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Tongareva Island (973 words) |
 | Tongareva (or Penrhyn Island) is a large atoll, the northern side of which is 537 nautical miles south of the equator. |
| The native name, Tongareva, means "floating Tonga," and was given to the atoll by the Polynesian discoverers. |
| 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. |
| Ka mate ka ora: a new zealand journal of poetry and poetics - nzepc (7312 words) |
| In 'Teu' the return to Tongareva is portrayed as a return to the mother whose untimely death, together with that of Campbell's father, led to the poet's departure from the Cook Islands and his separation from his Tongaravan family. |
| In Tongareva, it has been retained as part of the hakapapa - suggesting that while the ancestor is buried 'under an untidy heap of stones', the memory of this love is well preserved. |
| Tongareva is renowned in the Cook Islands for the number of its marae (Henry, 72). |
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