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CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE:BORDER EFFECTIVELY CLOSED
International and inter-island flights cancelled; cruise liners, yachts and pleasure craft banned; schools closed; events cancelled; NZ$61M of aid for people and businesses
IN OTHER NEWS: Virgin Australia to end flights to the Islands. Coral reefs show signs of recovery
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International and inter-island flights cancelled; cruise liners, yachts and pleasure craft banned; schools closed; events cancelled; NZ$61M of aid for people and businesses
IN OTHER NEWS: Virgin Australia to end flights to the Islands. Coral reefs show signs of recovery
Read all about it
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The definitive guide to ALL of the Cook Islands....a trusted, independent source since 2004...created with help from and dedicated to the people of the Islands. Kia Manuia (may you walk this way again)
DISCOVER THE REAL COOK ISLANDS
"Around The Corner From Nowhere - The Cook Islands Rediscovered" is my just published e-Book which blends my own first-hand accounts of visiting the islands with those shared with me by other travellers and islanders themselves.
Full of fascinating facts, information and insight into all 15 islands
Read the first few pages for free Click here to see the book in the Amazon store
"Around The Corner From Nowhere - The Cook Islands Rediscovered" is my just published e-Book which blends my own first-hand accounts of visiting the islands with those shared with me by other travellers and islanders themselves.
Full of fascinating facts, information and insight into all 15 islands
Read the first few pages for free Click here to see the book in the Amazon store
MAUKE is the garden of the Islands....and although it's only a 45 minute flight from Rarotonga, it's a world away in lifestyle. It also boasts the world's largest banyan tree and a church which was literally divided down the centre because of an argument over interior decoration. Visitors are few, but can expect great warmth and hospitality - 'ui tupuna' as islanders call it
