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Keep up with the latest news and events from Polynesian Rental Cars and Bikes, including cultural and sporting events across the Cook Islands, helpful tips and tricks for planning the best possible holiday in our island paradise, and updates and specials from our amazing team based in handy locations all around Rarotonga. If you've got some news you'd like us to share, then please get in touch.
June 16th, 2026
June in Raro: Taste Your Way Around the Island
June is one of our quiet favourites. The crowds have thinned, the mornings are crisp and golden, and the island settles into that easy winter rhythm where everything slows down just enough to taste it properly. Cooler temps outside, warm eats everywhere you turn.
It’s also market season, and that is where the magic is. From Saturday-morning stalls to roadside BBQ smoke drifting across the coast road, Rarotonga in June is a feast you can drive your way through. With a car or scooter from Polynesian Rentals, you can chase the good kai on your own schedule, no bus timetables, no rushing, just you and the open road and your next delicious stop. Here is how we like to do it, whether you are travelling as a couple, with friends or with the whole whānau.
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May 12th, 2026
International Dancer of the Year 2026 in Rarotonga
Every now and then, Rarotonga comes alive in a way that stays with you long after the music fades. The drums carry further across the lagoon, the costumes shimmer under stage lights, and the pride in our culture feels stronger than ever.
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April 13th, 2026
Things to do in Raro After Easter Break
Easter in Rarotonga is calm, colourful and full of family spirit. Church services, shared kai and relaxed lagoon days set the tone. Once the long weekend winds down, the island settles into a sweet spot. There are fewer crowds, sunny autumn mornings and plenty of room for spontaneous road trips around Raro.
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February 11th, 2026
Tiare Netball 2026: Where Sport Meets Paradise
If you've never witnessed netball under the island sun, now’s your chance. The Tiare Netball Celebration 2026 is coming back to Rarotonga on 22 Feb to 1 Mar, and it’s shaping up to be another week of connection, competition, and unreal Cook Islands vibes.
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