81. Local News - This Week's Major News Stories Main stories in the week s cook islands News, the Online weekly edition of the 29 July The ministry of culture has announced that the media are banned http://www.cinews.co.ck/local.htm

Local News WEEK ENDING Wednesday 14 September 2005 Front page major news stories on politics and current events in Rarotonga and the Cook Islands. No interest in top salaries Another flight for Virgin Blue Detectives retrieve stolen items Dog was not killed say police ... Over 1000 new cars a year No interest in top salaries 8 September: The parliamentary select committee currently reviewing the Civil List Act 1982 has received no submission at all from members of the public. The contents of the act are always an issue of discussion in many forums and by many non-governmental organisations. But so far the committee is receiving signals that no one has an issue with the act. The civil list legislation determines salaries for salaries, allowances and terms of appointment for the Queen's Representative; pays and allowances for members of parliament, deputy prime minister, members of cabinet and leader of the house. The committee's term of reference is to review the act in areas of concern and make recommendations to parliament on how to deal with any of the problems evidenced.

82. Domain - COOK ISLANDS TOURISM [ NZQA ] Demonstrate knowledge of an element of cook islands culture and history in knowledge of cook islands tourism as an economic, sociocultural, http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/explore/domain.do?frameworkId=1364

83. Ngaputoru Text Located centrally within the cook/Austral chain of islands, fishhook assemblagefrom the Southern cook islands. Man and culture in Oceania 56777. http://www.otago.ac.nz/Anthropology/Pacific/cooks/ngaputoru.html

Director Dr Richard Walter , University of Otago Contents Project aims Summary of fieldwork Results to date Work in progress ... Publications Background Ngaputoru (meaning the three stems) is the traditional name for the raised coral reef islands of Atiu, Ma'uke and Mitiaro. These islands form a cluster, along with the uninhabited island of Takutea, on the eastern edge of the southern Cook group. The people of Ngaputoru recognise close cultural and historic ties and the genealogies of the three islands are tightly interwoven. The political systems of the individual islands that make up Ngaputoru are also closely connected and at various times in the past Ngaputoru has been subject to different levels of formal unification. Most recently, the political centre for Ngaputoru was situated on Atiu, but today, the chiefly lineages recognise complete autonomy. The islands of Ngaputoru are intervisible, or nearly so. Once a canoe sets out from one island to the next, the destination island appears over the horizon just before the island of origin sinks from view. The other islands of the southern Cook group are widely scattered and Ngaputoru is the only cluster of islands where regular voyaging has been practiced continuously, since first settlement of the group more than 1000 years ago. The islands of Ngaputoru sustain good agriculture (although gardening is a little tougher on Mitiaro) but they have poor access to a number of natural resources which were important in prehistory. Stone, for tool manufacture is present in very small quantities on Atiu, but is entirely absent from Mitiaro. On Ma'uke there was probably some stone available in the past, but no adze grade material is present there today. The shallow reefs of Ngaputoru also prevent the growth of the pearl oyster (

84. Cook Text students of the Otago Anthropology Department are as follows. Stone SourcingProject Ngaputoru culture History cook islands Reef Ecology Project http://www.otago.ac.nz/Anthropology/Pacific/cooks/cooktext.html

Director Dr Richard Walter , University of Otago Cook Islands Research at Otago The Cook Islands are a group of 15 islands located on the western fringe of eastern Polynesia. The archipelago is made up of examples of each of the major island forms found in Remote Oceania and this geological diversity within a single culture area is one of the features that makes the Cook Islands so fascinating to Pacific archaeologists and prehistorians. The islands of the Cook group are widely scattered, but fall into two geographical clusters. The northern Cooks consist of six low atolls of which four contain permanent communities. The southern group is made up of one high volcanic island , Rarotonga, which is the capital of the Cook group, five raised coral reef or makatea islands , one atoll, one near-atoll and one sand-cay island. The Cook Island people are culturally part of eastern Polynesia although the island of Pukapuka stands out as different in this regard. The people of Pukapuka have a close ancestral tie to the Samoan area and while most communities in the Cooks speak a dialect of the East Polynesian, Cook Island Maori language, Pukapukans speak their own language which is part of the Samoaic sub-branch of the Polynesian language family.

85. South Seas Islands Pin Future On Geotourism The cook islands receive more tourists per capita than any other South Pacific Few cook Islanders appreciate the uniqueness of their culture and http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1001_041001_travelwatch.html

Site Index Subscribe Shop Search Top 15 Most Popular Stories NEWS Front Page Environment Health Offbeat ... Video in the News SPECIAL SERIES The Genographic Project Pulse of the Planet National Geographic Channel RESOURCES (What's this?) Contact Us Front Page Travel South Seas Islands Pin Future on Geotourism TravelWatch Angela Burnford National Geographic Traveler October 1, 2004 The Cook Islands fit the image of a South Seas paradise: white-sand beaches, turquoise lagoons, and coconut palms. This Polynesian chain scattered across a thousand miles (1,600 kilometers) of ocean receives more tourists per capita than any other South Pacific destination. That's four visitors per year for every one of the Cooks' 20,000 residents. It sounds like a success story. Yet Cook Islands authorities are revamping their entire tourism strategy. So what's not to love? But according to tourism consultant Peter Phillips, the Cooks have become a destination "hard for the outsider to tell from any other white-sand and palm-tree place." Commissioned to update the Cook Islands' tourism strategy, Phillips's initial report stated, "There is no clear vision for the future of tourism in this country." He told the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation that the destination offers the same tourism products as South Seas competitors like Fiji and French Polynesia. "So there is one boat for high-speed boating offshore; there is a microlight [aircraft] operator; there is the usual safari tour in a Land Rover."

86. Countries : Cook Islands > General Informations SPC Aquaculture Portal Country Profile for cook islands. Economy Tourism,black pearl culture, fishing and fruit processing are important industries. http://www.spc.org.nc/aquaculture/site/countries/cook_islands/index.asp

Search Advanced search Member access var frmvalidator = new Validator("logform"); frmvalidator.addValidation("reg_email","req","Please enter the email of the user"); frmvalidator.addValidation("reg_email","email","The email of the user is alphanumeric"); frmvalidator.addValidation("reg_passwd","req","Please enter the password for the user"); frmvalidator.addValidation("reg_passwd","alnum ","The password of the user is alphanumeric"); Countries Cook islands General Informations General informations Government Centre of excellence National statistics ... Trochus Capital : Avarua Language : Cook Islands Maori, English Area Terrain : Low coral atolls in north; volcanic hilly islands in the south. Climate : Cook Islands has a tropical climate moderated by tradewinds.

87. Cook Islands: Thirteen Years Later - Cook Islands - BootsnAll.com cook islands By Rich McIntyre. Ignoring the sage counsel of Thomas Wolfe, Greed is killing off the fishery, as money is eroding the culture. http://www.bootsnall.com/travelstories/pac/nov03cooks.shtml

Home Ask an Insider Members Forum Plane Tickets ... Back to Pacific Travel Stories Newsletter Sign up for any or all of BootsnAll's newsletters. Why should you sign-up? Newsletter Sign-Up (enter your e-mail) Search for RTW Air Tickets (round-the-world) Plane Tickets (round-trip and one-way) International Airfare (round-trip and one-way) Cheap Hotels Cheap Europe Hotels Rental Cars Youth Hostels ... Backpacker Tours Cook Islands: Thirteen Years Later Cook Islands By Rich McIntyre Ignoring the sage counsel of Thomas Wolfe, who said "you can never go home again," we returned to the Cook Islands after a thirteen year absence. As it turned out, he had a point. Rarotonga remains lovely and the lagoon is actually a bit healthier than it was back then. However, coral bleaching has hammered all area of the Cooks, from Mangaia to Rakahanga. The people are still pleasant - among the nicest in the Pacific - although the smiles are less frequent and a certain jaded perspective has taken hold. Prices have increased dramatically ($250 NZ for Little Poly), as have the availability of accommodations. I admit it, for the first week of our trip, we checked out higher-end places - encroaching middle age and new liquidity probably had something to do with it. We stayed at four different places.

88. Regional: Oceania: Cook Islands: Society And Culture - Open Site Regional Oceania cook islands Society and culture Open Site. http://open-site.org/Regional/Oceania/Cook_Islands/Society_and_Culture/

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89. 95-03-09: Statement By Cook Islands, HE Hon. Tekaotiki Matapo (EN) AS WRITTEN cook islands DELEGATION STATEMENT TO BE DELIVERED TO THE WORLD REALISING THE IMPORTANCE OF culture ON THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PEOPLE, http://www.un.org/documents/ga/conf166/gov/950309095614.htm

Statement The electronic version of this document was prepared at the World Summit for Social Development by the United Nations Development Programme in collaboration with the United Nations Department for Public Information.This version has been posted online by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). Reproduction and dissemination of the document - in electronic and/or printed format - is encouraged, provided acknowledgement is made of the role of the United Nations in making it available. Date last posted: 25/01/2000 15:35:30 Comments and suggestions: esa@un.org

90. AnthroGlobe Bibliography: The Cook Islands Rarotonga cook islands Ministry of Cultural Development. Asian Development Bank1990 National 1927 The Material culture of the cook islands (Aitutaki). http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Biblio/biblio_cooks.html

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Alphabetical Category Subtree WWW VL database Bibliography of the Cook Islands by Kristen Corey kcorey@smu.edu Last updated: 07 Feb 2005 This document is a part of a larger collection of the AnthroGlobe specialist bibliographies. It forms a subsection of the Asian Studies WWW VL and Pacific Studies WWW VL Do you have any corrections or addenda to this bibliography? If so, contact the Editor at the email address listed above. Your input will be gratefully received and acknowledged. Bibliography of the Cook Islands A B C D ... P Q R S T U ... W X Y Z A Return to Top of this page B Return to Top of this page C Return to Top of this page D Return to Top of this page Davis, T. and L. Davis 1954 Doctor to the Islands. London: Michael Joseph. 1960 Makutu. London: Michael Joseph. Davis, T.R.A. 1947 Rarotonga Today. Journal of the Polynesian Society 56:197-218. 1992 Island Boy. Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific. Dixon, R. and T. Parima 1993 Mangaia and the Mission. Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific. Douglas, Norman and Ngaire Douglas 1990 Cook Islands: A Guide. Alstonville, NSW, Australia: Pacific Profiles. Duerner, Frederick C. 1994 Television and Transition: The Cook Islands Experience, 1986-1993. Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara. Dumbrell, Susan, Richard Taylor, George Koteka, and Koekoe Mokoputu 1984 Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Disease: Present Activities in the Cook Islands: Report No. 2. Noumea: South Pacific Commission.

91. Cook Islands Travel Tourism of Art and culture, Language and Literature featuring cook Island. The cookislands Art and culture The cook islands Art and culture - culture, http://www.escapeartist.com/cook/cook2.htm

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92. LIVING IN RARO There are three banks in the cook islands, ANZ, Westpac and the Bank of the cook cook Islanders are brought up in a strongly religious culture with the http://www.rarotongan.co.ck/employment/living.htm

Home The Rarotongan The Cook Islands Weddings ... Contact Us LIVING IN RAROTONGA Accommodation What to bring Transport Entertainment ... More Information/Links Accommodation Accommodation prices range from approximately: NZD$50 - $100 a week for a room in a shared house NZD$100 - $150 a week for a one bedroom furnished house/flat NZD$150 - $250 for a two bedroom furnished house/flat. This can change, however, according to supply and demand, and standards of accommodation can vary greatly. You will be responsible for making your own accommodation arrangements. Housing is normally a unit style with tile flooring. There are several ways to locate housing. The local newspaper, The Cook Islands News, has a classifieds section listing available rental accommodation. There are also a number of rental agencies including Shekinah Services and Rarotonga Realty . Quite often new employees will find accommodation through word of mouth by asking fellow staff members. Telephones can be connected through CI Telecom. There is a bond charged of NZD$50 for a phone with local call access or NZD$500 for international call access. CI Telecom also offers internet connections.

93. Information Gateway Links List Display Page Business Promotion Investment Promotion Agencies cook islands DevelopmentInvestment Board culture UNESCO World Heritage Sites http://www.opic.gov/links/countryInfo.asp?country=Cook Islands®ion=asia

94. Atlas: Cook Islands Facts on cook islands flags, maps, geography, history, statistics, Upto-dateinformation on Government, Economy, Population culture http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/cookislands.html

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95. Zeal.com - United States - New - Library - Humanities - History - Australia & Oc Supplies a guide to the history and culture of the cook islands which were first cook islands Ministry of Cultural Development National Archives http://www.zeal.com/category/preview.jhtml?cid=554959

96. Mundo Étnico / Pacific Web Dutch non profit organization promotes dance cultures from the South Pacific islands, including Samoa, Hawaii, cook islands, Rapanui, Tonga, Tuvalu, New Zealand, Fiji. http://www.mundoetnico.nl

97. Fiji Islands - Culture, South Pacific Internet Travel Specialists, (pacificnavig Traditional meke (dance) Fijian culture has managed to remain largely The third matanitu is Tovata made up of the Lau islands, the Lomaiviti Group and http://www.pacificnavigator.com/fiji/aboutfiji/culture.html

Destinations Navigator Home Fiji Islands American Samoa Cook Islands New Caledonia Niue Samoa Tahiti Tonga Vanuatu SPECIAL FEATURES ABOUT FIJI The People History Culture Places of Interest ... Shopping in Fiji FIJI INFORMATION Photo Gallery Visitor Information Communications Useful Contacts ... Fiji News Visit Our TOP PICK of Amazon's South Pacific Products TRAVEL HELP DESK Travel Insurance Postcards Message Board Art Gallery Fijian culture has managed to remain largely intact despite European contact and the influence of Western culture. However, many of the customs and traditions have been scaled down somewhat. In pre-missionary contact years, rituals, elaborate ceremonies, strict observance of customs were part of the Fijian way of life. Some of these violent customs were stopped after the missionaries arrived in Fiji. These included rites, associated with cannibalism, such as the piling up of bodies (which were later cooked) for a chief’s installation. Human sacrifice was also a part of daily living then. For example, when the posts for a temple or chief’s house were being set up, live men were put in the holes where the posts were to go - "to hold them up". Thankfully such practices are a thing of the past. But Fijian tradition and culture still lives on. The Fiji society is a communal one - with values placed high on the family unit, the village and the vanua (land). People in villages and those in urban areas share the communal obligations and rewards of community life and are led by a hereditary chief.

98. Visitor Information - Cook Islands - Weddings, Food, Climate, Culture & Currency Welcome to The cook islands. South Pacific holiday destination. Bookings andenquiries by Travel Online. http://www.tourismcookislands.com/info/

home contact us about us specials you are here: travelonline.com cook islands visitor information destinations australia brisbane gold coast great barrier reef hunter valley ... flights south pacific new zealand cook islands fiji islands vanuatu europe all europe hotels france greece italy ... site map visitor information The Cook Islands will deliver. Here's all the handy stuff we believe you will need to know. Location People Population Culture ... Departure Tax location The Cook Islands consists of 15 Islands scattered over some 2 million square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean. They lie virtually in the center of the Polynesian Triangle of the South Pacific, flanked to the west by the kingdom of Tonga and the Samoas, and to the east by Tahiti and the island of French Polynesia. The Cook Islands are in the same time zone as Hawaii and are the same distance south of the equator as Hawaii is north, and lay on the Tropic of Capricorn (latitude 9 to 22 south degrees). Rarotonga [ video tour ] is the largest of the islands and hosts the international airport and Avarua, the main township, has a good choice of restaurants, shops, hotels and banks.

99. Cook Islands (New Zealand) cook islands Ministry of Cultural Development english Website of the cookislands national museum and art gallery, library, archives and auditorium. http://www.tuttinsieme.it/tutti/tut/oce/nzealand/cookislands.htm

Cook Islands Travel Agencies and Tour Operator Pacific Divers Rarotonga english - Situated east of Fiji and west of Tahiti, Rarotonga, is the largest of the 15 islands that make-up the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. Graham and Christina McDonald invite you to enjoy Rarotonga's finest dive experiences with.. Jetsave Travel english/german - A complete Cook Islands brochure featuring Aitutaki, Atiu, Mitiaro, Mauke, Mangaia, Penrhyn, Manihiki including accommodation, diving, sightseeing, sports, wedding and honeymoons Dive Rarotonga english - Dive centre offering sales, servicing, training, air and Nitrox. Includes details of courses, rates and a gallery. Raro Safari Tours english - Raro Safari Tours take you to hard-to-reach inland areas of Rarotonga for fun, excitement and spectacular views Island Hopper Vacations english - Here you can book any hotel, motel, house, airline, transfer, activity, tour etc in the Cook Islands including Rarotonga, Aitutaki and other islands. Tipani Tours english - quality Tour Operator in the Cook Islands. Our friendly staff and state of the art reservation service will guarantee every visitor to our shores a holiday to remember.

100. South Pacific Books - USP Book Centre: Akono'anga Maori: Cook Island Culture personality and cultural aspects of food. This book views key elements of CookIslands culture from within as it is, as it was, and as it may become. http://uspbookcentre.com/store/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=UBC&Product_Co

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