Escape Magazine ESCAPE 29 | Page 8

STAY CONNECTED WITH BLUESKY WHILE IN THE COOK ISLANDS WiFi HOTSPOT For fast internet connections on the go, Check out our Hotspots. There are over 300 Bluesky WiFi HOTSPOTS in Rarotonga and Aitutaki giving you easy internet access to your family, friends and Social Media. Contributors Glenda Tuaine Glenda has lived in Rarotonga since 2005 when she returned to be the Marketing Director for Cook Islands Tourism after working in the New Zealand Arts industry as a Festival Director, Producer, Writer, sometime Radio and TV Presenter and all round arts advocate. Now Glenda and her husband Mo run the successful creative company Motone focusing on Music and Performing Arts development in Rarotonga and Aitutaki. Glenda is of Aitutaki and Rarotongan descent and when not working on a myriad of projects can be found at the beach with her daughter Ruby and dog Nemo. Rachel Smith MOBILE Grab a $49 Bluesky VISITOR SIM card. Available from any of our Bluesky Outlets and our Airport Kiosk. Our VISITOR SIM card is preloaded with 3GB of data, 30mins of calling and 300 TXT to anywhere in the world*. INTERNATIONAL CALLING Get talking with INTERNATIONAL CAPPED CALLING. Our one-hour capped calling rates are some of the best under the Pacific sun. For up to an hour pay $5.00 to call New Zealand and $10.00 to call Australia, Fiji, UK, USA and Canada. Visit us at any of our Bluesky Outlets in Rarotonga and Aitutaki Rachel is a freelance writer who has recently returned to live in Rarotonga. It was a love for the relaxed island pace of life, and the beauty and warmth of the Cook Islands and its people, which made it an easy decision to move back after three years of living in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her freelance and fiction work has featured in a number of online and print magazines, and she now combines freelance, fiction and policy writing with family life. http://rachelmsmithnz.wix.com/rachel-smith Joan E Gragg Joan was born in Rarotonga and has lived most of her life in Rarotonga with brief interludes in New Zealand and Australia. In 2010 she graduated with a Masters of Art and Design from AUT. She paints in watercolour and oils and enjoys making sculptures using local materials. Her happy childhood is the subject of much of her writing. Jessica Palmer Jessica is a freelance travel writer and photographer based in Hervey Bay on the east coast of Australia. She travels regularly with her family and is also the founder of a family travel blog, www.familyholidaydestinations.com which provides destination information and inspiration for family travel. Jessica particularly loves the South Pacific Islands and has a bucket list larger than her wallet of visiting all of the remote islands in both French Polynesia and the Cook Islands. Also Ewan Smith, Rachel Reeves, Thomas Koteka, Nick Henry, Daniel Haddock, Gretel Whiteman, Andrew Orange, Turama Photography, Ben Bergman, Chris Taylor, Te Ipukarea Society, Margaret Woulfe and Steve Woulfe. Learn our language & culture. Download the Hika Kia Orana app today from the App Store & Google Play store. 8 • Escape Magazine