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==== General Information ==== | ==== General Information ==== | ||
The population is about 18,000. Another 37,000 Cook Islanders live in New Zealand. The people are ethnically related to the ''Maori of New Zealand, the Maori of Easter Island, and the Kanaka Maoli of Hawaii.'' | [[Image:Rarotonga's Te Manga.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Te Manga, Rarotonga's highest peak as seen from the south coast.]] The population is about 18,000. Another 37,000 Cook Islanders live in New Zealand. The people are ethnically related to the ''Maori of New Zealand, the Maori of Easter Island, and the Kanaka Maoli of Hawaii.'' | ||
''Maori, English and Pukapukan ''are spoken. Dialects are: ''Rakahanga Manihiki, Panrhyn, Mangala, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, and Atiu Mauke Mitiaro. Pukapukan is spoken in Pukapuka and Anassau.'' | ''Maori, English and Pukapukan ''are spoken. Dialects are: ''Rakahanga Manihiki, Panrhyn, Mangala, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, and Atiu Mauke Mitiaro. Pukapukan is spoken in Pukapuka and Anassau.'' | ||