COOK ISLANDS 2019 CALENDAR OF EVENTS JANUARY Tue 1 New Years Day 2 New Years - Public Holiday 4 - 5 Rugby League Club 9s FEBRUARY Thu 14 Valentines Day MARCH 16 - 21 Golden Ukulele Festival 25 - 28 Pursuit in Paradise Aitutaki Marathon APRIL 1 -5 Tourism Week Activities Sun 14 Religious Advisory Council - National Cyclone Prayer Service 19 Good Friday - Public Holiday 21 Easter Sunday 22 Easter Monday - Public Holiday Thur 25 ANZAC Day - Public Holiday MAY Thu 2 Te Mire Ura - National Dancer of the Year Competition: Junior & Intermediate 3 Te Mire Ura - National Dancer of the Year Competition: Golden Oldies, Expats & Visitors 4 - 7 7th Cook Islands Golden Oldies Rugby Mini Festival Sat 4 Air New Zealand Rarotonga Triathlon 8 World Red Cross Day 9 Te Mire Ura - National Dancer of the Year Competition: Senior Open Wed 13 Mothers Day - Ra O Te Au Mama 30 Rarotonga Amateur Golf - Official Opening JUNE Sat 1 Rarotonga Amateur Golf - Official Closing 1 - 4 BCI Opera in Rarotonga 3 Queen’s Birthday - Public Holiday Kumete Sports (Inter Village Athletics Competition) Wed 5 World Environment Day JULY Fri 5 Ra O Te Ui Ariki (Day for Traditional Chiefs) - Public Holiday 10 21st Annual Cook Islands Health Conference 26 Te Maeva Nui - Constitution Celebrations Cultural Events Start AUGUST Sun 4 Constitution Day - Celebrating 54 Years of Self-Governance 5 Te Maeva Nui - Constitution Celebrations Awards, Official Closing 5 Constitution Day Celebrating 54 Years of Self-Governance- Public Holiday SEPTEMBER Sun 1 Fathers Day - Ra O Te Au Papa 6 2019 Youth Athletics Championship 13 Clean Up the World Day - Rarotonga 19 - 25 42nd Round Rarotonga Road Race 23 - 27 Tourism Week Fri 27 World Tourism Day OCTOBER 18 - 25 Cook Islands Open Squash (tbc) 26 Gospel Day (Commemorates the Arrival of Christianity to the Islands) Mon 28 Gospel Day - Public Holiday NOVEMBER 1-2 Raro Rugby 7s Thu 7 Te Mire Atu - Composers Competition 10 Religious Advisory Council - National Cyclone Prayer Service 27 Nov - 03 Dec BSP Netball in Paradise 22 - 29 Te Mire Tiare - Flower Festival Week 22 - 29 Vaka Eiva - Cook Islands Paddling Event Sat 30 Cook Islands Tangaroa 18ft Vaka Open and National Championships DECEMBER 2 - 6 Motu 2 Motu - Aitutaki 6 - 7 Under 16 College 7s Tournament (Boys & Girls) Wed 25 Christmas Day - Public Holiday 26 Boxing Day - Public Holiday Boxing day Touch Tournament 31 New Years Eve Celebrations *We try our best to bring you accurate information on events in the Cook Islands, but sometimes things can change without notice, and we will endeavour to update this page when we get the information. As at August 2019