Weekend
Vaka Iti – a truly national youth event
Saturday April 30, 2016Sporadic squalls did little to dampen the spirits of the 350 plus youth paddlers who gathered at Muri lagoon on Thursday and Friday for Vaka Iti 2016.
Henry brothers fought proudly in formidable Maori Battalion
Saturday April 23, 2016When local writer Howard Henry marches in the annual parade on Anzac Day, he will be wearing with pride the military medals of Ru Kamire Henry. In this story written for CI News, Howard tells of the wartime experiences of two of his relatives, Eric and Ru Henry.
Pacific paddlers innocent of causing Zika outbreak
Saturday April 23, 2016
Gerald McCormack of the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust wrote this feature disputing the idea that Pacific paddlers might have taken feared mosquito disease Zika to Brazil. The article explains the spread of Zika and how “herd immunity” serves to protect us from an immediate return of the disease. The Cook Islands experienced a Zika outbreak in 2014 and health authorities have since been keeping a close eye on other outbreaks in neighbouring Pacific countries, including Samoa.
Sir Michael’s come a very long way
Friday April 15, 2016The Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards 2016 announced at a gala awards dinner at the National Auditorium last night was a sellout affair with more than 300 guests. The show included entertainment, dinner with Cook Islands fare on show and two international guest speakers – Air NZ’s chief sales and commercial officer, Cam Wallace and prominent New Zealand and internationally known jeweller, Sir Michael Hill.
Sex offenders register poses vexed questions
Saturday April 09, 2016The ability of sex offenders to disappear into communities has prompted the New Zealand government to begin legislating the setting up of a child sex offenders register.
Voyager embarks on fashion journey
Saturday April 02, 2016A voyager by day and sewer by night.
Waitangi Day bazaar Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun
Saturday February 06, 2016One hundred and seventy six years ago – today in Rarotonga, yesterday in Aotearoa – the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in the Bay of Islands.
Island life the way it once was
Monday January 11, 2016New Zealand residents John and Tuaine Bailey have plenty of reminders of how life used to be in the Cook Islands back in the late 1960s.
Illegal Soviet whaling had immense effects
Saturday November 07, 2015I came to Rarotonga in 1980 and over the next few years periodically saw a humpback or two.