Kia Orana! Those words of welcome hail from the Cook Islands, a laid-back South Pacific paradise that’s only a 10-hour flight away from the white-hot craziness of Los Angeles. Orange County residents ...

Ever fancied heading to the Cook Islands? Of course you have - you're only human after all. Well, here's everything you need to know before you book your tickets to the place where Shipwrecked was ...

Joseph visits Rarotonga and Aitutaki, the Cook’s most popular islands. While “paradise” is a word freely bantered about in the travel world, the Cook Islands is a traveler’s paradise. It is a genuine ...

AVARUA, Rarotonga, Cook Islands — It was a quiet afternoon on Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands, when Lydia Nga got the news. Overnight her homeland, 15 Polynesian islands west of Tahiti, a paradise ...

AITUTAKI, Cook Islands -- Perhaps notorious Captain Bligh, the first European to lay eyes on Aitutaki, should have treated his crew to a holiday on the island when he sailed past back in 1789. If hed ...

Linda Morton has been visiting Aitutaki and Rarotonga islands over the past 10 years. While snorkelling in the lagoons near these islands in April 2006 she saw coral go from being magenta to bright ...