Our Stories

Cook Islands’ most celebrated designer Ellena Tavioni ardently followed her childhood dream to create the unique Pacific design fashion house known today as TAV Pacific ...

Marcus Niszow is Chief Executive Officer at the Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG). He is a Cornell University and Harvard Business School educated Australian expat ...

For over 33 years Pa Teuruaa guided 5000 visitors on Rarotonga’s rugged cross-island track, famously known as Pa’s Trek. He retired in 2018 handing Pa’s ...

Alanna Matamaru Smith is Director of Te Ipukarea Society (TIS), an environmental NGO in the Cook Islands. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in ...

In the nineties a revival of the Cook Islands contemporary art movement began led by returning Cook Islands artists, including Tim Buchanan. At the age ...

If you want to experience authentic Cook Islands material culture to understand how traditional maori society functioned, take yourself to Museum Cook Islands, located down ...

Enjoy an entrée, main course, and dessert where each course is hosted in a different home. This popular dining experience offers an insight into the ...

As they say at Te Vara Nui Village: "This special place of tribute to our distinctive culture and its breathtaking setting will remain in your ...

Farm Direct Pearls’ Temu and Lesley Okotai have a long established connection to the source of Cook Islands black pearl industry, the island of Manihiki ...

There are many small resorts in the Cook Islands; none quite like the quirky Castaway Resort on the sunset coast of Rarotonga.Bought from the bank ...