Avatiu is a settlement on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. It is located on the north coast to the west of the capital Avarua and is the location of Rarotonga's main port.[1]
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Notable buildings include a Mormon church and a family history centre and a branch of the Cook Islands Trading Company. The settlement's sports ground is known as "The Swamp" after the adjacent Avatiu Swamp.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Ports information". Cook Islands Port Authority. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Grandstand rising in the Avatiu 'Swamp'". Cook Islands News. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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