Cook Islands

A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics

Kia orāna! The Cook Islands is made up of 15 islands in the South Pacific Ocean the largest being Rarotonga. This topic covers the tropical island’s Polynesian history, geology, culture, people, agriculture and relationship with NZ. SCIS no. 1807252

social_sciences, arts, history

Image: Pa`u mangō (skin drum)

Pa`u mangō (skin drum)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Tivaevae tataura (appliqué embroidered quilt)

Tivaevae tataura (appliqué embroidered quilt)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Cook Islands Māori

Services to Schools

Image: Pare (hat)

Pare (hat)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Tivaevae ta‘orei

Tīvaevae tā‘ōrei (ceremonial quilt)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Cook Island Stamps

Cook Island stamps

Cook Island Stamps

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Picking oranges in the Cook Islands, 1951

Picking oranges in the Cook Islands

Picking oranges in the Cook Islands, 1951

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Dwellings, taro patch and group, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Taro patch in Rarotonga

Dwellings, taro patch and group, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Tapping into the Past

Tapping into the past

Tapping into the Past

Radio New Zealand

Image: Richard John Seddon with King John and Queen, Mangaia, Cook Islands

King and Queen of Cook Islands

Richard John Seddon with King John and Queen, Mangaia, Cook Islands

Alexander Turnbull Library

Soldiers commemorated in NZ

Cook Islands soldiers commemorated in NZ

Radio New Zealand

Image: Atua rakau (staff god)

Atua rakau (staff god)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Woman and child from Aitutaki

Woman and child from Aitutaki

Alexander Turnbull Library

Cook Islanders: Settlement

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Discovery of the Cook Islands

18 Cook Islands - Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Man playing a village drum for dancing, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Man playing a village drum

Man playing a village drum for dancing, Manihiki, Cook Islands

Alexander Turnbull Library

Cook Islands 1952

Services to Schools

Rarotonga

Services to Schools

Cook Islands images

Services to Schools

"Te Atua Mou'e"

Services to Schools

Cook Islands

Services to Schools

Image: Unidentified boy husking a coconut, Cook Islands

Husking a coconut

Unidentified boy husking a coconut, Cook Islands

Alexander Turnbull Library

Arts and crafts of the Cook Islands

Introduction - Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Victoria University of Wellington

Cook Islanders

Services to Schools