Avatiu Port
Mormon church and family history library in Avatiu

Avatiu is a settlement in the Avarua district on the north coast of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, immediately west of Avarua township. Avatiu Stream flows through it. Avatiu Harbour is the location of Rarotonga's main port[1] and a fishing port.

Buildings include a Cook Islands Trading Company (CITC) supermarket, which is the biggest supermarket on Rarotonga,[2] and a Mormon church and family history centre. The settlement's sports ground is known as "The Swamp" after the adjacent Avatiu Swamp.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ports information". Cook Islands Port Authority. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "A guide to supermarkets & food shopping in Rarotonga & Cook Islands". Cook Islands Pocket Guide. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  3. ^ "Grandstand rising in the Avatiu 'Swamp'". Cook Islands News. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

21°12′S 159°47′W / 21.200°S 159.783°W / -21.200; -159.783


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