John Roberts
A report in the travel pages of a UK Sunday newspaper 40 years ag captured the imagination of a young journalist. It told of "a cluster of 15 reef-fringed specks" where a river of orange juice ran through the capital island, signs warned unsuspecting diners of falling breadfruit and the Prime Minister's office was "up the stairs at the back of the post office". That journalist was me and the specks were (and are) the Cook Islands. It was the start of a love affair which continues to this day. Over the years I’ve made multiple visits and written and broadcast about the Islands. I built and run single handedly the most complete guide on the net to all of the Cook Islands and have written book about them called “Around the Corner from Nowhere” (which is pretty accurate way of describing the location of this South Pacific paradise)