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Features
Senior dancers captivate audience with spectacular performances
A sensational performance by the talented Te Mire Ura Senior dancers on Thursday night left the over 1000-strong audience awestruck.
A feast for the eyes: Umukai transports viewers to the Cook Islands
Three walls of paintings, Bergman Gallery at the Aotearoa Art Fair was a multiplicity of colours, forms, practices and voices that told stories from across the Pacific region, writes Rachel Smith.
Guitar greats at Chilli's
Chilli’s Sportsbar and Restaurant will be screening It Might Get Loud, a documentary that traces the saga of the electric guitar, on Monday night at around 6.30. The film features the musical histories of three guitar greats: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and the Yardbirds, The Edge of U2 and Jack White of the White […]
Music video production course
During the school holidays, local multimedia artist Jerome Shedden is giving young people a chance to break into music video production. Shedden is teaching a two-week course at USP titled Music Video Production Introduction, which is open to college students between the ages of 16 and 19. Shedden comes from a multimedia background and did […]
Rarotongan staff earn diplomas
The conference room at the Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa yesterday was alive with the scent of fresh ei and abuzz with the excitement particular to any graduation day. Bob Taylor, Taa Pera, Mila Engu, Netani Cataki and Laisa Brown were recognised at a graduation ceremony for earning their diplomas in hospitality management and food […]
Garden Bar to re-open
Following a long hiatus, the Garden Bar at the Banana Court (BC) opens on Monday. The popular hang-out was forced to close in December as a penalty for failing to pay rent to the Cook Islands Investment Corporation, which owns the BC complex. The opening of the Garden Bar represents the first step in the […]
Term ends with fun health day
Tereora College ended term one with a message for better health when it held ‘My Health Day’ yesterday. The aim of the fun day was to promote healthy choices in lifelong learning and to bring the first term to an end on a positive note. Students were asked to dress up as a food and […]
Takua by the bucket load
Have you ever started down a path, either literally or metaphorically, with that niggling feeling that you should turn back, but at the same time another urging you to go on, promising that things will get better? So, you stumble on deeper into the thick of trouble, wishing you’d turned back earlier, but thinking that […]
Dancer of the Year delayed
The Dancer of the Year competition has been postponed to late May. The Ministry of Cultural Development has had its hands full with the recent Mire Atu competition and this month’s school festivals, so it has pushed Dancer of the Year to the end of next month. The ministry is now accepting registration from dancers […]
Justice desperate
With the restoration of the Arorangi prison nearly complete, Secretary of Justice Mark Short is shifting his focus to other areas of immediate concern within the ministry. Short says that Justice’s problems stem from a “shocking” lack of funding. He says that the ministry is under-funded and under-resourced, which means it cannot and does not […]
Kids' club helps boost tourism
Marketing the Cook Islands as a family friendly destination got a boost with the opening of the island’s newest kids’ club at the Edgewater Resort and Spa in Arorangi. The Coconut Kids Club, the second of its kind on the island, was officially blessed and opened on Thursday morning with a traditional ceremony. The resort’s […]
Junior journalists with a nose for news
Grade 5 students of Avatea Primary School spent part of term one learning about the various career options they can choose when they finish school. As part of their ‘my dream career’ topic, the students had the opportunity to speak with a number of working professionals from the community and visit a number of businesses. […]
Two budget blowouts expected
Government has finally revealed that it expects a $4.1 million budget shortfall in the 2010/11 budget. The budget policy statement (BPS) published March 31 shows a budget blow out is now a reality in this financial year. Instead of the estimated $2.9 million surplus, there is now a $1.8 million shortfall expected in the budget. […]
Open Mic Nite at RSA on Monday
The second Open Mic Nite of the year will open at 7 pm on Monday at the RSA. All aspiring musicians, comedians, story-tellers and performers are welcome to drop by to showcase their skill. Chris Musselle of Waterline Bar & Grill said that last month’s OM Nite was ‘great’ and enjoyed a ‘big turnout’ of […]
World TB Day marked
the move against tuberculosis means more than learning about TB, it means creating meaningful partnerships and screening at-risk populations. This was the message that Karmen Bennett, Secretariat of the Pacific Community global funds grants manager, emphasised to MPs, civil society organisation representatives and ministry of health personnel during the luncheon to celebrate World TB Day […]
The response in Aitutaki:
Safe drinking water As the cyclone damaged or destroyed water tanks, roofs and guttering, an immediate need was clean, safe, drinking water to prevent outbreaks of waterborne diseases. To meet this urgent need, Australian Red Cross sent a water and sanitation specialist to Aitutaki with a water purification unit, able to produce 5,000 litres of […]
Red Cross still helping
Red Cross has helped more than 470 Aitutaki families through its relief assistance over the past month. Red Cross staff and volunteers were among the first to respond after Cyclone Pat struck the island on February 10, by going door to door to talk to families and assess people’s needs. During its initial ‘rapid needs […]
Songs of joy and sorrow
The wise sayings of our ancestors rang out loud and clear in the National Auditorium on Thursday night as ten new songs were presented for the 2010 Mire Atu composers’ competition. The new songs, written by both accomplished and first time composers, were based on this year’s Mire Atu theme of ‘the wise sayings of […]
Tyree checks into Rehab
Tyree of the popular New Zealand hip-hop group Smashproof is checking into Rehab tonight to perform his first-ever Cook Islands show. Tyree, who hails from Papatoetoe, came to Raro last week for a wedding and was approached by Rehab co-owner-operator Damon Enoka, who asked him to perform at the popular beachfront bar and nightclub. At […]
Cyclone Pat moments from Aitutaki
She was fierce, she was strong She was here for pretty long She took us out and blew us up She went right around She made us scared and made us cry I really thought I was to die There were rattles, there was fear She showed us all that she was near She came […]
Aunty Dolly turns 90
Kate Daisy Baker (nee Estall), known commonly as Aunty Dolly, spent her 90th birthday dancing with friends at the Taputapuatea palace grounds. Dolly was born in Rarotonga on March 18, 1920, one of Marcus Estall’s and Lindai Taripo’s eight children. Dolly grew up in Avatiu and attended the St Joseph’s convent school in Avarua where […]
Composers' competition profiles
Teariki Adams. Adams is taking on the composers’ competition challenge for the first time.The Ruatonga resident believes that God has blessed him with many talents and composing songs could be one of them. His first compilation will be sung by Papa Kairua. “/> Tuwunga Mataora. Tuwunga have composed a number of songs over the years […]
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