What an exciting morning for ten lucky customers at the Bank of the Cook Islands when tickets were randomly given out for those customers who braved the rain and were at the Bank at 10.00am on Friday morning.
As Kuki the mascot mingled with everyone, there were mixed reactions, some of the children were crying, adults had were looking sideways, but after the first set of tickets were given out, everyone responded and you could see smiles appearing on the customers faces.   Some were discreetly glancing in the hope of being given a ticket.  
Kuki was allowed to go into the vault to check out the boxes which contained the medals; he even tried to take a box outside.
The staff at BCI joined in the fun of having Kuki around them and Kuki made a getaway with a small Cook Islands flag and a lanyard.
Those who were given tickets can redeem these on 14^th September 2009 at the BCI bank. Don’t lose your ticket and don’t forget what date to come back. These passes are for the opening ceremony and one day passes to the games.
Thank you BCI for an enjoyable day and these random tickets will be an ongoing event at the Bank of the Cook Islands, so be there.