Vaka captain Sam Timoko (right) passes by the original hull of Marumaru Atua as it is moved from Avatiu to the Pa Ariki palace.  Ruined by a devastating fire in 2017, the hull was left by the CITC supermarket.

The Ngatangiia/Matavera Netball Club celebrated the end of the season in style, starting the morning off with a bus ride around the island for the junior players last Saturday.

Companies from China are in the country to promote their products to the local market.

After an international outcry at the Cook Islands’ proposal to ban the acclaimed movie Rocketman, Internal Affairs has relented and given it an R18 rating instead.

There’s been a changing of the guard at the University of the South Pacific in the Cook Islands.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual activists put pressure on internal affairs minister to overturn looming Rocketman ban.

Rocketman will not be returning to the big screen in the Cook Islands.

Cook Islands’ international reputation will continue to hang in the balance until the secretary of Internal Affairs returns to Rarotonga to decide whether to confirm the Rocketman movie ban.

Returned home to the Cooks, vaka Maramaru Atua is to sail to the outer islands next – first port of call, Atiu.

Gentle and softly spoken, Margarita Taitua Vaetoru was so incredibly moved by James Talbot’s 3200km trek the length of New Zealand that she persuaded her family of three to come together and donate $320 towards Rarotonga’s Creative Centre.

Parts of a wrecked Noumea-based yacht have washed ashore on Tikioki beach, with barnacles growing on the surface.