Tepuka is an islet in Penrhyn Atoll (Tongareva) in the

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. It is on the south-eastern edge of the atoll, between

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and Patanga. The island was once inhabited, and contains the remains of two ''

marae A ' (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan), ' (in Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies. In all these languages, the term a ...

'', ''Te Puka-nui'' and ''Punaruku''. The latter was the site of a village and missionary church, abandoned after the island was depopulated by Peruvian slavers.

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