indigenous name
Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS — There are renewed calls in the Cook Islands for an indigenous Māori name to replace the country's colonial era moniker.
Traditional leaders used the recent 30th anniversary of Rarotonga's Tākitimu monarch to push for the name change.
Tākitimu's paramount chief herself...

![Parliament building of the Cook Islands, located on Rarotonga. It used to be a hotel which later was rebuilt. [Photo: Mr Bullitt from Sweden via Wikipedia] Parliament building of the Cook Islands, located on Rarotonga. It used to be a hotel which later was rebuilt](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cook_islands_parliament-_2006.jpg?itok=to0t9VVX)