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alt="Nukutoa Island is located in Papua New Guinea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg/260px-Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg/390px-Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg/520px-Papua_New_Guinea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2280" data-file-height="1370" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:35.776%;left:85.922%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Nukutoa Island"><img alt="Nukutoa Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div>Nukutoa Island</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Takuu_Atoll&params=4_45_S_156_59_E_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">4°45′S</span> <span class="longitude">156°59′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">4.750°S 156.983°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-4.750; 156.983</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total islands</th><td class="infobox-data">13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">14.9 km (9.26 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">12.5 km (7.77 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">2 m (7 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/20px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/31px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/40px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Provinces of Papua New Guinea">Autonomous Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Bougainville.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bougainville.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Bougainville.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bougainville.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Bougainville.svg/45px-Flag_of_Bougainville.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Region_of_Bougainville" title="Autonomous Region of Bougainville">Bougainville</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Districts of Papua New Guinea">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Bougainville_District" title="North Bougainville District">North Bougainville</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local-level_governments_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Local-level governments of Papua New Guinea">Local-level government</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atolls_Rural_LLG" title="Atolls Rural LLG">Atolls Rural</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data">Nukutoa</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">600</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Un-bougainville.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Un-bougainville.png/300px-Un-bougainville.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Un-bougainville.png/450px-Un-bougainville.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Un-bougainville.png/600px-Un-bougainville.png 2x" data-file-width="2277" data-file-height="1692" /></a><figcaption>District map of Bougainville (North Solomons)</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Takuu</b>, formerly known as <b>Tauu</b> and also known as <b>Nukutoa</b>, <b>Mortlock Island</b>, or <b>Marqueen Island</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a small, isolated <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atoll</a> off the east coast of <a href="/wiki/Bougainville_Island" title="Bougainville Island">Bougainville Island</a> in <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takuu_Atoll&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Takuu lies about 250 km (160 mi) to the northeast of <a href="/wiki/Kieta" title="Kieta">Kieta</a>, a city on the east coast of Bougainville. The atoll consists of about 13 islands to the east and one island to the northwest. Its position is <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Takuu_Atoll&params=4_45_S_157_2_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">4°45′S</span> <span class="longitude">157°2′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">4.750°S 157.033°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-4.750; 157.033</span></span></span></a></span></span>. Takuu Island is the southernmost and largest of the islands on the eastern side of the atoll. Most of the population, however, lives on the small neighbouring island of Nukutoa. </p><p>The islands in the atoll are very low-lying, about a metre above the high tide mark. Local rise in sea level has been noticed by the people of Takuu and by Richard Moyle, a University of Auckland ethnomusicologist who studied the atoll for 17 years. It is, however, much lower than the publicised 20 centimetres (7.9 in) a year. Two scientists (Scott Smithers and John Hunter) who visited the atoll in November and December 2008 say it does not appear to be sinking due to tectonic activity. </p><p>While the atoll is likely to persist physically for some time, a variety of problems due to apparent climate-change related phenomena and the political situation are making life on Takuu very difficult. Moyle has predicted that climate change will eventually extinguish the atoll's ability to sustain life. "Takuu families living elsewhere in Papua New Guinea will take in as many as they can, but with no single resettlement location, I can't see Takuu continuing to function as a community" (Moyle, quoted in Wane 2005:10). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_and_culture">Population and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takuu_Atoll&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Population and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The islands are inhabited by approximately 400 people of <a href="/wiki/Polynesians" title="Polynesians">Polynesian</a> origin. Takuu is one of the <a href="/wiki/Polynesian_outlier" title="Polynesian outlier">Polynesian outlier</a> cultures which are situated outside of the <a href="/wiki/Polynesian_Triangle" title="Polynesian Triangle">Polynesian Triangle</a>. The people of Takuu have traditionally placed great value on the retention of their indigenous practices and religious sites. To protect Takuu from outside influences, the Ariki (chief) banned Christian missionaries for the last 25 years. Only four researchers have been permitted to spend time on the islands in that time. The ban was only lifted in the last five years, as young islanders who had lived and studied on the Papua New Guinea mainland returned to their homeland. A number of churches have now been established on Nukutoa. </p><p>Since 2006 a team of filmmakers (principally Briar March and Lyn Collie) have visited the atoll twice, making a documentary that records culture and life on the atoll, and examines the possibility that the community might have to relocate to the Bougainville mainland if their physical situation worsens. The second shoot in 2008 included the visit of scientists Scott Smithers and John Hunter. </p><p>Traditional life continues to this day on Takuu. Traditional thatched houses stand in crowded rows, so close to each other that the eaves almost touch. There are few trees on the island apart from coconut palms, and the main street serves as a marae, a space for ritual ceremonies. Music is still a fundamental part of life on Takuu. Because of the long period of isolation, many of the indigenous songs, stories and dances have survived. Many of the songs date from the period before European contact, which occurred in the mid 19th century. The songs tell stories of voyages between the islands, while "dance performances fill 20 or 30 hours a week" (Wane 2005). Many of the songs are celebrations of successful relationships, whether relationships that link extended families together in productive activity or relationships binding people with their ancestors in times of need. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:808px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TakuuVillage.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nukutoa village, Takuu, 2000. Photo:Hamish McDonald"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/TakuuVillage.jpg/800px-TakuuVillage.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/TakuuVillage.jpg/1200px-TakuuVillage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/TakuuVillage.jpg/1600px-TakuuVillage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4451" data-file-height="1249" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:TakuuVillage.jpg" title="File:TakuuVillage.jpg"> </a></div>Nukutoa village, Takuu, 2000. Photo:Hamish McDonald</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language">Language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takuu_Atoll&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The people of Takuu speak a <a href="/wiki/Polynesian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Polynesian language">Polynesian language</a>. Recent classifications of the Polynesian languages place the <a href="/wiki/Takuu_language" title="Takuu language">Takuu language</a> in an <a href="/wiki/Ellicean_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellicean languages">Ellicean branch</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Nukuoro_language" title="Nukuoro language">Nukuoro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kapingamarangi_language" title="Kapingamarangi language">Kapingamarangi</a>, Nukuria, Nukumanu, Luangiua, and Sikaiana. Twentieth-century classifications had placed these languages in a Samoic Outlier group.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Takuu </th> <th>Samoan </th> <th>Tokelauan </th> <th>Rarotongan </th> <th>Māori </th> <th>Hawaiian </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>sky</i> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɾani/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/laŋi/</span> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɾaŋi/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɾaŋi/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/lani/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>north wind</i> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tokoɾau/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/toʔelau/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tokelau/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tokeɾau/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tokeɾau/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/koʔolau/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>woman</i> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ffine/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/fafine/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/fafine/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/vaʔine/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/wahine/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/wahine/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>house</i> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/faɾe/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/fale/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/fale/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ʔaɾe/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɸaɾe/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/hale/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>parent</i> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/maːtua/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/matua/</span> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/metua/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/matua/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/makua/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>mother</i> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tinna/,<span class="wrap"> </span>/tinnaː/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tinaː/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/maːtua/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/maːmaː/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɸaea/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/makuahine/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>father</i> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tama/,<span class="wrap"> </span>/tamana/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tamaː/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tama/,<span class="wrap"> </span>/tamana/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/metua/,<span class="wrap"> </span>/paːpaː/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/matua/,<span class="wrap"> </span>/paːpaː/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/makua<span class="wrap"> </span>kaːne/</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>canoe</i> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/te<span class="wrap"> </span>vaka/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/vaʔa/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/te<span class="wrap"> </span>vaka/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/vaka/,<span class="wrap"> </span>/vaka<span class="wrap"> </span>ama/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/waka<span class="wrap"> </span>ama/</span> </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/waʔa/</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takuu_Atoll&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NukutoaHighTide.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/NukutoaHighTide.JPG/350px-NukutoaHighTide.JPG" decoding="async" width="350" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/NukutoaHighTide.JPG/525px-NukutoaHighTide.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/NukutoaHighTide.JPG/700px-NukutoaHighTide.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>High tide threatens Nukutoa island, Takuu</figcaption></figure><p>The local economy depends on agriculture and fishing. In recent years, the cultivation of food plants has grown steadily more difficult as the fresh water table becomes contaminated by sea water. Some of the traditional taro gardens have salt water flowing into them at high tide, which kills the crop. As a result, the returns from cultivation are diminishing and the people have been forced to appeal to the Papua New Guinea and Bougainville Regional governments for assistance. In 2001, the community faced a time of great deprivation and hunger when the supply ship that regularly visits the islands was laid up for six months for repairs - and this is not unusual. </p><p>In early 2006 a cyclone devastated the islands and added to their already compromised situation. In December 2008, a series of tidal surges at high tide over three days washed away kitchens, flooded homes and destroyed a number of churches, terrifying the people. The service boat was unable to come for several weeks afterwards, emphasising the vulnerability of the atoll community. It appears that some of the community are now looking to relocate permanently to the Bougainville mainland. </p><p>The population dropped rapidly from around 2010 with the end of regular shipping, and expatriate Takuu chartered open boats to bring off family members, most of whom settled in <a href="/wiki/Buka,_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Buka, Papua New Guinea">Buka</a>. In 2019 the estimated resident population was 150. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takuu_Atoll&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Richard Parkinson et al. <i>Thirty years in the South Seas</i>, 1999</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/language.php?id=244">Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li>Joanna Wane, 2005. '<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.alumni.auckland.ac.nz/webdav/site/alumni/shared/publications/ingenio/ingenio_spring05_web.pdf">Before the Flood</a>'. <i>Ingenio et Labore: Magazine of the University of Auckland</i>, Spring 2005, 10–12. Accessed 19 May 2009.</li> <li>Herb Kawainui Kāne, Evolution of the Hawaiian Canoe,1998.<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/ike/kalai_waa/kane_evolution_hawaiian_canoe.html">http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/ike/kalai_waa/kane_evolution_hawaiian_canoe.html</a>. Accessed 17 January 2011.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takuu_Atoll&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081014075855/http://www.ingenio.auckland.ac.nz/shadomx/apps/fms/fmsdownload.cfm?file_uuid=D1303EF8-DDB3-CE70-6D3F-012633FD8DCB&siteName=uoa">Before the flood</a> <i>Ingenio</i> magazine, University of Auckland (pdf file)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060821182233/http://web.singnet.com.sg/~tonym/islands.html">Mortlock Islands</a> The two distinct island groups named "Mortlock Islands"</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061220072041/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/08/PNG.takuu.transportation/index.html">Locals face starvation as their Island home sinks </a> CNN.com/World</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080509061648/http://www.rsnz.org/funding/marsden_fund/news23/index.php">Musical Memory of Takuu</a> Royal Society of New Zealand, Marsden Fund Newsletter</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s288994.htm">PNG island sinking</a> <i>World today</i> archives, ABC Online (Australia)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://members.tripod.com/~Lakoa_Fitina/takass.html">Takuu Islands Association</a> An associated dedicated to saving the islands</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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