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Student’s project puts focus on Mangaia

Thursday 14 September 2017 | Published in Outer Islands

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Student’s project puts focus on Mangaia
Agnes Armstrong and Tearoa Nooroa in the Armstrong's new fruit orchard in Ivirua, Mangaia. The orchard has four varieties of avocados and a wide selection of fruit that will eventually end up in Rarotonga. 17091006

At the height of its pineapple industry between the 1970s to mid-1980s, Mangaia had a population of over 1000 people.

At the height of its pineapple industry between the 1970s to mid-1980s, Mangaia had a population of over 1000 people.


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