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16 unusual facts about Rarotonga


Athletics at the 1985 South Pacific Mini Games

Athletics competitions at the 1985 South Pacific Mini Games were held at the Tereora National Stadium in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, between August 1-9, 1985.

Athletics at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games

Athletics competitions at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games were held at the Bank of the Cook Islands National Stadium in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, between September 22-26, 2009.

Driver's license

Cook Islands driving licences are issued at police headquarters on Rarotonga, on production of a valid licence from the visitor's home country.

Elizabeth Baker

After the end of the Great War, she took off with her husband to the Pacific Ocean, living in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands for two years.

Ezekiel Blomfield

Rev. Dr. Alexander and Selina MacDonald arrived in Rarotonga in May 1836, then Samoa in April 1837 and settled at Safune on the central north coast of Savai'i island in Samoa in August 1837.

Hilda Hewlett

Hewlett had previously spent nine months touring New Zealand, Rarotonga, and the United States, but it was not until the factory site was sold that she emigrated to Tauranga, New Zealand, with her daughter Pia Richards and Pia's family.

Jean Gabilou

In 2001 and 2002 he was invited to Rarotonga, Cook Islands where he had also lived previously, to sing in front of 3500 people.

Mark Frauenfelder

On June 21, 2003, Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair, along with their two young daughters, decided to move from Los Angeles to Rarotonga, an island in the South Pacific, where they lived for five months.

Meda McKenzie

After retiring to raise two children, she returned after five years to swim across Lake Erie in Canada, and two firsts: the first double crossing of Cook Strait by a woman and a circumnavigation of Rarotonga.

Parliament of the Cook Islands

Ten MPs are elected from constituencies on the main island of Rarotonga, three each from the islands of Aitutaki and Mangaia, two from Atiu, and one each from the islands of Manihiki, Mauke, Mitiaro, Penrhyn, Pukapuka and Rakahanga.

Peachgrove Intermediate

Students enjoy annual opportunities for international travel to such destinations as Fiji, Rarotonga, New Caledonia and Japan.

The Girl Guides Cook Islands Association

Guiding began in the Cook Islands in 1928, when the first Guide company began in the capital, Avarua on Rarotonga, and the islands were regarded as a province of the Girl Guide Association of New Zealand.

Ulamila Kurai Wragg

Ulamila Kurai Wragg born 18 June 1968 is a Fijian journalist currently based in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Vai Peua

Peua was born on Rarotonga and educated at Pukapuka Primary school and Aitutaki Junior High School.

What a Piece of Work I Am

In one sequence, Leroy's grandfather, with Ariane's help, comforts his dying wife by pretending their home is a ship making the journey to the tropical destination of Rarotonga.

Winton Pickering

Pickering was born on Rarotonga and attended Avarua and Nikao Side School Primary Schools and Nukutere College.


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City Impact Church New Zealand

Internationally, the Impact for Life programme has been screened regularly on the Australian Christian Channel, United Christian Broadcast in UK, Power Vision in India, Cook Islands TV in Rarotonga, World Harvest Broadcasting network in Fiji and Daavo Christian Bible Channel in the Philippines.

Cyclone Wasa-Arthur

The system was first noted on December 3, as a shallow tropical depression embedded within the monsoon trough to the north of the Cook Island: Rarotonga.

Parvati Shallow

Shallow originally appeared as part of the Rarotonga tribe, which represented Caucasians, along with Adam Gentry, Jonathan Penner, Jessica "Flica" Smith, and Candice Woodcock.

William Marsters

A handful of his descendants continue to live on Palmerston Island, while the majority now live in Rarotonga, or elsewhere in the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Australia.