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	Penrhyn Island - Cook Islands - Cook Island Escapes - Cook Island Honeymoons and Cook Island Weddings. Cook Island ...
		Penrhyn Island located in the northern group of the Cook Islands lies 1365 kilometers north of Rarotonga.
		Penrhyn comprises a series of narrow motus (islands) enclosing one of the largest lagoons in the Pacific.
		Since there are no hotels in Penrhyn, your accommodation can be with a local family in the village of Omoka, a private house in the village, or a thatched roof fale.
	cook-islands-escapes.com /penrhyn.html (502 words)

	Cook Islands - Recollections of Penrhyn (Tongareva Island)
		There were nine lepers in all upon the island; but the other five either could not, or did not wish to leave their huts, and the agent refused to break the quarantine any further than he had already done.
		Death in every form is always near to Penrhyn; death in the dark waters of the lagoon, death from the white terror of leprosy, and death of the hands of men but quarter civilised, whose fingers are always itching for the ready knife.
		The windward side of Penrhyn is uninhabited; the sea that breaks in blinding white foam upon the untrodden strand, wreathed with trailing vines of vivid green, is never broken by a sail.
	www.janeresture.com /cookislands_visit (3854 words)

	Penrhyn
		Penrhyn, referred to by its local name Tongareva, is the northernmost island of the Cook Islands situated 8.58’S 158.03’W some 1365 km north of Rarotonga.
		Penrhyn Island, being the northern most of the Cook Islands is the warmest island, ranging on average between 27.2 and 28.2 degrees Celsius.
		The main role of the MMR staff in Penrhyn is to produce pearl oyster spat to assist in the growth of the pearl industry in Penrhyn.
	www.spc.int /coastfish/countries/cookislands/mmr/island_info/penrhyn.htm (1438 words)

	Penrhyn Atoll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Penrhyn, together with many other Pacific islands, suffered the ravages of Peruvian slave raiders in the 19th century.
		The Peruvians knew the island as the Island of the Four Evangelists.
		The main island was once covered with tall forest and banyan trees which were cleared in the mid-1870s when excavations uncovered stone walls and platforms, lime kilns, a flintlock, a musket and a skeleton holding an iron bolt.
	www.sailinglinks.com /penrhyn.htm (1145 words)

	Cook Islands (New Zealand)
		The Cook Islands were declared a British protectorate in 1888, and annexed to New Zealand in 1901.
		Evidently a single shade of the blue is present in the Cook Islands' flag — the blue of the field is identical to that in Union Flag.
		The Cook Islands are a political dependency of New Zealand, whose head of state is Queen Elizabeth, who, as most people would know, is resident in, and sovereign of the United Kingdom.
	flagspot.net /flags/ck.html (1818 words)

	Sandafayre Stamp Auctions \| Stamp Atlas \| Penrhyn Island
		It was proclaimed a New Zealand dependency and administered as part of the' Cook Islands from 1901.
		There was no issue of stamps for the island when it became a dependency so the stamps of Cook Islands were used until the first special issue in 1902.
		The island continued to use overprinted stamps until 1932 when the Cook Islands issues were reintroduced.
	www.sandafayre.com /atlas/penrhis.htm (104 words)

	Fantasia 35 Pinniped Log Book
		Penrhyn is the northernmost island in the Cook Islands nation.
		On the horizon is the kingdom of Tonga, the Fiji Islands and New Zealand.
		We had timed our trip to arrive at Ono Island in the daytime but we were set off by the strong currents and we turned and went instead under the southern side of Viti Levu, the main island of Fiji to arrive at the pass for Lautoka in the morning.
	www.fantasia35.com /pinnipedLogs.htm (5995 words)

	Spanish Stroll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The nine islands in the southern group are a continuation of the Austral Islands of Tahiti-Polynesia, formed as volcanic material escaped from a southeast/northwest fracture in the earth's crust.
		In 1987 the director of the Cook Islands Office of Audit and Inquiry was sacked after he warned the New Zealand and Australian governments that large corporations based in their countries were illegally evading taxation through the use of false tax withholding certificates issued by Cook Islands for a fraction their face value.
		The reef circling the island defines a lagoon that is broad and sandy to the south, and narrow and rocky on the north and east.
	www.spanishstroll.com /destinations/cooks.htm (10022 words)

	Penrhyn Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In World War II a substancial airstrip was built which is still used today for weekly flights by the local Airline for flights to and from Rarotonga.
		A large passage in the lagoon allows interisland ships to enter the lagoon and the island has become popular as a stopover for with Yachts crossing the pacific from Panama to New Zealand.
		Black Pearl farming is the only significant economic activity on the island.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tongareva (163 words)

	Vostok Island, Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati
		It is about 325 miles east-northeast of Tongareva (Penrhyn) Island, 86 miles north-northwest of Flint Island, 125 miles west of Caroline Island, 385 miles south-southeast of Malden Island, and 800 miles northwest of Rarotonga.
		It is a triangular, low sand and coral island, about 1,400 yards long, north and south, and not over 15 feet high to the land surface.
		Swift currents sweep past the island in a westerly direction, with a small eddy on the lee side.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_line/vostok.htm (574 words)

	Mahina Expeditions
		Penrhyn Island in the Northern Cooks produces the most famous weaving of all the Cook Islands.
		While visiting Pitcairn Island a few years previous I had purchased a few of their baskets, a skill which has been handed down through the generations from the Mutiny on the Bounty descendants.
		These baskets from the neighboring Island of Pentecost are made of pandanas interwoven with bright colors, they vary form small to large in size and an average size is about $12.
	www.mahina.com /pacific.html (1343 words)

	Mahina Expeditions
		Saitu Marsters, island council member and ex-Penrhyn mayor offered to take our entire crew out to the "summer village" on a motu a few miles away by one of the three passes.
		Penrhyn's gold pearls, found nowhere else in the world have captivated our crew.
		New on the scene here are cultured fl pearls, first introduced in Tahiti 20 years ago, Penrhyn's first fl pearl harvest is now underway and nearly all of the islanders are busy establishing or expanding their "farms".
	www.mahina.com /4c97-10.html (1218 words)

	(William george ELLIS)
		Living on fish and seabirds eggs, they survived on the desolate island for five weeks, until finally, the crew of the shipwrecked vessel were rescued by a passing fisherman who saw their signal fire and brought them in, half-starved, into the port of Callao.
		On Penrhyn island, another atoll some 400 miles to the northwest, he learned from the captain of a small trading schooner, that the natives were in trouble.
		The people of Penrhyn had been lucky to gain a skilled trader who was able to teach them the skills of boat-building and under George Ellis' tuition they also constructed a fleet of pearl fishing boats [above], the design of which was based on the 'Grimsby' type yawl.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~tonyf/ellis/ellis.html (1403 words)

	Lots 1240-1319
		MARSHALL ISLANDS: Similar very fine usage of the single 10pf "Yacht" PC to Vienna cancelled by both a clear "Ligub 10/12/1908" m/s cancel and by a part Jaluit transit c.d.s.
		MISCELLANEOUS ISLANDS: 1937-66 A collection of covers (20) and airletters (3) franked with a variety of adhesives with cancellations of various Islands inc. Nukufetau, Nonouti, Marakaei, Nanumaga, Nikunau, Nui and Ocean Island.
		MISCELLANEOUS ISLANDS: 1912-82 An iteresting accumulation of covers with variious Island cancels inc. Canton, Tarawa, Makin, Funafuti, Hull, Ocean with a large OHBMS env registered to UK franked with Pandanus Pine 2d pair, Abemama, Arorae, Abaiang and Onotoa.
	www.cavendish-auctions.com /sale644_25sep03/A1240_1319.HTM (3109 words)

	Tongareva (Penrhyn) Atoll - Cook Islands - Northern Group, South Pacific Ocean
		It is the most remote of the Cook Islands and the largest atoll in the group of 15 islands.
		When viewed by the shipwrecked trader, E.H. Lamont in 1853, the reefs between the islands could, for the most part be forded, particularly at low water.
		After voyaging to Tahiti and the southern Cook Islands where he made numerous acerbic observations about the activities of the missionaries, his ship headed north and, after being caught in a storm, was wrecked on the reef.
	www.ck /penrhyn.htm (441 words)

	List of people on stamps of Penrhyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first stamps issued by this tiny island in the Northern Cook Islands were stamps of New Zealand overprinted "Penrhyn Island" in 1902.
		This first short list is from stamps in that early period.
		Between 1932 and 1973 Penrhyn used the stamps of the Cook Islands.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_people_on_stamps_of_Penrhyn (108 words)

	Tongareva Island
		Tongareva (or Penrhyn Island) is a large atoll, the northern side of which is 537 nautical miles south of the equator.
		It is 190 nautical miles E.N.E. of Rakahanga, 325 miles westward of Vostok, 235 S.W. of Starbuck, and 649 miles south of Christmas Island.
		Tradition states that they came to Tongareva from Manihiki, although darker skin and a different dialect have led to statements that they are of a different stock.
	www.janeresture.com /tongareva (973 words)

	British Commonwealth
		In 1974 three map stamps were issued to mark the first census in Bangladesh.
		Penrhyn is the northernmost of the Cook Islands.
		The stamps, issued in 1974 in observance of the centenary of the Universal Postal Union, show a map of the island and earlier stamps of New Zealand and Penrhyn.
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/commonwealth15a.htm (84 words)

	Penrhyn Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Penrhyn Island first used the stamps of New Zealand with a overprint for postage.
		In 1920 Penrhyn Island began to issue stamps inscribed Penrhyn.
		It issued its own stamps until 1932 when the stamps of Cook Islands replaced the stamps of Penrhyn Island.
	www.stampmasteralbum.com /ForeignCountryIdentifier/Pqr/PenrhynIs.htm (75 words)

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		27 December 1794, Norfolk Island Stayed 1 Mary Allen None Convict Female Lady Penrhyn 25/10/86 Old Bailey Highway Robbery 72 Transportation 7 years Servant-Prostitute 23 English By 1814 she was a widow with four children living on the Hawkesbury.
		Unknown 1791 1 Thomas Brooks None Boatswain Male H.M.S. Sirius English Involved in the wreck of the Sirius at Norfolk Island.
		Unknown 1796 1 William Henderson None Seaman Male Lady Penrhyn English Badly injured on the voyage to Botany Bay.
	shhs.1earth.net /kla/compstud/Assig/FirstFleetData.html (18565 words)

	Penrhyn Island - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Penrhyn Island - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 15:11, 20 May 2005.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Penrhyn Island contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Tongareva (91 words)

	CHINESE LOOKING AT FISHING VENTURES IN COOK ISLANDS - November 18, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Cook Islands News reports that a delegation of about 20 people will arrive in Rarotonga on Sunday.
		The paper quotes Penrhyn island secretary Mii Mariri as saying he would agree to a foreign fishing venture being set up only if 90 per cent of the island’s work force was employed in it.
		The Cook Islands government has already approved a study into the viability of the venture.
	pidp.eastwestcenter.org /pireport/2005/November/11-18-18.htm (152 words)

	zk1
		To get off the island, sometimes people have had to resort to chartered aircraft, which cost a LOT of money, and you must pay in $$.
		Another option is to contact Warwick Latham, ZK1WL who is a radar technician on the island, as well as the airline representative for the island.
		It has been suggested that owners might entertain a charter with a layover for several days at Penrhyn with perhaps a diversion to (exotic) Suvarov Island for a real rare DX treat.
	www.dxholiday.com /oc/zk1n.htm (787 words)

	A.J's Encyclopedia: Cook Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first postage stamps for the Cook Islands were issued in 1892.
		Some of the Cook Islands, such as Aitutaki and the Northern Cook Islands (known as Penrhyn) issue their own postage stamps.
		Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
	ajward.tripod.com /stamps/cookisls.htm#top (101 words)

	Navigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is the plot for the third leg of our voyage, from Kiritimati to Penrhyn Island in the Cook Group.
		Undoubtedly we'll have to use the engine to get through the equatorial convergence zone AKA the doldrums, but we have full tanks, so that should be no problem.
		Map of Penrhyn Atoll, northernmost of the Cook Islands group.
	www.sailinglinks.com /navigation.htm (744 words)

	Airfare to Penrhyn Island - Discount Penrhyn Island Airline Tickets
		Lots of great deals on cheap airfare to Penrhyn Island airfares, with big savings available on major airlines and discount airline tickets with kasbah.com to find the lowest fares even at the last minute.
		Buy your Penrhyn Island ticket as far in advance as possible.
		Fares are often lower when purchased 7, 14 or 21 days in advance.
	www.kasbah.com /airfares/cook_islands_penrhyn_island.htm (247 words)

	Ethnologue: Cook Islands
		The number of languages listed for Cook Islands is 5.
		ENGLISH [ENG] 683 in Cook Islands (1966 UN report); 322,000,000 in all countries (1995 WA).
		Pukapuka Island, northern Cook Islands; some in Rarotonga and New Zealand.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Cook.html (272 words)

	eBay - penrhyn island, Asia, Topical Specialty items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Penrhyn Islands 47-9 MNH - ROYALTY, PRINCESS ANNE
		PENRHYN ISLAND #298 S/S VF MNH - 1984 AUSIPEX '84
		Penrhyn Islands 1998 Diana & Sons Royalty SS VF MNH 454
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=penrhyn+island&newu=1&... (404 words)

	Postage Stamp Information
		Penrhyn Island - official stamp - 'OHMS' - 'On His Majesty's Service'
		PENRHYN ISLAND overprinted on stamps of New Zealand
		PENRHYN NORTHERN overprinted on stamps of Cook Islands
	postage.20m.com /c0002975.htm (217 words)

	Penrhyn Island Stamps Page 1
		Stamps of New Zealand Overprinted "Penrhyn Islands" [Wmk NZ and Star Close Together] Perf 14
		Stamps of New Zealand Overprinted "Penrhyn Islands" [Wmk NZ and Star Close Together]
		Stamps of New Zealand Overprinted "Penrhyn Islands" [Wmk NZ and Star Close Together] Perf 14, 14x14½
	www.stamps-auctions.com /lists/penrhyn_page1.html (464 words)

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