Islands

Pacific

Monthly

October, 1955

Vol. XXVI. No. 3.

blished 1930

[Register'd SJ the G.P.0., Sydney, for transmission \py •• post- fis a newspaper ]

AITUTAKI TO-DAY... An important link in the Coral Route airline linking New Zealand and Tahiti, Aitutaki is 140 miles north of Rarotonga, administrative headquarters of the Cook Islands. The scene depicted here is close to the point where the TEAL flying-boats alight on their way between Apia, Western Samoa, and Papeete. The indigenous people of Aitutaki, like all Cook Islanders, are closely related racially to the Maori of New Zealand.

The island is popular among travellers for its genial climate and the beauty of its surroundings. —Photo by Whites Aviation.