HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu is officially sister-cities with Avarua, Rarotonga and the Cook Islands. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi signed the agreement at a press conference Friday ...

On Saturday, the Honolulu-based carrier began once-weekly service to Rarotonga, which is the largest of the Cook Islands. This is the first time Hawaiian has served the country since 1993, but ...

Since August 2022, Air Rarotonga has operated a single flight each week on Saturday afternoons returning Sunday mornings and this service will move to Tuesdays and Wednesdays commencing June 27th.

Island time has its own special flavour in Rarotonga. It’s the morning we woke to stormy weather and stayed tucked up in bed, assuming the turtle tour we’d booked wouldn’t be happening that day.

Air Rarotonga, established in 1978, is based in Rarotonga Cook Islands and operates flights among the islands. Passenger, cargo and charter services operate between nine island destinations.

Where: The largest of the fifteen-island Cooks archipelago, Rarotonga lies smack-dab in the center of the South Pacific, surrounded by Tokelau, Samoa, Nuie, and Tahiti. What: What many consider to ...

Rarotonga is unique among most small islands in that visitors are part of the ebb and flow of daily life, rather than tucked away in a resort. The sun rises over Rarotonga’s Muri Beach.