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List Of Cook Islanders
The following are islanders from the Cook Islands: Entertainers and musicians * Will Crummer, musician * Sonny Terei, musician * Sam V, singer, songwriter * James Tito, actor, musician * Stan Walker, musician and singer Politicians * Inatio Akaruru, Cook Islands politician. Former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Prime Minister * Albert Henry, former Premier of the Cook Islands * Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islands politician * Robert Woonton, former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Other * Jacqueline Evans, environmentalist *Vereara Maeva-Taripo Vereara Maeva-Taripo (also Vereara Maeva, Vereara Teariki Monga Maeva, Vearea Ngarangi Teariki Maeva BEM; born Aitutaki, August 27, 1940; died 2019) was a Cook Islander political organizer also known for her quilting of tivaevae. Biography Mae ..., textile artist, political activist, and composer {{DEFAULTSORT:Cook Islanders *List Lists of people by nationality Lists of Oceanian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook Islands
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Will Crummer
Will Crummer is a Cook Islands singer and entertainer who was well known in the 1960s in both Auckland, New Zealand, and the Cook Islands. He released EPs and albums during the 1960s, and along with Pepe and the Rarotongans, was a pioneering Cook Islands artist. His is also the father of singer Annie Crummer. Background In his teens, Crummer climbed coconut trees in his village to sing songs he had heard on the radio, including songs by Pat Boone and Nat King Cole. He moved to New Zealand in the early 1960s to work as a concreter, a job his brother had arranged for him. Crummer became well known in Auckland during the 1960s when the Polynesian music scene was popular. The band he became known for fronting was Will Crummer and the Royal Rarotongans, performing at venues such as The Orange Ballroom and The Reefcomber. He made some recordings in Auckland, his EP ''Rarotonga'' in 1962 and ''Cook Islands Magic'' the following year. He also released ''Romantic Rarotonga'' and ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Terei
Pepe and the Rarotongans were a popular Cook Island music group fronted by a female singer, Pepe. They were active in the 1950s and 1960s. As recording artists, they had albums released on the Viking and Salem labels. Background The main force of the group was Pepe, formerly known as Pepe Taimata Pekamu Maoate, and Sonny Terei, also known as Sonny Tutai O Poko Maru Tamariki Nootu Teatuairo Terei. Sonny was born on 27 August 1933 in Ngatangiia, Rarotonga. He left the Cook Islands for New Zealand in 1947, to train as an electrical linesman. Pepe and Sonny were married on 29 May 1955. As an act, Sonny did the arrangements for their music. Pepe became known for being the first Cook Islands singer to be recorded by Viking Records. Along with Will Crummer, they achieved a level of fame and had a short succession of hits from the late 1950s to the 1960s. As mentioned in Glenda Tuaine's ''Celebrate Cook Islands Tarekareka!'' article in ''Escape Magazine'', like Crummer, Jon Jonassen and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Verlinden
Samuel James Verlinden (born 1 October 1997) also known as Solo Artist Sam V is a New Zealand singer and actor. He is best known for his track 'I Just Wanna Love U', selected by the ANZ Bank New Zealand for their campaign ''Fortune Futures the Brave'' which quickly gained a following after choreographer Parris Goebel and the ReQuest dance crew surprised Sam with a music video for the song.He is a member of the internationally renowned group “flogs”, where he finished 7th in the 2022 season despite his team being considered one of the best on paper. He is also the Head Coach of Team SJ Whittaker. His most notable contribution to that team was being asleep while Trevor Lawrence was selected by General Manager Matt Clark in the first round. Career Verlinden began posting videos onto YouTube in 2006. His support grew significantly and he rose to number 20 Most Subscribed Musician in New Zealand. He has reached over two million hits on his YouTube page and he has gained the att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tito
James Tito is a New Zealand actor and musician. Tito is also a founding member of Māori showband the Modern Māori Quartet. He co-wrote and performed songs, with the other band members, for the Modern Māori Quartet's debut album ''That's Us!'' (2017). Tito co-hosted Māori Television's ''My Party Song'' as part of the 'Modern Māori Quartet. Early life Tito was born in Taupō, New Zealand and is of Māori Ngāti_Tūwharetoa.html" ;"title="Ngāti Tūwharetoa">Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāpuhi, Kūki 'Āirani (Cook Islands) ] descent. James is a graduate of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School (Te Kura Toi Whakaari ō Aotearoa) earning a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) in 2010. Career Theatre Tito performed in the theatre show ''Awhi Tapu''(2011) with future bandmate Matariki Whatarau. In 2012, Tito played Diomedes/Taiomete, in the te reo Māori version of Troilus and Cressida at the Globe Theatre, in London, alongside fellow Toi Whakaari graduates and Modern Māori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inatio Akaruru
Inatio Akaruru (31 March 1937 – 31 January 2014) was a Cook Islands politician, cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister. He was a member of the Cook Islands Party. Akaruru was born on Pukapuka. He worked as a public servant before being elected as MP for Pukapuka at the 1968 election. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the government of Albert Henry and as Deputy Prime Minister to Geoffrey Henry. At the 1999 election Akaruru held the Pukapuka-Nassau seat by a single vote. The result was challenged by the Democratic Alliance Party and declared invalid. A by-election in September 1999 was also subsequently invalidated. Akaruru contested the resulting 2000 Pukapuka-Nassau by-election and was defeated. In 1977, Akaruru was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1992 New Year Honours. Akaruru was interested in bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Henry (politician)
Albert Royle Henry (11 June 19061 January 1981) was the first Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Premier of the Cook Islands and the founder and first leader of the Cook Islands Party (CIP). First elected Premier in August 1965, he was unseated in the aftermath of the 1978 Cook Islands general election, 1978 election after an electoral petition found he had committed electoral fraud. He was later stripped of his knighthood. Early life Henry was born in Rarotonga to an Aitutaki family, and was educated on Aitutaki. At the age of 13 he won a scholarship to New Zealand, but was unable to take it up because he was too young. His parents paid for him to attend St Stephen's College, a boarding school in Auckland, New Zealand. On returning to Rarotonga in 1923 he worked as a student teacher, and then as acting headmaster at Ararua school on Aitutaki. He resigned from teaching when the colonial administration decided to cut his pay, then worked for trading company A.B. Donald. In 1936 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Henry
Sir Geoffrey Arama Henry (16 November 1940 – 9 May 2012) was a Cook Island politician who was twice the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. He was leader of the Cook Islands Party (CIP) from 1979 to 2006. Early life Henry was a native of Aitutaki. His father was the deacon of the Cook Islands Christian Church on the island. He was also first cousin to Albert Henry. He received a law degree from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He was married to Lady Louisa Henry. Political career Henry initially entered parliament in the opposition party aged 24 because of the corruption and excesses of the governing Cook Islands Party led by his cousin Albert Henry. However, in 1972 he joined the CIP: "family pressure was unbearable, and he could not personally tolerate being ostracised by the family again". Despite distrust from Albert Henry's powerful wife Elizabeth, his talent in a mediocre party meant he became finance minister. Henry became leader of the CIP in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Woonton
Robert Woonton (born 1949) is a Cook Islands politician and diplomat. He served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 11 February 2002 until 11 December 2004, and later as High Commissioner to New Zealand. He was a member of the centrist Democratic Party. Woonton trained as a medical doctor. He was first elected to the Cook Islands Parliament at the 1994 election. He was re-elected at the 1999 election. Following the premiership of Joe Williams, he was appointed to the Cabinet of Terepai Maoate as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Transport. In February 2001 he was removed as Transport Minister, but retained his Foreign Affairs portfolio. In July 2001, following the sacking of Norman George, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister. Prime Minister In February 2002 Woonton resigned his portfolios and tabled a motion of no confidence against Maoate. The motion failed, and Woonton returned to the government. Three days later, Maoate resigned after losing a second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Evans (conservationist)
Jacqueline (Jacqui) Evans (born c.1971) is a marine conservationist from the Cook Islands. Her efforts to protect the marine environment surrounding the islands came to fruition in July 2017 when the government created the Marae Moana marine park. It provided for the sustainable management of 763,000 square miles (1.98 million km2) of ocean territory, including 15 more highly protected exclusion zones covering 125,000 (324,000 km2). In recognition of her efforts, in April 2019 Evans was one of six environmentalists to be awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize. Early life and education Born in the early 1970s, Jacqueline Evans is the daughter of Mereana Henry from the Cook Islands and the late Roger Evans from England. She was raised in Masterton, New Zealand, together with her six elder siblings. When she was 15, she moved to the Cook Islands with her parents. They settled in Tupapa on the island of Rarotonga where she completed her school education at Tereora College. From 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vereara Maeva-Taripo
Vereara Maeva-Taripo (also Vereara Maeva, Vereara Teariki Monga Maeva, Vearea Ngarangi Teariki Maeva BEM; born Aitutaki, August 27, 1940; died 2019) was a Cook Islander political organizer also known for her quilting of tivaevae. Biography Maeva-Taripo was born and raised on the island of Aiutaki. She originally trained as a school teacher and later worked in public service before becoming involved in non-governmental organizations. Her husband was a doctor, and the couple had three sons and one daughter. She held a rangitira title under Tinomana Ariki and supported the parliamentary recognition of ariki. Political work Maeva-Taripo served as the president of the Cook Islands Association of Non-Government Organisations (CIANGO), often pressing local government to consider environmental issues. Much of her organizational work stemmed from her observation that alternative support networks were needed as kinship networks began to fray. She participated in feminist organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook Island People
Cook Islanders are residents of the Cook Islands, which is composed of 15 islands and atolls in Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. Cook Islands Māori are the Indigenous peoples of Oceania, indigenous Polynesians, Polynesian people of the Cook Islands, although more Cook Islands Māori currently reside in New Zealand than the Cook Islands. Originating from Tahitians, Tahitian settlers in the sixth century, the Cook Islands Māori bear cultural affinities with New Zealand Māori and Tahitian Mā'ohi, although they also exhibit Culture of the Cook Islands, a unique culture and developed their Cook Islands Māori, own language, which is currently recognized as one of two official languages in the Cook Islands, according to the Te Reo Maori Act of 2003. Citizenship and nationality From a legal standpoint, there is no such thing as a Cook Islands citizenship. The Cook Islands is a self-governing country in Associated state, free association with New Zealand and is part of the Realm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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