A new holiday programme at Apii Te Uki Ou is helping keep Rarotonga kids active while on the current three-week school break.

There’s a new wildlife centre coming soon in Arorangi where you can learn all about the birds and the bees – and the fish and the turtles and the crabs and the whales.

History and family were the key themes of messages at a special medal ceremony at Ngatipa on Thursday when Lieutenant Commander Kerry Driver was presented with the New Zealand Armed Forces Award.

Rarotonga residents have aired their frustrations online after problems with yesterday’s long-awaited Te Maeva Nui parade.

The ACI Road Running Series strode off on Wednesday afternoon, hoping to continue on from the success of the Rarotonga X Country event.

The latest Cook Islands Trading Corporation venture, “KAPS Matavera”, was officially opened on a wet Wednesday afternoon.

Today’s Te Maeva Nui float parade with feature a total of 38 floats and is guaranteed to be plenty of fun.

In a special ceremony on Tuesday morning, community members and church leaders came together at Nikao CICC to celebrate the laying of the foundations on the new home for Reverend Oirua Rasmussen and his family.

Over 120 people have travelled from Penrhyn for this year’s Te Maeva Nui, an increase on number who visited Rarotonga for the 2015 celebrations marking 50 years since the Cook Islands became self-governing in free association with New Zealand.

The second round of the Rising Stars netball tournament, unfortunately saw only one game played in the premier competition.