The clean-up is underway after storms and huge waves damaged infrastructure and created havoc in parts of the Cook Islands, American Samoa and French Polynesia.
By RNZ
Travel agents are working with resorts to help tourists in several Pacific Islands after huge ocean swells caused flooding and damaged hotels.
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The Cook Islands needs more direct flights to restart the tourism industry and hundreds more workers but New Zealand's travel requirements are slowing the process to bring in more workers.