Honolulu signs sister-city agreement with Cook Islands during FestPAC
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi on Friday morning signed a sister-city agreement with Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands at the Hawai‘i Convention Center during the Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture.
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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi on Friday morning signed a sister-city agreement with Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Gifts were exchanged prior to the signing.
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Emile Kairua, left and delegation leader of Cook Islands, Mark Brown, Cook Islands Prime Minister, and Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi during the signing ceremony. The agreement marks the first in partnership with Sister Cities International’s “7 for 70 Program” — backed by the U.S. Department of State and the White House National Security Council under the Biden administration.
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Emile Kairua, seated at left and delegation leader of the Cook Islands, and Mark Brown, Cook Islands Prime Minister, right, during the signing ceremony.
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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, left, and Tommy Waters, City Council chair, during the signing.
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Mark Brown, left, Cook Islands Prime Minister, and Emile Kairua, delegation leader from Cook Islands, present a gift.
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Kuan-Chie Lo and Kai-HsinYen of Taiwan in attire representing the island's indigenous members.
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Michael Manu of Na Kalai Wa’a with the Mauloa canoe at the Hawai‘i Convention Center. NKW is a nonprofit organization established in 1993 and dedicated to the continued practice of Hawaiian sailing canoe traditions. Mauloa was the first wa‘a built in 1993 through traditional methods and with traditional materials.
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Raratonga dancers from Cook Islands perform at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.
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Members of Taiwan's indigenous group were in attendance Friday.
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Pilena Vakaafi, of Niue, displays a variety of textiles and handicrafts for sale.
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Erolyn Pandan, left, and Simon Dari Pih display textiles and souvenirs at the Papua New Guinea village at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.
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Displaying wares from her island was Isabel Pakarati Tepano of Rapanui.
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Raratonga dancers from Cook Islands perform at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.
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Raratonga dancers from Cook Islands perform at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.
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