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The Cook Islands drumming style is well known internationally, but is often misidentified as an example of Tahitian music. [1] This is most uncommon as the Cook Islands have a strong connection to their Tahitian ancestry. Harmony-singing church music and a wide variety of hymns and wedding and funeral music are found throughout the Cook Islands ...
The music is by Sir Tom Davis, then Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. The lyrics are by his wife, Pa Tepaeru Terito Ariki, Lady Davis. [1] In 1982, article 76(D) of the constitution of the Cook Islands declared the song the official anthem of the Cook Islands. Before, the country used the New Zealand National Anthem. [2]
She did one semester of Cook Islands Māori language at the University of Auckland in 2000. Part of her work in the music industry has been mentoring in song writing and performing, including in prisons and for Smokefree Rock Quest. [5] In 2014 she was a musical mentor for prisoners in the Māori TV series Songs from the Inside. [2]
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.
Sylvia Lolita Cathrine Marsters (born 1962) is a New Zealand artist of Cook Islands descent. [1] [2] In 2003, she received a residency in the Cook Islands from Creative New Zealand, and she has exhibited in Rarotonga many times since, as well as in New Zealand, Fiji and New York. Her exhibitions draw big crowds in the Cook Islands. [3]
Songs by artist Notes Island Songs of Farewell: Salem 1965 [33] Ports of Paradise: Salem XPS 5023 1966 "Tatara apa", " Te marama te au etu" [34] [35] Cook Islands Pacific Paradise: Salem 1969 [36] Call of the Pacific: Salem 1969 "Manuiri", "Nga pu ariki" [37] Action Rarotonga! Will Crummer and The Royal Rarotongans, Pepe and The Rarotongans ...
Pages in category "Cook Islands musicians" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Will Crummer; H.
He took a leave of absence from 1997 to 1999 while he was serving as Cook Islands' High Commissioner to New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea. [3] He returned to BYU-H, where he became Director of Pacific Islands Studies. [1] He is currently Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Pacific Islands Studies. [3]