Tata Crocombe
Executive Chairman of The Rarotongan Beach Resort & Lagoonarium, Sanctuary Rarotonga, and Aitutaki Lagoon Private Island Resort in the Cook Islands; Harvard MBA hotelier and former chairman of Cook Islands Tourism and the Bank of the Cook Islands.
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Sep 13, 2026
Tata CrocombeGUEST
We have also the Tiwaiwai, which we display at the island nights, which is the traditional quilting technology.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
When the missionaries came here, they, everyone was, had not enough clothes for the missionaries.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
So they've made them wear the big Hawaiian style mumus and, and made blankets with, with, but the, you know, the Polynesians being Polynesian, they turn it into lots and lots of color.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
In terms of the activities program, that's very heavily orientated towards giving people a feel for what the local culture was.
Normand SchaferHOST
Yeah, I've heard people doing that, and just the sounds of the whales when you're in the water with them, it's just... kind of vibrates right through you is what some people have explained to me.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
We have also the Tiwaiwai, which we display at the island nights, which is the traditional quilting technology.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
When the missionaries came here, they, everyone was, had not enough clothes for the missionaries.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
So they've made them wear the big Hawaiian style mumus and, and made blankets with, with, but the, you know, the Polynesians being Polynesian, they turn it into lots and lots of color.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
In terms of the activities program, that's very heavily orientated towards giving people a feel for what the local culture was.
Normand SchaferHOST
Yeah, I've heard people doing that, and just the sounds of the whales when you're in the water with them, it's just... kind of vibrates right through you is what some people have explained to me.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
We have also the Tiwaiwai, which we display at the island nights, which is the traditional quilting technology.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
When the missionaries came here, they, everyone was, had not enough clothes for the missionaries.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
So they've made them wear the big Hawaiian style mumus and, and made blankets with, with, but the, you know, the Polynesians being Polynesian, they turn it into lots and lots of color.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
In terms of the activities program, that's very heavily orientated towards giving people a feel for what the local culture was.
Norman SchaeferHOST
Yeah, I've heard people doing that, and just the sounds of the whales when you're in the water with them, it's just... kind of vibrates right through you is what some people have explained to me.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
We have also the Tiwaiwai, which we display at the island nights, which is the traditional quilting technology.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
When the missionaries came here, they, everyone was, had not enough clothes for the missionaries.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
So they've made them wear the big Hawaiian style mumus and, and made blankets with, with, but the, you know, the Polynesians being Polynesian, they turn it into lots and lots of color.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
In terms of the activities program, that's very heavily orientated towards giving people a feel for what the local culture was.
Normand SchaferHOST
Yeah, I've heard people doing that, and just the sounds of the whales when you're in the water with them, it's just... kind of vibrates right through you is what some people have explained to me.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
We have also the Tiwaiwai, which we display at the island nights, which is the traditional quilting technology.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
When the missionaries came here, they, everyone was, had not enough clothes for the missionaries.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
So they've made them wear the big Hawaiian style mumus and, and made blankets with, with, but the, you know, the Polynesians being Polynesian, they turn it into lots and lots of color.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
In terms of the activities program, that's very heavily orientated towards giving people a feel for what the local culture was.
Norman ShaferHOST
Yeah, I've heard people doing that, and just the sounds of the whales when you're in the water with them, it's just... kind of vibrates right through you is what some people have explained to me.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
We have also the Tiwaiwai, which we display at the island nights, which is the traditional quilting technology.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
When the missionaries came here, they, everyone was, had not enough clothes for the missionaries.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
So they've made them wear the big Hawaiian style mumus and, and made blankets with, with, but the, you know, the Polynesians being Polynesian, they turn it into lots and lots of color.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
In terms of the activities program, that's very heavily orientated towards giving people a feel for what the local culture was.
Norman ShaferHOST
Yeah, I've heard people doing that, and just the sounds of the whales when you're in the water with them, it's just... kind of vibrates right through you is what some people have explained to me.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
We have also the Tiwaiwai, which we display at the island nights, which is the traditional quilting technology.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
When the missionaries came here, they, everyone was, had not enough clothes for the missionaries.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
So they've made them wear the big Hawaiian style mumus and, and made blankets with, with, but the, you know, the Polynesians being Polynesian, they turn it into lots and lots of color.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
In terms of the activities program, that's very heavily orientated towards giving people a feel for what the local culture was.
Norman SchaeferHOST
Yeah, I've heard people doing that, and just the sounds of the whales when you're in the water with them, it's just... kind of vibrates right through you is what some people have explained to me.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
We have also the Tiwaiwai, which we display at the island nights, which is the traditional quilting technology.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
When the missionaries came here, they, everyone was, had not enough clothes for the missionaries.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
So they've made them wear the big Hawaiian style mumus and, and made blankets with, with, but the, you know, the Polynesians being Polynesian, they turn it into lots and lots of color.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
In terms of the activities program, that's very heavily orientated towards giving people a feel for what the local culture was.
Norman SchaeferHOST
Yeah, I've heard people doing that, and just the sounds of the whales when you're in the water with them, it's just... kind of vibrates right through you is what some people have explained to me.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
We have also the Tiwaiwai, which we display at the island nights, which is the traditional quilting technology.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
When the missionaries came here, they, everyone was, had not enough clothes for the missionaries.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
So they've made them wear the big Hawaiian style mumus and, and made blankets with, with, but the, you know, the Polynesians being Polynesian, they turn it into lots and lots of color.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
In terms of the activities program, that's very heavily orientated towards giving people a feel for what the local culture was.
Norman SchaeferHOST
Yeah, I've heard people doing that, and just the sounds of the whales when you're in the water with them, it's just... kind of vibrates right through you is what some people have explained to me.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
We have also the Tiwaiwai, which we display at the island nights, which is the traditional quilting technology.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
When the missionaries came here, they, everyone was, had not enough clothes for the missionaries.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
So they've made them wear the big Hawaiian style mumus and, and made blankets with, with, but the, you know, the Polynesians being Polynesian, they turn it into lots and lots of color.
Tata CrocombeGUEST
In terms of the activities program, that's very heavily orientated towards giving people a feel for what the local culture was.
Norman SchaeferHOST
Yeah, I've heard people doing that, and just the sounds of the whales when you're in the water with them, it's just... kind of vibrates right through you is what some people have explained to me.