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Arriving in Rarotonga feels like stepping into a living postcard.

A short(ish) flight away, this place is like stepping into a postcard

There’s plenty to do when visiting the Cook Islands, or you can choose to do nothing at all.

  • Tatyana Leonov

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It takes less than an hour to drive around Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands.

I haven’t lived on this Pacific island for 40 years – but it’s as if I never left

For this former local, returning to the Cook Islands means scooting about, breathing in sweet air – and being related to everyone (including a former PM).

  • Craig Tansley
Australia’s slow and outdated migration system is weakening the nation’s influence in the Pacific.

Showing up matters: Why Albanese must keep travelling

After cosying up to Xi Jinping in Beijing, Anthony Albanese has immediately pivoted to curtailing China’s influence in the Pacific.

  • Matthew Knott
Jetstar’s new non-stop route to Rarotonga cuts the previous shortest route by over seven hours.

Airline review: Economy class on Jetstar’s next-gen plane

This game-changing new service to a Pacific paradise has a seatback feature passengers will love.

  • Katherine Scott
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To Sua Ocean Trench, Samoa’s iconic swimming hole on Upolu island.

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There are now three non-stop Jetstar flights each week from Sydney to Rarotonga.

Pacific’s ‘best-kept secret’ islands are now easier to get to

The Cook Islands might not seem all that secret, but 99 per cent of Australians don’t know where they are.

  • Craig Tansley
Aitutaki is famous for its equilateral-shaped triangular lagoon five times larger than the island surrounding it.

Cook Islands reopens: New things to see and do in the Pacific paradise

There are a lot of new things to discover now the Cook Islands are open to Australian travellers again.

  • Craig Tansley
The Cook Islands have a high vaccination rate.

Small Pacific nation of Cook Islands readies for first community COVID cases

Cook Islands resumed quarantine-free travel with New Zealand a month ago, after shutting itself off from the world when the pandemic hit in early 2020.

  • Lidia Kelly

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