Events 2024
Not sure of when to plan your trip to Rarotonga?
Here's a guide of some events that are happening in 2024. Some great sporting and cultural activities most months of the year.
JANUARY
BEACH GAMES 6 - 20 January
APRIL
BSP Aitutaki Marathon 29 April - 2 May
MANA TIAKI (culture and heritage) WEEK
DANCER OF THE YEAR CONTESTS (Te Mire Ura)
MAY
RAROTONGA TRIATHLON 2 - 7 May
JULY
Whale Watching Season begins (July - October)
Cook Islands Maori Language Week - Epetoma o te Reo Maori 1 - 4 July
TE MAEVA NUI 26 July - 4 Aug
SEPTEMBER
ROUND RAROTONGA ROAD RACE 19 - 24 Sept
OCTOBER
Cook Island Games 5 - 19 Oct
Cook Islands Squash Open 24 - 31 Oct
NOVEMBER
RARO 7s 7 - 9 Nov
Aitutaki Liftoff 7 - 10 Nov
Vaka Eiva 22 - 29 Nov
BSP NETBALL IN PARADISE. 30 Nov - 6 Dec
DECEMBER
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND GOSPEL DAYS
The following are PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Every Sunday
Good Friday and Easter Monday
Christmas Day and Boxing Day
New Year's Day and 2nd January
Anzac Day, 25th April each year
Kings Birthday (HRH Queen Elizabeth II): first week of June
Ra O Te Ui Ariki (House of Ariki) public holiday: first week of July
Constitution Day - 4th August
*Not Palmerston which celebrates the birthday of the late Queen Victoria instead
*also see https://www.cookislands.org.uk/Events-calendar-2023