Features
Sport fishing pushed
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Features
Cook Islands tourism may soon get a boost from visitors seeking to land the ultimate fish, after the Cook Islands game fishing industry was recently featured in NZ Boating magazine. The article, an eight-page glossy spread, featured many local fishing charter operators and information about fishing in the Cooks. The article ‘Destination: The Cook Islands’ […]
Village rallies to save corals
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Features
There are communities that decry the degradation of their environment, and there are those who do something about it. Pacific journalists who were in Japan to cover the sixth Pacific Islands Leaders’ Meeting last week took a tour of an aquaculture facility that’s central to a coral regeneration project in the tropical Okinawan village Onna […]
New 'Motonator Grant' for an arts student
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Features
Motone Productions has announced a new grant for arts students, which it is terming ‘The Motonator Grant.’ ”This grant is for a school leaving student who has been accepted to a performing arts, music, and theatre or sound and lighting engineering course,“ Motone company director Glenda Tuaine said. ”Mo (partner Maurice Newport) and I decided […]
Choosing a Godly life - Ikianga i te oraanga irinaki atua
Friday 1 June 2012 | Published in Church Talk
The Bible in general presents only One way in which we can live and enjoy life in its fullness. Neglecting this One way face up and suffer the consequences. A blessing, to obey God – a curse to disobey Him. Light to walk in His presence, darkness without Him. Positive if connected to Him; negative […]
New council plans national arts festival
Thursday 31 May 2012 | Published in Features
For the past four months a group of prominent Cook Islands artists have been working towards setting up ‘Konitara Are Ta’unga’, or the Cook Islands Arts Council. The role of the council is to support, develop and showcase Cook Islands art and culture, and further develop the arts as a valuable national resource. This will […]
A mechanic job is so cool
Saturday 26 May 2012 | Published in Features
Nikao Maori School students share their work with us this week on the Kids Page. Grade Seven and Eight students write about their dreams and ambitions for the future, and what career path they wish to follow. When I grow up I want to achieve my goal by being.a pilot so I can see the […]
New group for artists
Saturday 26 May 2012 | Published in Features
If you have an interest or passion about art, you might want to consider joining the Cook Islands Arts Community. The main purpose of the group is to form a community of artists who love art, bring artists together to set a tone in the art world and to promote Cook Islands art nationally and […]
Manuia Beach revitalised by new owners
Saturday 26 May 2012 | Published in Features
The Manuia Beach Hotel is beginning a transformation that will see its units refurbished and refitted in a Cook Islands and Polynesian style. Two beach-front units have already undergone a refurbishment and tourism industry members received a sneak peak at the upgrades recently. The upgrades will extend to the four other beach-front units soon and […]
Three of the best competing in NZ
Saturday 26 May 2012 | Published in Features
The Hospitality Tourism Training Centre (HTTC) will return to the prestigious Nestle Toque d’Or student culinary and restaurant service competition this year, putting the skills of Shonita Raui, Eli Daniel and Isaia Akava up against their peers from New Zealand. It will be the second year in a row that Cook Islands-based students have competed […]
Te Tika range ready to roll
Saturday 26 May 2012 | Published in Features
Design and packaging work on the new Cook Islands-inspired range of cosmetics called ‘Te Tika’ is now complete, although people wanting to see what the line will look like will have to wait until the August launch date. The Te Tika range – named after the late Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid – will be […]
New reporter keen to explore islands
Saturday 26 May 2012 | Published in Features
Roving reporter Calida Smylie has joined the Cook Islands News team, combining a love of travel and fascination with print media to find her new posting in Rarotonga. Smylie has been freelancing with the Sunday Star-Times and TV3 Online before taking up a permanent position as a staff reporter with CINews. She arrived at Rarotonga […]
Miyako – Japan's 'Eco Island'
Saturday 26 May 2012 | Published in Features
– 300km off the coast of Okinawa – Japan’s experiment in renewable energy technologies – Underground dam powered by wind turbines to control the flow of water, which is stored in reservoirs and diverted to farms – Recycling centre – ”Eco-houses“ with solar shading and other energy efficient technologies – Eco Den Club – high […]
Journalists visit tsunami site
Saturday 26 May 2012 | Published in Features
Pacific journalists this week had the opportunity to take an emotional tour of Iwaki, a city hit hard by last year’s triple disaster – the tsunami, earthquake and subsequent nuclear accident that hit Japan on March 11 last year. Reporters from the Cook Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, […]
Getting unstuck in my family
Friday 25 May 2012 | Published in Church Talk
Today I want to talk about how to get unstuck in your family. This idea about getting unstuck in our family is something that we all deal with, because we all have families of one type or another. They all get stuck. But here’s what we know as well – there is no such thing […]
It's Pentecost Sunday
Friday 25 May 2012 | Published in Church Talk
While we cannot be sure of the exact dates on our calendar, we do know that there are two great events that Christians all over the world will always want to celebrate – these being the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the establishment shortly afterwards, of his universal church. Both occurred on a Sunday, exactly […]
Ura Kuki Airani i Tiapani
Wednesday 23 May 2012 | Published in Features
Cook Islands dancers Sikimi Vailoa Tuarii, Tina Kae and Tearoa Kairua danced to the drums of the Cook Islands at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki City, Japan, last night. The three drew gasps of admiration from the audience from a stage usually occupied by Hula Girls, a 30-strong troupe of Japanese dancers who perform Polynesian […]
Sopranos to teach
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Features
Tickets are selling fast for Opera in Paradise next weekend, so make sure to get in quick. Some of New Zealand’s finest sopranos, Mere Boynton and Deborah Kapohe, arrive in Rarotonga on Tuesday ahead of their weekend performance. They will be performing on May 25 and 26 at Crown Beach Resort and Spa’s Oceans Restaurant, […]
Itu's Bones airing on local television
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Features
An independent documentary filmed entirely on Aitutaki is set to premiere on Cook Islands television. The independent documentary film Itu’s Bones tells the story of expert net fisherman Itu Davey as he makes the journey from subsistence gill-netter to professional fly fishing guide. Itu’s Bones is a compelling, and at times, controversial story that features […]
Coconuts are too chunky for a smoothie
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Features
Kids Page this week features work from Grade Five and Six students from Arorangi School. Their class has been working around the theme of the coconut – making art work, creative writing and also creating objects, such as weaving baskets, from the coconut tree. A coconut tree has a cycle. It starts from a coconut […]
Holidaymaker organises donation of dictionaries
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Features
What started out as a vacation for Noel Chilcott, ended up providing a wonderful benefit for the children of Aitutaki. Chilcott, a member of the Rotary Club of Waitara in Taranaki, visited Pacific Resort Aitutaki in August last year and during his visit he started speaking with Resort concierge Ted Tavai about the education system […]
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