Cook Island Names

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DIE Cook Islands have appointed an 18-man line-up for their international test against Papua New Guinea at Campbelltown Stadium on Saturday. Kukis Squad: Isaac John (Mounties), Geoff Daniela (St Marys), Alex Glenn (Brisbane Broncos), Makahesi Makatoa (Canberra Raiders), Reubenn Rennie (Mounties), Sam Mataora (Newcastle Knights), Marata Niukore (Parramatta Aale), Moses Noovao-McGreal (Sunshine Coast), Reuben Porter (Sydney Roosters),

Cobe Tararo (Gold Coast Titans), Jonathon Ford (Toulouse Olympique), David Munro (Townsville Blackhawks), Carne Doyle-Manga (Townsville Blackhawks), Ezra Howe Jnr (Tweed Heads), Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (Warriors), Uiti Baker (West Newcastle), Esan Marsters (Wests Tigers), Aaron Teroi (Newcastle Thunder).

ETHNOBOTANICS OF THE COOKING ISLES

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Most popular characters and legends from Rarotonga to Tahiti and beyond

It should never be said that everything went so smoothly as to go so far into the story of the Pacific without having our just part of saints and savages, celebrity characters and legendtellers from all parts of the known underworld. The majority of Cook Island legend contains cannibalistic and ghost-worship features.

Just the gentle histories are shown below and are separately presented to this tale of figures who have interwoven their way into the web of the South Pacific and beyond......the histories of the Charatters, who sometimes passed through, or otherwise took domicile, or who took the humans from their land and their houses and then scattered far and wide, as auxiliaries, hostages or workhunters.

Robert Dean Frisbie, and our own hermit of the South Seas Tom Neal and not to forget Ian Forbes of later years. You can still tell here about the stories of two schoolboys who were riding on their passion and became a big part of the Cook Islands, Mr Bob( Robert ) Boyd and his dear friend Capt. Don Silk.

Others like the Brutal Bully Hayes and the productive grower William Masters, who settled the whole island of Palmerston with his three women and whose descendants speak a mixture of Polish Moari and Old English in their own lang. Ahh, yes, people from the Mythical Polynesia, rogues and swindlers, sometimes difficult to tell the difference between them all, rub their collars against each other at the water pockets on the shores of the islands.

Incestious life, black birding, smuggling, drunken orgies, polygamy and homicide, that's the whole thing of the southsea. It was more than likely an item of fact in the beginning, and by God, it provides an interesting read.

In Rarotonga and also through the Cook Islands, the fascination lies in the legend and myth associated with this part of Polynesia. Throughout the Cook Islands you will listen to old traditions and tales of different deities that once reigned in this part of the game. There may be differences according to the island on which you are listening to these tales.

However, it does not play a role on which island you hear these folklores again, there is a shared theme that runs through each one. Wherever you attend the locals' groups, you will retell these myths and folk in the form of dances and songs - don't miss at least one of the island nights to catch the real pleasures of a Cook Island, an island evening - full of dances and a real island festival.

All over the Pacific and all over Polynesia you will find many legends and tales about the origin of the world. Tangaroah is the "Creator God" on many of the Pacific Isles, and many clans worship him as the highest of these deity. In the Cook Island, however, Tango is only the deity of the oceans and fruitfulness.

Lets the legend begin..... Tangier and Karika Once there were two fighters, Tangier from Tahiti and Karika from Samoa, who were looking for the island we know today as Rarotonga. Rarotonga was also known in the past as Tumu-Te-Varovaro and before that Nukutere (these names have tales that go with him, but I will tell another time).

Anyway they saw each other coming nearer to the skyline, and Tangier said to the men on his boat that they should go below with them. They say there were about 200 men on his boat in Tangier. When they got close, Karika realized that there were only girls on theanger.

Discovering that everyone was looking for the same island, they occupied themselves with what was known as " PUTOTOT ", which is a kind of dug of doom. But instead of drawing a line, they were pushing each other's outriggers. Karika won, as expected. Tangier was waiting until Karika's men had used up a great deal of energy, then he shouted his men to get up and pedal, and so they did.

They said they almost forced Karika back to Samoa. Karika Tangiia gave the instructions on how to get to Rarotonga in awe. And so Tangier set out in quest of Rarotonga. As they went further, Tangier realized that it was getting much chillier, so he plunged his hands into the ocean and it was really freezing, much chillier than he had anticipated where Rarotonga would be, so he knew that he had been cheated, they had gone too far inland.

Hence the name Rarotonga (which means down below in the southern part or below). He quickly ordered his team to turn around and they went back up to the northern direction just to see Karika again and with a look at Rarotonga. They fought another battle, and after a few unsuccessful clashes, they divided Rarotonga in half.

Thus they agreed that Tangier would get half of Takitumu (including the towns of Titikaveka, Ngatangiia and Matavera) and Karika Te-Au-O-Tonga, which lies on the city side of Rarotonga. Rarotonga was already occupied when they came. However, I was informed that Tangiia and Karika were received by the daughter of the local Rarotongan and even by newlyweds.

The Taakura Taakura was a very pretty redheaded virgin who was living on the island of Rarotonga. Taakura's mind still travels through Rarotonga and keeps luring men to their death. "and the shark. Do you know why there' s a bump on the shark's skull?

Now, long ago there was a pretty virgin named Ina who asked a sharks to take her to another island to see her mate. She was shaken off his back and eaten by the great saucer. According to legend, Raemaru was the highest peak on Rarotonga. Racemaru is located on the western side of Rarotonga in the hamlet of Puaikura or now known as Arorangi.

Its glory stretched as far as the island of Aitutaki. At that time Aitutaki was totally shallow and so they sent some soldiers to rob the hill. In the middle of the darkness these Arautakian soldiers severed the top of the hill and brought it back to Aitutaki. Raemaru now has a low peak long before the arrival of the Caucasian man Rarotonga and Aitutaki has a small one.

"Ati and the humans from the underworld (Momoke) Ati was a modest grower who used to live in the town that is now Arorangi, a long since. Curiously Ati followed them into the swimming pools, but no matter how much he tried, he could not keep his wind up long enough.

"The next full lunar Ati was lying in the bush again, but this close to the swimming pools, watching her mother attack his family. However, I will tell you this tale, because while you are in Rarotonga and if you come across some very beautiful Rarotongan's (no, not the Caucasians there or the Cook Islanders, who have Ati' ve ancestors), then you will know that they are ancestral.

However hard these guys try, they don't get a tan. Do they? An other similar tale to Ina and the shark is about the squid that gets paint into its mind.