Avarua (Cook Islands)

Type: City

Name: Avarua (Cook Islands)

Country: Cook Islands

Latitude: -21.200001

Longitude: -159.759995

population: 13,374

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Cooks connection

Janet Hart revisits Rarotonga and discovers links to Nelson College For Girls.Cook Islands families clambered around pigs, goats and a tractor, trying to find a living space, on the deck of the 400-tonne rust-bucket Manuvai.They were the lucky ones.Inside, ... [Published Nelson Mail - May 13 2013]

Entities: Cook Islands, Nelson College For Girls, Hone Tuwhare, Gary McCormick

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Twenty reasons to visit Cook Islands

1 Small island, big smilesIt may be the main island in the nation and its commercial hub, but Rarotonga is a compact 32 kilometres in circumference and feels like one big, friendly resort. Hop aboard the round-Rarotonga bus service to get acquainted with ... [Published Canberra Times - May 04 2013]

Entities: Cook Islands, Lagoon, James Cook, Avarua (Cook Islands)

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Chill Out in Rarotonga

BeachesSouth PacificTravel By Jim Eliason, April 26, 2013 Sitting halfway between Tahiti and Fiji, the Cook Islands are yet to be discovered by most Americans.The vast majority of visitors who do come here are Australians and New Zealanders (for whom ... [Published San Diego Reader - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Cook Islands, Lagoon, Avarua (Cook Islands)

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Suwarrow blog one – Team arrives in the Cook Islands

Ian Karika during a very moving ceremony in downtown Avarua for the crews of two New Zealand Vaka’s as they headed for home. The first of many blogs from award-winning wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society ... [Published EnviroLib - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Cook Islands, BirdLife International, Avarua (Cook Islands)

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Cook Island Landmarks

_ Natural LandmarksThe 2,139-foot summit of Te Manga on Rarotonga is the highest point in the Cook Islands. You can reach the top in about two hours via a steep hiking trail, which in some sections is equipped with ropes to assist your ascent. If you ... [Published EHow.com - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Cook Islands, Avarua (Cook Islands), Albert Henry

Quotes

"Amazing!" I told curator-manager Jean Mason. "I come from Nelson and recently taught at Nelson College for Girls and this reminds me of its library bustle and dcor." Electric colours and designs filled the school library: Mother Hubbard dresses and pandanus mats, tapa pieces, ceremonial and dance costumes, baskets...

Cooks connection [Published Nelson Mail - May 13 2013]

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Cooks connection [Published Nelson Mail - May 13 2013]
Twenty reasons to visit Cook Islands [Published Canberra Times - May 04 2013]
Cook Islands paradise isn’t plain sailing for all [Published Japan Times - Apr 27 2013]
Chill Out in Rarotonga [Published San Diego Reader - Apr 26 2013]
Suwarrow blog one – Team arrives in the Cook Is... [Published EnviroLib - Apr 19 2013]
Cook Island Landmarks [Published EHow.com - Apr 17 2013]

Blogs

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Suwarrow blog one – Team arrives in the Cook Is... [Published EnviroLib - Apr 19 2013] Ian Karika during a very moving ceremony in downtown Avarua for the crews of two New Zealand Vaka’s as they headed for home. The first of many blogs from award-winning wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society ...