The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426)
Christianity -- Cook Islands. : Cannibals and converts : radical change in the Cook Islands / by Maretu ; translated, annotated, and edited by Marjorie Tuainekore Crocombe
English language -- Cook Islands : South Pacific Englishes : a sociolinguistic and morphosyntactic profile of Fiji English, Samoan English and Cook Islands English / Carolin Biewer, University of Zurich
Ethnology -- Cook Islands. : Visions of the Pacific / compiled, edited and produced by David Arnell and Lisette Wolk ; [photography by Kim Christiansen and Lisette Wolk]
Fishes -- Cook Islands. : Note on a small collection of fishes from Suwarow Island / by David G. Stead
1907
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Folk dance music -- Cook Islands : The JVC video anthology of world music and dance. Volume 30, Oceania II : Polynesia, New Zealand / producer, Ichikawa Katsumori (JVC) ; director, Nakagawa Kunihiko (JVC), Ichihashi Yuji (JVC) ; a production of JVC, Victor Company of Japan, Ltd
1989
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Folk dancing -- Cook Islands : The JVC video anthology of world music and dance. Volume 30, Oceania II : Polynesia, New Zealand / producer, Ichikawa Katsumori (JVC) ; director, Nakagawa Kunihiko (JVC), Ichihashi Yuji (JVC) ; a production of JVC, Victor Company of Japan, Ltd
1989
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Folk music -- Cook Islands : The JVC video anthology of world music and dance. Volume 30, Oceania II : Polynesia, New Zealand / producer, Ichikawa Katsumori (JVC) ; director, Nakagawa Kunihiko (JVC), Ichihashi Yuji (JVC) ; a production of JVC, Victor Company of Japan, Ltd
Missions -- Cook Islands -- History. : Cannibals and converts : radical change in the Cook Islands / by Maretu ; translated, annotated, and edited by Marjorie Tuainekore Crocombe