Polynesian Wanderlust
p. 69 · Read in the full issue
POLYNESIANS —and Cook Island ers in particular—are addicted to travel almost as much as to “bush-beer.”
In June, the Ada took 100 round trippers on a jaunt from Niue to Pago Pago, Apia and return. Next mass movement was reported per the little Inspire, yacht-turned workboat, which carried 14 holiday makers from Rarotonga to Papeete for the July celebrations there.
Also in July the Rannah brought a fere-party of 105 Manihikians on a dine-and-dance jaunt to Aitu taki. They will be returned in a week or two after heavily deplet ing the pork and poultry population of the southern island. Ere long a similar party of Aitutaki people will pack their bags of gifts and head north to eat the Manihikians out of house and home.
Meanwhile the visitors to Aitu taki found time, between illegal beers, to pop across the lagoon to Akaiami islet and display their hot tempo hip-shaking before the movie camera B of Messrs. Mirams and OShea, of New Zealand, as they journeyed back on TEAL Solent after filming the Tahiti celebrations.
Four well-known people of the South east Pacific—from left to right; Mrs.
Oscar Nordman: Mr. Eugen Paul; Mrs.
Paul; Mr. Oscar Nordman. Mr. and Mrs,
Paul, on a visit to Papeete, from Apia, Western Samoa, were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Nordman. Mr. Nordman is seen presenting a Tahitian Lei to the visitors.