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

Marsters Hostel opens on Rarotonga

Unfortunately I missed the opening of the hostel due to having to pick up my brother Jesse and his wife Ann from the airport. They had come from Dunedin, as Jesse was participating in the Cook Islands Health… Read More

Matavia or Matauia?

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, one of the things that William Marsters demanded of his children on the island was that they only spoke English in public. But he did allow some leeway for the parent… Read More

Anti-hero?

But what makes a hero appear to fall from grace to perhaps become an anti-hero? Again, sticking to Google, the definition that illuminates certain characteristics about our family hero includes: “…The character [has] ambiguous morals, or character defects… Read More