The Cook Island is an authentic and refined Pacific experience encased in a lifestyle that exudes warmth, happiness and rspect.
The Cooks Islands consist of 15 islands with a total population of approximately 19,000, scattered over some 2 million square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean.
They lie in the center of Polynesian Triangle, flanked to the west by the Kingdom of Tonga and the Samoas and to the east by Tahiti and the islands of French Polynesia.
Language:
The languages of the Cook Islands include English, Cook Islands Maori, or "Rarotongan," and Pukapukan. Dialects of Cook Islands Maori include Penrhyn; Rakahanga-Manihiki; the Ngaputoru dialect of Atiu, Mitiaro, and Mauke; the Aitutaki dialect; and the Mangaian dialect. Cook Islands Maori and its dialectic variants are closely related to both Tahitian and to New Zealand Māori. Pukapukan, by contrast, is considered closely related to the Samoan language. Both English and Cook Islands Maori are considered official languages of the Cook Islands.
Currency:
New Zealand Dollar (NZD) Cook Islands Dollar also used.
Climate:
The climate in the Cook Islands is equable. The rainy season is between November and March, but the rain usually falls in the form of late afternoon storms, cooling the air temperature, which averages around 82ºF (28ºC) this time of year. The cooler, dry season, when temperatures range from 70ºF to 80ºF (20ºC to 26ºC), runs from April to October. Severe weather is seldom experienced.
COOK ISLANDS AIRFARES
Booking Class L - Air New Zealand
From LAX: Starting from $598.00
From SFO: Starting from $723.00
Travel Commencing: May 1 to 30 November 2011
Subject to availability, plus departure taxes and fuel surcharges
Booking Class W - Air New Zealand
From Honolulu: Starting at $1298.00
Fare valid all year. Subject to availability, plus departure taxes and fuel surcharges
Kia Orana! Welcome to the Cook Islands.
