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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 ...
Cook Islands musicians (4 P) Pages in category "Music of the Cook Islands" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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]
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]
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]
Jon Tikivanotau Michael Jonassen MBE (born 24 July 1949) [1] is a Cook Islands civil servant, diplomat, composer, and political scientist. From 1997 — 1999 he was the Cook Islands' High Commissioner to New Zealand.
“When I cook, I'm a multitasker. I have three pots going at once with my audiobook blasting in the background,” she shares. “So cook mode gives me one less thing to worry about.
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. [1] 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. [2]