New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Slice of paradise RAROTONGA DREAMIN’

Kia orana – that’s the greeting for the Cook Islands, which means “may you live long”!

Ahead of the Christmas rush, my husband Shayne and I decided to take some time off and spend 10 glorious days in Rarotonga. Flying over its lush green in the midst of the crystal-clear ocean sent a clear message as we came into land: now is the time to relax.

And we did exactly that, reading, catching up on sleep and generally unwinding in this slice of

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