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Pacific cultures books

George Crummer: Picturing the Cook Islands

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries George Crummer built up a business taking pictures of Cook Islanders and general scene photographs in Rarotonga, Aituaki, and Mangaia.

Cricket, Pacific style

Pacific peoples picked up cricket from British colonial settlers and quickly developed their own versions of the game. Indigenous forms of cricket are now played by Pacific communities across the world.

Watch: Cook Islands Tīvaevae, stitched with love

Discover the art of tīvaevae (quilting) with Cook Islands women from the Wellington region.