Aitutaki. Cook Island. Polynesia. South Pacific Ocean. A plane flies over the islands between the Aitutaki Island and Atiu Island with a rainbow background. THE first man who came to Aitutaki from Avaiki Hawaiki was Ru. He came in a canoe named Nga-Puariki, seeking for new lands. The canoe was a large double one, a katea, namely two canoes fastened together. The name of the cross-pieces of wood which fasten on the outriggers are called kiato. The names of the kiato were as follows: the foremos