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Features
Church Talk: The price of paradise- Salvation in Jesus is free but aren’t cheap
All things natural are free but aren’t cheap – Te au mea natura ravarai mea oronga ua ia mai tereira, e akatarauanga ngao ra te tiki, writes Bishop Tutai Pere of the Apostolic Church.
Plaque commemorates life, work of missionary couple
Over half a century later, families and spiritual and traditional leaders gathered to unveil a plaque in memory and honour of the late Reverend Mataā Va’a of the London Missionary Society (LMS) Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) and his wife Talailalo Isaia.
Clinic a success
The Men’s Health Clinic has pulled in big numbers this week – and the team has every intention of carrying on the good work. Tuesday night’s first clinic had more men arriving than the clinic had appointment slots for – but the team made sure that everyone was seen, even staying open later to make […]
Holiday prize highly valued
Travel agent Helen Roehnelt of Trendsetter Travel & Cruise Centre spent this week enjoying the prize she won at Cook Islands Tourism’s Australia road show in June – a week’s holiday on Rarotonga and Aitutaki with her husband and four mates. “Someone (at the road show) won a black pearl, but this is so much […]
Pollsters ready for the numbers game
The 2010 pre-election opinion poll conducted by Cook Islands News this week has produced some very interesting and, we believe, accurate results. Our staff pollsters called 500 randomly selected – and current national numbers – kindly supplied to us by Telecom Cook Islands. We received just over 200 valid responses of which 182 were eligible […]
Outer island thoughts
From the outer islands there was some sage advice as voters said MPs need to be fair to everyone without favouritism, and that MPs need to consider the welfare of the nation, leading wisely. Many offered all standing good luck in the coming elections. But there was also much unhappiness with the current government in […]
The people speak:
From humorous to angry, to some who had one too many at the pub, our staff pollsters got them all while doing an election survey over the last few days and nights. While some just wanted to rant without giving any constructive comments, many were insightful and offered some excellent suggestions and thoughts. Our staff […]
Eminem to kick off awards
Eminem is ready to kick off the MTV Video Music Awards. MTV general manager Stephen Friedman said Wednesday that the rapper, who’s nominated for eight trophies and continues to sit atop sales charts with “Recovery,” will open Sunday’s ceremony at the Nokia Theatre, which has been transformed with a sprawling white set reminiscent of the […]
Three wakas turn into one again
Trinity Roots’ two albums made a big impact and set a path for New Zealand’s emerging roots scene. Five years after parting ways, the trio is releasing a live album, a documentary and is getting back together to rekindle the spirit. It’s five years since Wellington band Trinity Roots turned their one waka into three. […]
Schwimmer turns dark with new movie
David Schwimmer made his name as a hapless romantic in the hit TV comedy series Friends, but takes on a much darker topic in his second stint behind the camera with the movie Trust. A heart-rending drama about how online predators groom child victims and the impact it has on a family, Trust was inspired […]
DVDs on sale
Liz Ponga of the Ministry of Cultural Development shows off the 2010 Te Maeva Nui DVDs which goes on sale today at the Punanga Nui Market. The ministry has compiled a DVD box set of this year’s constitution celebration performances which includes four DVDs all for the bargain price of $50. The box set covers […]
Just the Ticket
It’s been 38 years since Trevor Richards of Polynesian Tax Free took the stage as a singer with the hugely popular band Ticket. Back then, he was long-haired, clad in bell bottoms like all fashionable rockers in the 1970s and heavy into acid rock. But Richards – who changed his name from Trevor Tombleson “simply […]
Nikao Maori kids proud of their culture
It’s been a busy three weeks for years 3 and 4 pupils at Nikao Primary school. The youngsters with the Te Maeva Nui celebrations still fresh in their minds produced posters, costumes and short stories about their strong Cook Islands culture. The students all between the ages of 6 and 7 are no strangers to […]
Rotary gets behind Blackrock
The Rarotonga Rotary Club donated printing, laminating and binding equipment to Blackrock Preschool at Wednesday night’s meeting. The Computer Man contributed $100 to the cause and Westpac also sponsored a computer. Principal Stephanie Puiri, treasurer Ana Silatolu and board member Nora Raita were present to accept the donations, which will facilitate a book-writing project that […]
High-flyer speaks for Te Vaerua
Theresa Gattung, ex-CEO of NZ Telecom, will be speaking at Crown Beach tonight to a packed house of people who paid $100 for a ticket. So what made a woman who has been named one of 50 most powerful women in the world want to speak in Rarotonga to raise funds for Te Vaerua? “It […]
Pedal-power an opportunity
Inventor seeks investors for local manufacturing Local inventor Ken Kingsbury says that his boat the Treddlecat is a chance to get the Cook Islands on the world map. He says investors are interested in Auckland – but he is keen to get investors in the Cook Islands behind setting up manufacturing here. Kingsbury has Cook […]
Aitutaki cleans up!
The Aitutaki community will be conducting their annual programme celebrating ‘Clean up the World’ starting yesterday and continuing through to next week. And it won’t just be about picking up rubbish! Araura College has planned a number of fun activities for the school, with prizes sponsored by the National Environment Service as well as CITC […]
11 new boat masters
Eleven Aitutaki fishermen were expected to receive their Boat Masters Certificate yesterday. Boat masters course tutor Stephen Simpson of the Cook Islands Maritime Training Centre on Rarotonga has spent the past two weeks on Aitutaki delivering the course to local fishermen. Simpson says the course he is teaching the fishermen is one specifically developed by […]
Cooks filmed for The Blue Continent
A British film crew on a whistle-stop tour of the South Pacific is in the Cook Islands. They are filming a five-part series called The Blue Continent being made for the UK’s Travel Channel. The series examines what the Islands of the South Pacific have to offer by exploring the culture of the people and […]
Bodybuilding back in the day
Bodybuilding as a sport has been dormant in the Cook Islands for some years. In fact, nothing has happened within the sport since the passing of easily the island’s most recognised bodybuilder the late Felix Enoka in 1999. The sport locally began in 1981 with Tony Hole the major instigator of getting islanders involved in […]
Open Mic Nite to go bananas
After another successful Open Mic Nite at Coco Putt last month, the OM Nite crew is ready to showcase some new musical talent for you at Banana Court on Monday. Several new faces hit the mic last month – tourist and sultry songstress Terry Eggie delivered a unique brand of music, accompanied by accomplished acoustic […]
Casino fun on offer
The Ngatangiia/Matavera Rugby Union is holding the Flying Dragons Las Vegas Casino Night tonight at 7.30pm at the club house. Some of the great games on offer include Texas hold’em poker, roulette, king of the pool table, spin the wheel, racing and bulls-eye darts. Tickets are available at Flying Dragons games or at the door […]
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