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Less than 18,000 people call the tropical paradise of 15 little islands that together make up the Cook Islands ‘home’. Rarotonga, the largest island, contains the capital city Avarua, and is also the home to UCB Cook Islands.

Ministry Aims

UCB Cook Islands was established in October 2017 and quickly work began to establish LIFE FM 90.3 FM. UCB Cook Islands is radio and a lot more. It also aims to promote and develop music, performing arts, literature and publications, visual arts, film, video, television, internet and digital media, and community arts.

These are lofty aims for a small ministry. But by working together they can all be achieved.

The Word for Today

We are excited that The Word for Today daily devotional is now available in the Cook Islands. You can get a copy of this special 12 month edition by contacting one of our team. 

Radio

Unfortunately our radio station isn’t on air due to problems with corrosion wrecking our antenna – something we are working hard to rectify. Also we have a shipping container in the process of being re-purposed to form our future studios. Windows have been installed but it still needs air conditioning and to be moved onto the foundations that have been prepared.

The Cook Islands team are on the verge of being able to begin full time broadcasting – so please pray for our leadership and workers as they push through to establishing a thriving ministry.

Support people in the Cook Islands

Meet our UCB Cook Islands team

We have a Board who are passionate about getting the ministry established but so far we’re not much more than a laptop computer and a transmitter.

But as we know from Scripture…

 Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin… Zechariah 4:10 NLT

 

 

Latest News

The Word for Today 2025 is on the ground…

  We are very excited that we have had confirmation of The Word for Today 2025 edition arriving in the following nations Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, PNG, Bougainville, Timor Leste, and The Solomon Islands. We have worked very hard to try and get the devotions printed and...

Update from the Solomons Trip

I recently returned from 16 days in the Solomon Islands. Owen and I started our trip with a week in Munda with the aim of getting Laef FM's station back on air and fixing up the Solar system.  We mostly had success!  The station is back on air, but the Solar system...

Retelling Christian Olympic Champion’s Inspiring Story At The Paris Games

A century after winning gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics legendary Christian athlete Eric Liddell is set to inspire a new generation of athletes and believers after his story was immortalised in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire. The Flying Scotsman is known for his...

Interview on Vision’s 20Twenty radio show

A recent Interview with our Projects Manager - Grant Kennedy on Vision's 20Twenty show. Vision's Andrew McLennan asked Grant about the work of UCB Asia Pacific and what has been happening lately.

The Word for Today for 2024

For 2024 we are excited to have added Kiribati and Tonga to the nations where The Word for Today is available. The full list is: Cook Islands Fiji Indonesia (Renungan Hari Ini in Indonesian) Kiribati Nauru Nepal (Nepalese) Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands...

Local broadcasts in Baucau

In 2019 we were privileged to help the Radio Voz team establish a number of stand-alone low-powered radio stations in the provincial capitals of Timor-Leste. Including a station in Baucau, the second largest city. Over the past 12 months they have been upgrading the...

Cook Islands App

Good News for the Cook Islands! The new UCB Cook Islands App has arrived!. Giving Cook Islanders around the world access to Life FM's Live Stream, a variety of inspirational podcasts, The Word for Today, and the Bible in Cook Island Maori (Bibilia Tapu) or English,...

Earthquake Hits Papua New Guinea

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 has struck Papua New Guinea early this morning. Only few details were immediately available but there is no threat of a tsunami. The earthquake, which struck at 3:04 a.m. local time on Monday, was centered in Chambri Lake, about 37...

Station Upgrades for Baucau & soon Vequeque

Dear UCB friends, Last Sunday afternoon we traveled to Baucau, and then to Viqueque, both Districts in the East side of Timor island, in order to install the new radio upgrade to the 100W Transmitter. In Baucau, the weather was really bad, but the Lord helped us and...

Hope for people fleeing the Ukraine

People fleeing their homes in the Ukraine have many urgent needs. One thing that God offers everyone is HOPE! and what better way to share this than through the reading of Scripture, or more specifically The Word for Today. Our sister ministry UCB Hungary asked for...

A Life Changed…

Praying over Munda Station

The following Testimony is from Dennis sharing about what God was showing him through some time of prayer with a team from YWAM when they visited the station in Munda. Munda is a small town located on the southwestern coast of New Georgia Island in the Solomon...

The Blessing of Children

In 2020 Amali asked that they could have children, because for several years they had not been blessed with children. They had tried various things including going to traditional healers, going to traditional houses to ask for children and performing world rituals to...

Testimony: Ps Suman Raut

We received the following testimony from the Message of Hope team in Nepal... This is a great testimony from Pastor Suman in Jumla. You can read more about our team at Message of Hope here

A blessing in Vanuatu

Good afternoon I have started to read The Word for Today since 2020 and it helps me a lot in my daily life maintain and it supports my well being. God bless Joyce

The Word for Today having an impact in the Solomon Islands

The Board Chairman of UCB Solomon Islands recently wrote to tell us how The Word for Today is having an impact in the Solomon Islands. He said... My personal observation over the recent months is that The Word for Today has blessed many lives especially those who...

Divine Wisdom and Provision

Firstly, I personally would like to thank my heavenly Father for His divine wisdom and provision to use this media in order to multiply or extended the Kingdom of God through His precious Word and devotional message. I so blessed to have it and hear it daily....

University Chaplain encourages students to read The Word for Today

My serving in the service of God with Solomon Islands National University commenced with Solomon Islands College of Higher Education right through when we become the University of Solomon islands. I know God has laid me into impacting many souls of our citizens of our...

Jade stands on the Word of God

My daughter (Jayde Juliet Korikoria) reads The Word for Today daily and to her surprise…she got all A's & B's on her report card at the end of year results.  She stands on the Word of God in Phil 4:13, FOR WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THRU CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS US. Jade...

Young man impacted by The Word for Today

A young man who works at the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs called in June 2022 to ask for a copy of the devotional booklet. He had reached out after trying for some time because he couldn’t get hold of the correct phone number. He finally got in touch with Tomu Raiviu...

Spreading through Social Media

On Thursday we (Radio Voz in Timor-Leste) started live streaming the Bible Study Program hosted by Ps. Elienae. G'Rallya is a listener who really likes this program and always listens, she told us that she is blessed with radio programs and she has tagged several...

Starting a Family

Back in June Amali called Radio Voz and asked for prayer so he and his wife could have children because they had been married for a long time but had not been blessed with children. Therefore he asked to be prayed for, and we prayed for him regularly. In November when...

Pastor meets Jesus through Radio Voz

I have always seen this man as a success in the service of Radio Voz. Like I had reported a few months ago that Pastor Tomas knew Jesus through Radio Voz. This again he recounted how he first knew and accepted Jesus through the radio. He told this when we were doing...