Weekend
A whale of an encounter!
Monday 9 October 2017 | Published in Weekend
Whale researcher Nan Hauser wrote this personal account of her exciting encounter with a 50-tonne humpback last week, especially for CINews.
Some thoughts on 'independence'
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Weekend
Papa T Williams is a Cook Island Maori descended from Rakahanga and Manihiki Islands, from the Northern Group of the Cook Islands. His mother is a New Zealand Maori descended from Ngapuhi, Nga- tiwhatua, and Waikato Maori.
Ten years later, rare bird is well established on Atiu
Monday 1 May 2017 | Published in Weekend
Gerald McCormack director of the Natural Heritage Trust, explains the story behind the success of establishing the Kura (Rimatara Lorikeet) on Atiu, where the bird had previously been absent for 200 years.
Tropical Easter night market a hit
Tuesday 25 April 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weekend
The Business Trade and Investment Board Tropical Easter night market at the Punanga Nui markets on Friday was a huge success.
Islanders underground in Arras
Tuesday 25 April 2017 | Published in Weekend
Between 1916 and 1917, the New Zealand Tunnelling Company linked an underground system of quarries beneath the Western Front in France, and named them after New Zealand places to help themselves stay oriented underground.
Sovereignty, free association with NZ - or independence?
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Weekend
This CI News feature is from part two of a two-part paper, “Rethinking the Cook Islands’ free association agreement with New Zealand.” It was written by Berlin, Germany-based Evelyn Marsters in her capacity as a consultant on international development issues.
Happy blue day for young pupils
Saturday 8 April 2017 | Published in Weekend
Last week Apii Te Uki Ou students showed their support for more education about autism by dressing in blue and participating in an Autism Cook Islands presentation last week.
Jon Lindsay, music legend
Saturday 8 April 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weekend
When legendary Cook Islands musician Jon Lindsay performed at The Islander Hotel and Hula Bar late in February, he attracted a good-sized audience of mostly older people, many of whom would have remembered the guitarist/vocalist from the days when he played at Trader Jacks.
Torea tere to Alaska via Japan
Saturday 8 April 2017 | Published in Weekend
Gerald McCormack of the Natural Heritage Trust tells the story of a small bird that visits the Cook Islands each year, resting and building up strength for a remarkable flight, all the way to Alaska.
A weaver's journey...
Monday 16 January 2017 | Published in Weekend
This feature was written by Tuaine Bailey (nee Strickland). It describes her journey as a highly skilled and talented weaver, a journey which began on Pukapuka where her father, the well-known educator Mana Strickland was head teacher.
New Atiu nature reserve a huge gift to the future
Monday 9 January 2017 | Published in Weekend
AS A momentous gift to the future, the landowners of a huge near-pristine stretch of forest have established a nature reserve to protect Atiu’s most remarkable leeward coastal forest.
A little chat with the big red guy
Wednesday 28 December 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Weekend
SANTA CLAUS came in late to the interview with a face like thunder and plonked his ample frame down in a way that felt like a mini earthquake.
What a wild weekend that was!
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Weekend
MORE than 230mm of rain poured down on Rarotonga between Friday afternoon and Saturday evening – that’s 100mm more than the average November monthly level.
Dr Brych – a dud Czech who bounced around Pacific
Monday 14 November 2016 | Published in Weekend
Quack who fooled an Australian premier
'We could be sued' – TIS warning
Monday 24 October 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Weekend
BY JUMPING the legal gun and signing a purse-seine fishing deal with the European Union before the issue was decided by the High Court, the government could have opened Cook Islands up to being sued by the financial powerhouse.
Centenary brings back memories for former Apii Avarua student
Monday 10 October 2016 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Local, Memory Lane, Weekend
This week, Apii Avarua celebrates 100 years of providing education. In this feature, Tuaine Bailey (nee Strickland), daughter of Mana and Mauariki Strickland recalls her return to Rarotonga from Pukapuka and enrolling at Avarua School in 1949 at the age of seven.
Coco and Daisy in the South Pacific
Saturday 20 August 2016 | Published in Weekend
Xinling Gao (Coco), is a journalist with the Shanghai Morning Post in Shanghai, China. Recently she and her friend Daisy embarked on an adventure to follow their dreams, spending a year and a half travelling to Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Australia. In the days following their visit to Rarotonga and Aitutaki, Coco wrote a story about their trip, which she kindly gave to CI News.
How Palmerston beat Brazil to the Olympics
Saturday 20 August 2016 | Published in Weekend
The Games Organisation: Bury Andrew Marsters and I had to organise the Mini Olympics.
Thomas Wynne: In honour of a young life lost
Saturday 13 August 2016 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Weekend
THE WAVES cupped the stern of the vaka, splashing over her as she ploughed through the vastness that is the blue haze of Moana O Kiva.
Story behind 'The Last Recruits'
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Weekend
In 1915 Cook Islands men began signing up to fight in The Great War.
