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11 November 2022

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Rotaract Rarotonga gears up for ‘Great Easter Eggs-capade’

Rotaract Rarotonga is kicking off the year of activities with a fun-filled event this weekend.

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Students champion sustainability at annual Te Tateni Korero Māori

Titikaveka College held its annual Te Tateni Korero Māori, Māori Speech Competition, centered around the theme of “Mana Tiaki – Tiaki e te akono i to tatou Matakeinanga (Regenerative Tourism – Guardians of our Environment, Culture & Ways)”.

Tenors wrap up tonight

This weekends Opera in Paradise at the Crown Beach Resort features award-winning Samoan/Tongan tenor Benjamin Fifitia Makisi and Cook Islands very own tenor Bonaventure Allan Moetaua. Opera as a performance art is new to the South Pacific and it is now gaining interest here in Rarotonga. Like our own traditional performing art of Cook Islands […]

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Doors open on revamped Spaghetti House

The Spaghetti House has a new look and a new menu. Host of New Zealand television series The Kitchen Job John Palino and Kiwi master chef Paul Edge were on Rarotonga last week with an eye to redesigning the restaurants decor and re-jigging its menu. The Monday night opening function of the redecorated and revamped […]

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Ani puts spotlight on Cook Islands

The Cook Islands enjoyed some time in the spotlight at a recent Mangere Arts Centre show in Auckland. Tereora College art teacher and Pacific Sister Ani ONeill has returned from the show, where she opened her solo exhibition and performed with her group Pacific Sisters. Anis solo exhibition which runs at Mangere Arts Centre until […]

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Composting toilet good for earth

Kia Orana Kids, At Lagoon Day this year youll notice our model composting toilet has undergone renovations and youll get to see an actual sample of soil from our real Rotaloo composting toilet in Mauke, now matured and ready for the garden. We know it sounds weird, but we often say how much we like […]

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Worship songs rock through to NZ

A locally-produced worship CD is making waves as far away as New Zealand. Celebration on the Rocks first 10-track album, entitled Enter the Land, is selling quickly to congregations in Northland and Christchurch. The local worship team marked the release of the album with a performance to an 800-strong congregation in Christchurch last month. Since […]

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Chef plans French fusion menu

Chef Christian Ben Hassan has a vision to establish Rarotongas first fine French fusion restaurant at The Little Polynesian. Originally from Andorra a tiny country bordered by France and Spain with a cuisine that reflects both influences Ben Hassan arrived last week and has already set about changing the Titikaveka resorts menu. He envisions a […]

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French singer to perform in Rarotonga

Alliance Franaise (AF) has organised for New Zealand-based French singer Franck Monnet to perform two concerts on Rarotonga this month. On May 20 at 5pm, Monnet will be at Le Bon Vivant, playing alongside local jazz duo The Trigger Fish (drummer Mo Newport and singer Kura Happ). The following evening at 6 oclock, he will […]

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New subeditor ex www.stuff.co.nz

Why not? Ann Aitken Worth thought when considering a chance to live and work in the Cook Islands. Aitken Worth (29), has joined the Cook Islands News as subeditor. She moved to Rarotonga two weeks ago from Wellington in New Zealand and says despite the recent rain Cook Islands weather has been an improvement. Aitken […]

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The class of 71

Room 9 of Nikao Side School, taken in 1971. The teacher is Mr Terry Lambert. 11042985

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Cast and crew prepare for Once Upon a Reef

Production director Thomas Peyroux and his team have been busy this month preparing for Once Upon a Reef, a theatrical version of the legend of Pipirima. The tragic story is a tribute to a pair of stars who were once inseparable twins that committed suicide when their parents neglected to feed them during a famine. […]

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Pacific tenors to perform in Raro

Local company Motone Productions has secured funding from Creative New Zealand to bring back award winning Samoan Tongan Tenor Benjamin Fifitia Makisi, who performed last December at the Crown Beach Resort & Spa before a sold-out crowd. Ben will be performing with the Cook Islands very own tenor Bonaventure Allan Moetaua, who is a rising […]

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Free eye checks

Mauke islanders have been taking advantage of free eye checkups by visiting optometrist Dr John Veale. Dr Veale is back on Rarotonga after a week of providing free eye checks and care on Mauke. People on the island took advantage of the service and those who needed prescription reading glasses were also able to purchase […]

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Shes on a mission to find the perfect wave

The search for the perfect wave has brought Australian-based Cook Islander and surfer Charlotte Piho home to turn her passion for surfing into her life. Piho, 26, daughter of Rakahanga man Tuhe Piho, is on a mission to find the perfect wave in 14 days, starting on May 14. The mission is called The Awakening […]

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Ex-cop writes book on crime mysteries

In the 11 years Australian ex-cop Rod Henderson spent living on Rarotonga, he satiated his curiosity for interesting crimes by researching some of the islands intrigues. He compiled a collection of local unsolved mysteries, which hes using as fodder for a book hes started writing. Im just going to pose the questions if I could […]

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Affordable Telecom plans to offer more

Telecom Cook Islands (TCI) chief executive Jules Maher maintains that while TCI faces a myriad of challenges providing telecommunications services to a small population spread over a vast area, it is committed to being number one in the Pacific for cheap, fast service. Though its revenues have grown slightly since 2006, the rising costs of […]

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Pacific Sisters back on stage

The Pacific Sisters have reconvened in Auckland and are preparing for a show at the Mangere Arts Centre tomorrow night (Saturday night NZ time). Tereora teacher and Pacific Sister Ani ONeill is staging a solo exhibition entitled Dancer of the Year 2011, which opens tomorrow night with a turou by Maki Karati and a song […]

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Athlete returns to make music

Celtic fusion artist Steve Macdonald makes an annual trip to Rarotonga for the Round Rarotonga Road Race, but this year hes got a different agenda. Hell be competing in the Ait New Zealand International Triathlon next Saturday, but hell also be livening things up at Trader Jacks with a show tonight and two next week. […]

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How to make glasses and a raurau

Todays Kids Page features two step-by-step guides for making your own raurau (plate) and mata titia (eye glasses) using kikau. The instructions were put together by regular Kids Page readers Ligiahi and Tutemariki Tairi, both 8-years-old, from the island of Atiu. Meitaki maata to Maara Tairi for sending in these two fantastic step-by-step guide and […]

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Solar-powered motor fitted to Marumaru Atua

Following a quick sail to test her new solar-powered motor yesterday, Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua is back in Papeete and preparing to attend a farewell ceremony this weekend. Her departure from Papeete is postponed, as Tahitian vaka Faafaite does not have its own motor fully installed, and the two vaka plan to leave for […]

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3500 books from Brumbies

Schools on Rarotonga and in the outer islands will benefit from a recent gift and shipment of over 3500 books fiction, non-fiction, reference resources and teacher guides among them. Rotary secretary John Hobbs received the 28 boxes of books, which recently landed on Rarotonga courtesy of Australian organisation Brumbies for Books. The group is a […]

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