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Life hasn’t been all rosy but Blake rises above it all

Saturday 29 May 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Weekend

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Life hasn’t been all rosy but Blake rises above it all
Rosie Blake, Pa Marie Ariki and friends with Prime Minister Mark Brown on his first official visit to New Zealand in April 2021. 21052712.

Like the bright colourful trademark ei katu she proudly wears, Rosie Blake – or Aunty Rosie, the former Consul General of the Cook Islands in New Zealand – is cheerful, bubbly and smilingly proud to be a Cook Islander. On a recent visit to Rarotonga she shared her experiences as the Consul General, a post she held from 2013 until October 2020.

Like the bright colourful trademark ei katu she proudly wears, Rosie Blake – or Aunty Rosie, the former Consul General of the Cook Islands in New Zealand – is cheerful, bubbly and smilingly proud to be a Cook Islander. On a recent visit to Rarotonga she shared her experiences as the Consul General, a post she held from 2013 until October 2020.


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