Cook Islands
The under-the-radar island getaways that are only a short flight away
These South Pacific destinations allow you to avoid other tourists and live like a local – without breaking the bank.
- by Craig Tansley
Latest
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).
- by Craig Tansley
Analysis
Foreign relations
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.
- by Matthew Knott
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Airline reviews
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.
- by Katherine Scott
25 incredible South Pacific experiences you won’t find anywhere else
We don’t have to go far to escape to destinations completely unlike our own, that offer unique experiences we can’t get on the other side of the equator.
- by Craig Tansley
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.
- by Craig Tansley
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.
- by Craig Tansley
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.
- by Lidia Kelly
Woman forced into WA hotel quarantine after trans-Tasman bubble breach
Under the bubble rules anyone arriving from New Zealand who travelled there from overseas must have completed two weeks quarantine before flying to Western Australia.
- by Hamish Hastie
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/cook-islands-8j3