Ngatangiia

Districts and tapere of Rarotonga
Commemorative marker at Ngatangiia Bay

Ngatangiia is one of the five districts of the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.[1] It is in the east of the island, to the south of the districts of Matavera and Avarua, and north-east of the district of Titikaveka. Features of the district include a memorial to the canoes that are said to have left Ngatangiia Harbout to colonise New Zealand, and Te Ara - Museum of Cultural Enterprise. Muri Lagoon is in Ngatangiia and is the widest part of Rarotonga's lagoon. Within Muri Lagoon are four small islets or motu, which are, from north to south:[2]

  • Motutapu, 10.5 hectares (26 acres)
  • Oneroa, 8.1 hectares (20 acres)
  • Koromiri, 2.9 hectares (7.2 acres)
  • Taakoka, 1.3 hectares (3.2 acres)
Circle of stones commemorates the Cook Islanders who colonised New Zealand

References

  1. ↑ "Official Map of Rarotonga". Cook Islands Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Collins, William T. (1993). Bathymetry and sediments of Ngatangiia Harbour and Muri Lagoon, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (PDF). SOPAC Technical Report 181. South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2026.

21°15′0.91″S 159°44′16.19″W / 21.2502528°S 159.7378306°W / -21.2502528; -159.7378306


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