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Award honours loved cultural icon

Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Hot on the Rock

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Award honours loved cultural icon
Vara Hunter shows off her well-deserved award, given for her outstanding contribution to tourism. 16060102

When she was told in Australia that she’d won a Cook Islands Tourism Award for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism, Mama Vara Hunter’s typically humble reaction was, “What! Why me?”

When she was told in Australia that she’d won a Cook Islands Tourism Award for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism, Mama Vara Hunter’s typically humble reaction was, “What! Why me?”


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