PO Box 156, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands hilyard@oyster.net.ck

In memory of Des Masters of Lutterworth (1924-2008)

For those of you who have read “TheMasters of Walcote, Leicestershire”, you will have read several references to Des Masters who was a key informant about our family in Walcote. It was Des who located the headstone of… Read More

Tua Korero – Ti, Discoverer of Palmerston

Reference: Tua Korero Story by Jon Jonassen According to a Traditional source of Aituaki, Palmerston was originally discoveredby ocean explorer Ti several years before European Aririval. It is uncertian if Ti was an Aituakian Native, but moreso spent… Read More

Stella Neale – Palmerston memories revisited

March 2020 I thought you might like to read something different to the usual fare of our current situation. I submitted this draft for a magazine. I’m not sure it made the cut but maybe you my friends… Read More

More Palmerston Books and Resources

Frances O’Connor’s eBook about her visit to Palmerston in 2014 Some of Frances’s photos are also used in a very short video about Palmerston . View that here – “Holiday time for the family?” If you want to know more about how to… Read More

E-Books related to Palmerston Island

As part of the different activities that I have engaged in with regards to the Island and my family connections, I generally had to do presentations for which I have created an e-book so that I can pass… Read More