In exciting news, our Tavake Spirits were awarded 3 x Bronze medals at the 2026 Australian International Spirit Awards.

A guide to the best cocktails on Rarotonga and Aitutaki in the Cook Islands.

We’re Ash and Mike, and with the help of our good mates Sean and Miranda, we’re the team behind Cook Islands Distillery, from the village of Nikao in Rarotonga. From a dream to distilling Tavake Spirits You might know us from our lockdown lasagne making days or our old mexican food truck the Kai Guy. We learnt so much from our first businesses, but we always knew we wanted to create our own product, something scalable, sustainable, proudly Cook Islands, that captures our love of hosting and...