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General info

• Top tips for tropical brides (Tiare Films)
  The secret to planning the perfect island wedding.
• Time: Cook Islands time is a day behind and 1 or 2 hours ahead of NZ time.
  Being closer to the equator there is no daylight savings in the Cooks.
  The current date-time in Rarotonga is: Sun 5 Feb .
  
• Weather for Rarotonga and Aitutaki (Cook Islands)
• Satellite weather map for Rarotonga (WunderMap)
• Weather forecast for Rarotonga / Cook Islands (Cook Islands Meterological Service)
• Sunrise and sunset times for Rarotonga
  Handy when you’re planning ceremony and photoshoot times.
  Our recommendation? Plan to start your ceremony 4-4:30pm - it's a bit cooler in the late afternoon and the light softens toward sunset for great photos and video.
• Tide Predictions (BoM Meterological Services)
  From the form, choose ‘Rarotonga’ as the location, and your wedding date to check if it will be high tide (blue) or low tide (red). High tide = less beach :).
• Surf Forecast (Rutaki Passage)
  The Rutaki Passage forecast a reasonable match for wedding venues including Muri Beach, Moana Sands, Rutaki Beach, The Rarotongan and Edgewater.

List of Rarotonga / Cook Islands Wedding venues

Most of the larger resorts provide wedding ceremony and reception venues. If you’re arranging your wedding through an independent wedding planner your ceremony and reception may both be in one location (typically with dining under a marquee), or you and your guests will travel to a different location for your reception.

Independent wedding planners may also have access to exclusive private locations – see their websites for details.

• Le Bon Vivant Cafe & Wine Bar (Reception) see The Wedding Guys
• Cocoputt (Reception)
• Crown Beach Resort (Ceremony/Reception)
• Edgewater Resort & Spa (Ceremony/Reception)
• Island Bay Villas (Ceremony/Reception)
• Little Polynesia Resort (Ceremony/Reception)
• Moana Sands (Ceremony/Reception – Paw Paw Patch Restaurant)
• Motu Koromiri (the island in Muri lagoon) see Pacific Resort or Tribal Weddings
• Muri Beach Comber (Ceremony)
• Muri Beach Resort (Ceremony/Reception - Aqua Cafe/Bar)
• Muri Luxury Retreat (Ceremony/Reception) see The Wedding Guys
• Pacific Resort & Spa (Ceremony/Reception)
• Palm Grove (Ceremony/Reception – The Yellow Hibiscus Restaurant)
• Papa Tika’s Beach (see Wedding Planner Rarotonga)
• The Rarotongan Resort (Ceremony/Reception)
• Royale Takitumu Resort (Ceremony)
• Rutaki Beach (see Wedding Planner Rarotonga)
• Sails Restaurant & Bar – Muri Beach (Ceremony/Reception)
• Seachange Villas (Ceremony)
• Cafe Salsa - Avarua (Reception)
• Tamarind House (Ceremony/Reception)
• Te Vakaroa Villas (Ceremony/Reception)
• Te Vara Nui (Ceremony/Reception)

List of Rarotonga / Cook Islands Wedding planners

• Cook Islands Weddings: Sarina Cummings
• Our Island Day: Angela Munro
• Polynesian Moments: Karla Eggelton (CI), Lisa Sadaraka (NZ)
• Rarotonga Dream Wedding by Melanie Cooper Creative
• Raro Live
• Tribal Weddings Wedding Planner Rarotonga: Christina MacLennan
• Tropical Weddings in Rarotonga: Mary Manuel-Fortes (CI), Ani Talbot (NZ)
• Wedded Bliss: Andrea Rongokea
• Rarotonga wedding planners: Weddings Cook Islands / Tipani Tours
• The Wedding Guys
• The Wedding Planner / Muri Beach Hotel: Liana Scott
• Wedding Planner Rarotonga: Trish Tau

List of Rarotonga / Cook Islands Hair and Makeup Artists

• Bianca Whittaker (email only) / m. +682 56222
• Caroline, The Salon (email only) +682 22811 / m. +682 75558
• Eli Dyer / VIP Hair Studio +682 20601
• Marama Hair and Nail Salon
• Melinda Morris-Ponga / Pacific Bride
• Nane Brown / Hairworks
• Salon Vivo (at The Rarotongan resort) +682 25800
• Sherri, Kadona Salon ph. +682 24122 / m. +682 56106

You can also view hair and beauty listings from Cook Islands Yellow Pages.

List of Rarotonga / Cook Islands Florists

• Island Craft

List of Rarotonga / Cook Islands Wedding photographers/photography

• Bianca Whittaker (email only) / m. +682 56222
• Brie Zeman (nee Reeves) (email only) / m. +682 72061 ph. +682 21937
• Hinoi Henry / Mana Photo (Facebook) / gasphase@gmail.com
• Ine Sosene, Angle Photo (Facebook) / anglecookislands@gmailnot.com
• Island Booth (Photobooth Rarotonga)
• Jay (‘Junior’) Marsters / Nior Photography / m. +682 52850 / ph. +682 21162
• Jenna Tere / Picture Paradise / Facebook / pictureparadise@ymailnot.com / m. +682 52210 / ph. +682 24151
• Melanie Cooper Creativewedding photographer Rarotonga / Cook Islands
• Potini / Blondie’s Photography
• William Tuiravakai / Island Photo

List of Rarotonga / Cook Islands Wedding video / videographers

• Tiare Films (us)

List of Rarotonga / Cook Islands DJs & Reception Entertainment

• DJ: GDub (George Williams)
• Photobooth: Island Booth

List of Rarotonga / Cook Islands Miscellaneous Services

• Cocotots: Baby gear hire Rarotonga

 

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