmost of the Cook Islands.
		Mangaia is represented in museum collections around the world by large ceremonial adzes.
		Before you leave Mangaia be sure to hike up to the flat summit of Rangimotia, the highest point on the island where you get a panoramic view.
	www.jetsave.co.ck /mangaia_island.htm (1321 words)

	Cook Islands Biodiversity : The Status of Cook Islands Birds - 1996
		The Southern Group, with 90% of the land and 90% of the population, is physically diverse with a young volcanic island (Rarotonga), four raised-reef islands (Mangaia, ‘Ātiu, Ma‘uke and Miti‘āro), an almost-atoll (Aitutaki), two atolls (Manuae and Palmerston) and a sand-cay (Takūtea).
		Mangaia, nearly the same size as Rarotonga, has eroded volcanic hills in the centre surrounded by a kilometre-wide limestone palisade - a raised-reef - reaching 60m elevation and supporting a healthy tropical forest.
		During the early 1980s, residents of Mangaia were reporting that their kingfisher was declining in numbers, and they blamed the Common Myna, which was successfully introduced around 1960.
	cookislands.bishopmuseum.org /showarticle.asp?id=7 (2098 words)

	Part Two The Impact of European Culture on Land Tenure, 1823–98 \| NZETC
		Based on comparison of data contained in ‘Te Rainga io Mangaia i te Marama ia December 1880’ (Census of Mangaia as at December 1880) CIA; and ‘Census of the Population of Mangaia’ December 1854 SSL.
		Again, on Mangaia, a European who had acquired rights to a piece of land was opposed by the ‘King and Governors’ when he attempted to sell the land to another European.
		Mangaia was in a marginal position, for as long as a centralized hierarchy of authority functioned land disputes lay dormant, but on the death of the ‘king’ who had exercised authority over the whole island, his title was split and land disputes burst out afresh.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-CroLan-_N79832.html (13042 words)

	SIV - Cook Islands Technology Audit of Schools and Community Centres in the Outer Islands
		The 15-20 minute news programmes are produced by Mangaia School students and are broadcast on a fortnightly basis.
		Raumea Koroa had been teaching for more than 41 years and we thought it would be a final tribute to him to put on a concert and have it filmed so that all the people on the island could see the items and hear songs some of which were written especially for Mr.
		Raumea Koroa is known as the poet laureate of Mangaia for his moving poetry written in both English and Cook Island Maori including the unique Mangaian dialect.
	www.unesco.org /csi/smis/siv/Pacific/ci-mangaiatv.htm (489 words)

	Cook Islands Country Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sufficient samples were selected at random for diseases under investigation and submitted for laboratory analysis to ensure a minimum level of confidence of 99% of detecting a diseased animal assuming that the disease would be present in 5% of the population.
		All cattle on Rarotonga and Mangaia were subjected to the intra-dermal caudal fold tuberculin test, using 0.1ml Bovine PPD 2mg (100,000 units) per ml.
		There is no clinical evidence to indicate that any exotic OIE List A diseases may be present in goats in the Cook Islands at this time, however as there has been serological evidence of the presence of certain bluetongue serotypes elsewhere in the region, samples were examined for bluetongue.
	www.spc.org.nc /rahs/PAHIS/Countries/Cook.html (3378 words)

	Mangaia Accommodation & Travel Information, Cook Islands, South Pacific - Jasons Travel Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Believed to be the oldest island in the Pacific, Mangaia (pronounced Mahng-aia) is the southernmost of the Cook Islands, and is located about 200km south-east of Rarotonga.
		The outer rim of Mangaia consists of ancient makatea (raised coral cliffs), and the coast is extremely rugged.
		Mangaia's 640 residents live in three separate villages, and speak their own unique language.
	www.jasons.com /002042,,,,,pg,1,0.mel (342 words)

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		Clipping describing the awarding of a Royal Humane Society medal to a young man from Mangaia, and a photograph taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand.
		Clipping from The Press of 2 November 1900, consisting of a despatch from Malcolm Ross describing Mangaia, and a photograph taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand.
		Clipping from The Press, comprising the text of the speech by Lord Ranfurly at the annexation of Mangaia, and two photographs taken by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga, October 1900, during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand.
	ead.natlib.govt.nz /ranfurly/PA1-q-633.html (5554 words)

	Ara Moana Bungalows - Mangaia - Cook Islands (TRAVELMAXIA.COM)
		This most unique tropical island, believed to be the oldest in the Pacific is the southernmost of the Cook Islands with Antarctica as its only neighbour to the south.
		Mangaia's population, about 1000 Polynesians living in 3 separate villages, has its own unique language.
		On the 10th of August 1974 I, a Swede born and bred in Gothenburg, married a South Pacific Islander and in April 1997 we realised an old dream; to build a hotel on her home island.
	www.travelmaxia.com /extended.cfm?Memberid=125 (996 words)

	Aitutaki and the Outer Islands in the Cook Islands
		Mangaia (Auau Enua) is the southernmost island of the Cooks group and is surrounded by coral cliffs with an interior of several swamps and a small lake.
		It is 110 miles south of Rarotonga and said to be the oldest island in the Pacific.
		If your tastes are more moderately adventurous you may take numerous hiking trips and, with a local guide, visit the truly amazing caves that honeycomb the fossilised coral of the 'makatea' that rings the entire island.
	www.hideawayholidays.com.au /rar_out.htm (1942 words)

	Mangaia Cook Islands Travel and Accommodation
		Mangaia, 110 miles to the south east of Rarotonga, is believed to be one of the oldest islands in the Pacific.
		Mangaia is fiercely independent and looks very much after itself.
		The alternative to flying is to travel by inter island cargo boat which provides a romantic vision of sailing the high seas.
	www.pacific-travel-guides.com /cook-islands/travel-guide/mangaia.html (405 words)

	Cook Islands by Island: Mangaia
		Mangaia is the second largest island of the Cooks (51,8 sq km), with a population of 780.
		The water from the central depression sinks at the inner wall of the makatea and emerges in several small springs along the coast line.
		After heavy rains, streaks of Mangaia's red soil can be seen stretching from the makatea into the sea.
	www.showcaves.com /english/ck/region/Mangaia.html (126 words)

	Noonsite: Cook Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The island of Mangaia is the southernmost and the second largest of the Cook Islands.
		Believed to be about 19 million years old, Mangaia is a raised atoll surrounded by layers (from 2 to 6 layers in several places) of jagged limestone coral known as Makatea.
		Lush Taro plantations and vegetation are located in the centre of the island at the bottom of the makatea and in the central valley.
	www.noonsite.com /Countries/CookIslands?a=SouthernGroup (1021 words)

	ISLAND TERRITORIES - COOK ISLANDS - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		Mangaia (12,700 acres), Mauke (4,552 acres), Atiu (6,654 acres), and Mitiaro (2,594 acres) have plateau-shaped interiors of rough coral which were originally lagoon floors.
		Mangaia, Aitutaki, Atiu, Takutea, Mitiaro, and Manuae were discovered by Captain Cook in 1773.
		There are cottage-type hospitals on Aitutaki, Mangaia, Atiu, Manihiki, Pukapuka, and Penrhyn and the remainder of the islands have dispensaries.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/I/IslandTerritories/CookIslands/en (3087 words)

	Spring 1993 Vol.1 Number 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Patrick V. Kirch, has yielded a mass of new information on the nature of ecological changes on this central Polynesian island during the past 7,000 years.
		The Mangaia Project team has conducted two seasons of inter-disciplinary research on the island, in 1989 and 1991, and the first sets of results are now appearing in various scholarly journals.
		Stratigraphic cores in all of the island's alluvial basins have exposed a very detailed sedimentary, geochemical, and pollen record which shows that humans first began having a serious effect on the island's environment about 2500 years BP.
	www.arf.berkeley.edu /newsletter/1.1/mangaia.html (442 words)

	General Information
		The smaller islands are Mangaia, Atiu, Mauke, Mitiaro, Palmerston, Takutea and Manuae.
		The number of native land birds is limited and on Rarotonga, you have to get up into the hills to see them as they have been driven up there by a number of human-related factors, including changes in the natural vegetation.
		Of particular interest are the cave-dwelling Atiu on the island of Atiu, the chattering kingfisher of Atiu and Mauke and the Mangaia kingfisher.
	www.sunvacationsfiji.com /south_pacific/cook_isl/packs/general_info.htm (1663 words)

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