Domestic Production Type
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Engineer Group (CBMMCA 2)
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Panaeati/Panapompom (CBMMCA 2)
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Ware/Brooker (CBMMCA 3)
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Tubetube
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Skelton
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Kwaraiwa
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Tewatewa
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West Panaeati
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East Panaeati
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Panapompom
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Ware
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Anagusa
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Brooker
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Food Crops (Market Only)
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-
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-
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-
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-
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7
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-
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-
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2
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-
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N/A
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Food Crops (Market and Subsistence Only)
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-
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-
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50
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18
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7
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3
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-
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27
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19
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N/A
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Food Crops (Subsistence Only)
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43
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39
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5
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2
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99
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124
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83
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116
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-
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N/A
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Rearing Chickens (Market Only)
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-
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-
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-
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-
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6
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-
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1
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-
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-
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N/A
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Rearing Chickens (Market and Subsistence Only)
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-
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-
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46
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18
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13
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33
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19
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70
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19
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N/A
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Rearing Chickens (Subsistence Only)
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-
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-
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6
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-
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32
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10
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36
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24
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-
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N/A
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Rearing Pigs (Market Only)
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-
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-
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-
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-
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2
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8
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-
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1
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-
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N/A
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Rearing Pigs (Market and Subsistence Only)
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-
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-
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50
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18
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29
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31
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25
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55
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19
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N/A
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Rearing Pigs (Subsistence Only)
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-
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-
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2
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-
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47
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30
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44
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13
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-
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N/A
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Betel Nut Growing (Market Only)
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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21
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-
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-
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-
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N/A
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Betel Nut Growing (Market and Subsistence Only)
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-
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-
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50
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18
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4
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28
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8
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76
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19
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N/A
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Betel Nut Growing (Subsistence Only)
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43
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39
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1
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-
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22
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27
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32
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17
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-
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N/A
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Other
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1
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-
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-
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1
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-
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18
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-
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-
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-
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N/A
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None
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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3
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-
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7
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-
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N/A
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Place
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Etymology and Significance
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Anatuluvia Passage
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Name of coconut shell cup. Used by the Ancestral Woman Wainega.
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Awanogamwana Island
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Awan – village; gamwana – inside. A safe place to be inside the reef in times of bad weather. Also called Nitabutabu. Niu – coconut (particularly a large red variety found there); tabu - a Dobu word for forbid. The coconuts are not eaten or drunk, belief that you will become ill
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Brooker Island
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Brooker – from an old European in the area, a Mr Brooks. Also, called Utian Island. Utian- the movement of a digging stick. Nowadays this name is not used due to the custom of renaming places/things if they have a similar name to the deceased. Also called Nogini, a corruption of New Guinea.
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Bwaluwala Passage
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Name for moray eel in the Ware language.
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Enivala Island
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Evala – rack, usually for smoking fish or meats. Also called Punawan Island.
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Etatabwa Reef
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Name of native fork. Used by the Ancestral Woman Wainega. She left her fork here.
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Eyaluguguwa Island
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Eyalu – Casurina spp; guguguwa – where they cut that eyalu. Relates to a past event involving either mythological ancestor.
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Guawana Passage
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Awana – opening, mouth. A place that used to off limits due to monsters.
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Gulewa Island
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Name for clay used to make clay pots, can be found on this island.
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Houmi Reef
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Name of two stars that are used in navigation when traveling from the southeast.
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Hipopomwa Reef
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Hi – they; popoma – to turn upside down, to cover over. Mythological evil spirit who turned the place over.
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Itutupalika Reef
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I – he; tutupa – to come up against, touch; lika - To cover over from the outside. Mythological story about a shark.
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Kibyok Sandbank
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A corruption of the name Cape York, introduced by an early European who had traded with Brooker Islanders.
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Koka Passage
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Name for moray eel. Mythological eel who impregnated a woman. A Place that used to be off limits due to monsters.
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Kokoluba Island
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Koubwa - short. It is a small short reef in comparison to the neighboring reef, which is long. Used to differentiate between the two.
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Lal Island
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Originally called Lal lele. Bwaga - distance; lele - refers to people from the Calvados, was away Misimans differentiated themselves from people of the Calvados Chain of Islands.
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Libu Reef
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Libu - to stand, referring to a coconut frond woven mat stood up against the side of the canoe to stop waves coming into the boat. Also used for shade and to protect fires from the wind.
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Liwaus Passage
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Liwaliwan - story; mowasi - finish. The end of the Mythological story for Ancestral Woman Wainega. She dies and sinks to the bottom of the sea here.
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Mangolugolu Sandbank
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Corruption of gonugonu - black which refers to the colour of the black or brown seagulls seen in the area. Also called Mankelakela.
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Maniheiman Passage
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Name of area between two stars that sit in the sky between Houmi Reef and Memena Reef. Used in navigation when travelling from the southeast.
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Manua Island
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Corruption of mwanewa - name given to betel nuts when they ripen orange.
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Maneinul Reef
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Name of white terns seen in the area.
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Memena Reef
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Name for tongue. Belonged to the Ancestral Woman Wainega. She spat out her tongue here.
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Nabaina Island
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The joking of two Ancestral small children whilst washing in the sea. Na ba inana, pai o nati? I say does he go, west or east?
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