DISTANCE BETWEEN

7084 km

The total flight duration from New Zealand to Tahiti is 5 hours, 54 minutes.

Currently, five nights in three to four-star accommodation on Rarotonga is starting at $315 per person.” If luxury digs are more your style, you’ll be looking at $600 to $1000 a night.

The best time to visit Rarotonga is throughout October and November. This is during the dry season, when the weather is hot (but tolerable) and not too wet. It also avoids the peak holiday seasons allowing for a much more relaxing escape.

I recommend spending seven to 10 nights in the Cook Islands. I spent a week there — three days on Rarotonga; four on Aitutaki — and found it to be the perfect amount of time.

The north coast of Rarotonga is the best part of the island for proximity to the airport and the capital, Avarua. The latter is a working harbor with a charming Colonial-era ambiance. Visitors staying here will be close to all the amenities, including banks, supermarkets and museums.

Full Rarotonga Packing List

• 6 casual shirts (tees and/or singlets)
• 1 button down shirt (for going out)
• 2 pairs of shorts (one pair of chino shorts and one sports shorts)
• 1 pair of pants/chinos (for going out)
• 1 light sweatshirt.
• Packable raincoat.
• Pyjamas.
• Swimwear.

Water — Generally, the water on Rarotonga is safe to drink from the tap. The tap water on Aitutaki is not safe to drink.

Bringing Food into the Cook Islands With the exception of fresh fruits, vegetables and honey, food that is securely packed or vacuum packed meats may be brought in. Write a list of your food products for immigration.

There are 18 different species of shark found in Cook Island waters. The more common sharks include the white-tip reef shark, the black-tip reef shark and the grey reef shark. Other sightings include hammerhead sharks, oceanic white-tip sharks, tiger sharks and whale sharks.

There are no snakes or spiders on the islands The Cook Islands are home to a variety of marine life, tropical flowers and plants. However, there’s not a snake or poisonous spider in sight.

That means that while it administers its own affairs, Cook Islanders are New Zealand citizens who are free to live and work here. More than 60,000 Cook Island Māori live in New Zealand.

Since 1 January 2006, a child born in New Zealand is not automatically considered a New Zealand citizen if the parent/s are not New Zealand citizens. If a child born in New Zealand is not eligible for New Zealand citizenship at birth, they are deemed to hold a visa if either parent holds a visa when the child is born.

If your partner is a New Zealand citizen or resident, you can apply to become a New Zealand resident. Your partner must support your application.

You can use the Confirmation of Birth certificate to prove you are a New Zealand citizen….You need to include:

1. your original full birth certificate.
2. original documents showing any other names you have used in your lifetime, and.
3. 2 passport photos that meet the photo requirements.

If you were born and adopted in New Zealand you are likely to be a New Zealand citizen. If you were born or adopted outside New Zealand, you might be a citizen — if not, you may be able to apply to become one.

Loss of citizenship It is hard for a person to lose citizenship once they have it. An adult who becomes a citizen in another country can choose to give up New Zealand citizenship.