Rarotonga
Cook Islands water tariff backlash: 'Most people understand', says Mark Brown
Cook Islands Prime Minister says most people on Rarotonga understand why a water tariff is needed, but people fighting the tax says it breaks a historic agreement with landowners. The...
Cook Islands competition brings out best local performers
Up-coming Cook Island performers are in the spotlight this month with the Cook Islands Has Talent competition currently running in Rarotonga. Audio
Season 2 | Episode 3: Papa Tom Davis, From the Seas to the Stars (Rarotonga) | Untold Pacific History
Papa Tom, an extraordinary Cook Islander who smashed new frontiers in space and the ocean in a life that spanned many fields of work. Video, Audio
Season 2 | Video Trailers | Untold Pacific History
Told in three separate stories, season two of Untold Pacific History shines a light on key events in the Pacific that have been little told in Aotearoa. Video
Season 2 | Podcast Trailer | Untold Pacific History
Told in three separate stories, season two of Untold Pacific History shines a light on key events in the Niue, Samoa and Rarotonga that have been little told in Aotearoa. Audio
Pacific tuna fishery countries and territories to meet in Rarotonga
Pacific tuna fishery countries and territories to meet in Rarotonga. Audio
Grudges still run deep during Pacific leaders meeting
The wounds of last year's rift at the Pacific Island's forum have re-opened. Audio
Cook Islanders ready to embrace PIF delegation
Cook Islanders share what it means to host forum leaders meeting. Audio
Kiwi woman drowns helping struggling daughter in Rarotonga
She was trying to help her daughter, who was struggling in a lagoon.
Conservation successes in the Cook Islands
The kākerōri or Rarotongan flycatcher is a South Pacific conservation success story. Once reduced to just 29 birds, it has been rescued from the brink of extinction by a rat control programme managed… Audio
A good news bird story from Rarotonga
Alison Ballance brings us the conservation success story of the kākerōri, or Rarotongan flycatcher. Once reduced to just 29 birds, it was rescued from the brink of extinction by a rat control… Audio
Sir Hek Busby: 'He was the bridge builder of Oceania'
Whetu Marama - Bright Star, a co-production by Toby Mills and Aileen O'Sullivan, follows Sir Hek's journey across the vast Pacific using star navigation and his significance for Maori in "rekindling… Audio, Gallery
Season 1 | Episode 4: The Cursed Cook Islands Hotel (Rarotonga) | Untold Pacific History
This is a story of indigenous land rights gone awry, a makutu from an aggrieved family and the failed business ventures of an infamous 'haunted hotel' in Rarotonga. Video, Audio
Rarotonga-NZ travel bubble - latest details from Day 1
Nick Truebridge joins Lisa Owen live from Rarotonga on day one of the NZ-Cook Islands travel bubble.
Video, Audio
Season 1 | Untold Pacific History | Trailer
A dynamic & often provocative account of New Zealand’s relationship with the Pacific & the broad impact it's had on New Zealand’s own history & relationship with Pacific peoples in Aotearoa today. Video, Audio
A date for New Zealand's travel bubble with the Cook Islands
All going to plan, the travel bubble between New Zealand and the Cook Islands will begin in a fortnight on 17th May. Karyn speaks with Kathrine Reid from Tivaevae Collectables in Rarotonga about the… Audio
Just Kai – The Cook Islands
The Cook Island's Fresh Fish company lost 95 percent of its business when tourists stopped visiting. It supplied hotels and restaurants. Now fishers are back working thanks to a marketing campaign to… Audio
Calling Home: Merita Wi-Kaitaia in Rarotonga
Merita Wi-Kaitaia moved to Rarotonga seven years ago, having spent holidays there visiting her grandparents. After two years studying abroad in Japan, Merita returned to Rarotonga in September, with… Audio
Teen gets out of Raro - only to be trapped in Auckland Airport
A 19-year-old au pair who was stranded in Rarotonga this weekend is now trapped on her own in Auckland International Airport transit.
Cooks govt happy to discuss water purity options
The Cook Islands deputy prime minister says the government has every intention of speaking more with the people of Rarotonga about how to purify the island's water. Audio