Kiesha Dais News Today

An Australia-based Cook Islander elected as a student representative for Pasifika distance learners at Massey University is working on forming a “Kuki Club” for students and alumni around the world.

An initiative giving Cook Islands school leavers a pathway to work full-time and study at a New Zealand university, all while staying close to family, is close to welcoming the final intake of its first cycle.

Teaching young people and families how to thrive, not just survive on the Cook Islands’ minimum wage rate of $9 per hour, is the goal of those behind a workshop about budgeting and using money wisely.