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Joint wedding for brother and sister
Monday 21 May 2012 | Published in National
The Edgewater Resort & Spa hosted another double wedding last week. This time instead of it being best friends marrying their partners, it was brother and sister marrying their partners. Beeg and Moana Colmer are siblings. Beeg and partner Julie live in Mt Maunganui, New Zealand, while Moana and Terry Bannister live in Adelaide, Australia. […]
Economic crisis second stage warning
Monday 21 May 2012 | Published in National
While Asia and the Pacific face another year of slowing growth as demand for its exports declines and capital costs rise, it will remain as an anchor of stability in the world economy, according to the latest flagship publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) released on […]
Akirata trains, raises funds for Europe
Monday 21 May 2012 | Published in National
International success awaits Akirata, the Rarotonga-based dance troupe that performs regularly all over the island and is preparing to tour Europe in August. Troupe member Emile Kairua is appealing to the Cook Islands community for fundraising support. ”With August fast approaching, we are working hard to achieve our fundraising goals but really need our community’s […]
Queen's honour bestowed on Dame Margaret
Monday 21 May 2012 | Published in National
Makea Karika Margaret Ariki will now be known as Dame Margaret after receiving her Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire medal on Saturday in front of hundreds of family members and friends. The 92-year-old traditional leader sat regally as her life’s achievements were read out. Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin […]
Sailing party around the world
Monday 21 May 2012 | Published in National
As if Cook Islands waters weren’t busy enough at the moment, even more sailors are expected to move through the country this week as part of a global sailing rally. The first vessel travelling as part of the Around the World Rally arrived at Rarotonga, with another six expected to make stop at the island […]
Vaka police changes, new direction
Monday 21 May 2012 | Published in National
Cook Islands Police have had a shuffle of sorts to its vaka constables in Rarotonga, with new faces at the Te Au O Tonga and Puaikura community police stations stepping in to work. Constable Matapo Makara will move to Te Au O Tonga and move aside from his former position at the Puaikura police station […]
Farewell to Pacific Voyagers vaka fleet
Monday 21 May 2012 | Published in National
Pacific Voyagers will be officially farewelled this evening but the fleet will depart our shores for Samoa from early tomorrow morning. Cook Islands Voyaging Society president Ian Karika says a farewell for all crew of the seven canoes will be held at chief vaka officer Tua Pittman’s beach house in Nikao in between Oasis Energy […]
Give harpooners FADs
Monday 21 May 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller writes: ”The ‘Harpooned!’ feature story by Rachel Reeves on Saturday was excellent. Here is the solution – why don’t the harpooners put down their own FADs [fishing aggregate devices]. One can be done for $5000. Give them some of this money MMR [Ministry of Marine Resources] is dishing out for fishers, and […]
Red takes out Tereora soccer competition
Monday 21 May 2012 | Published in Football
A variety of colours filled the BCI Stadium on Friday as Tereora College held its annual inter-house soccer competition. Students from all four houses battled it out on the field to win points for their house. In the end there is only one winner – house one (red) followed by house three (blue), house two […]
FAD rules
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Environment
1. Tying to the FAD A maximum of 4 boats may tie to the FAD. No boat over 6 meters in length may tie to the FAD. 2.Harpooning There shall be no harpooning within a 2 kilometer radius of the FAD. 3. Drifting Longline Buoy Fishing Each fisher may deploy a maximum of 2 drifting […]
New rules divide fishermen
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Marine Resources is today enacting a set of rules to govern usage of the fishing aggregate devices (FADs) positioned off the coast of Rarotonga. The rules are contentious, and some members of the fishing community are up in arms over them. A FAD committee, chaired by Don Beer and consisting of Wayne […]
Dame Makea Karika Margaret Ariki honoured today
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Local
A Cook Islands living legend, Makea Karika Margaret Ariki, will add to her lifetime of achievements today when she is invested as a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The ceremony will begin at 1pm at the National Auditorium and anyone wishing to attend is asked to be seated no […]
Voyagers at market
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Local
Pacific Voyagers from the Fiji vaka Uto ni Yalo and the all-women vaka Hine Moana in traditional wear are pictured at the Punanga Nui night market last evening. Today the public will have a chance to taste life aboard a traditional double-hulled vaka. Several of the canoes will make short excursions from Avatiu harbour between […]
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 […]
Akauruuruanga ia Terea Mataiapo
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Features
Kua akauruuru ia a Paul Raui Allsworth kite taoanga Terea Mataiapo o Nukuroa ki runga ite Marae Terongo Autapu i raro ake ite tamarumaru anga o Te Maeu Teikamata Ariki,mei roto mai ia Ngati Te Akatauira. Kua rave ia teia akauruuruanga ite ra taingaurumarua o Me 2012.Nate Ariki Vaine,Te Maeu Teikamata Ariki i rave ite […]
Lena Wong graduates with double degrees
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Features
Lena Wong, daughter of Helen and Chris Wong, has graduated with a double degree in law and arts. Wong celebrated her success with her family and friends in Auckland at the weekend and is pictured here (fourth from left) with her family wearing a traditional Fijian costume.
Family business still going strong
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Features
There is new blood in an old business. Islands Signs, or Raro Signs as it is also known, has a new manager, Rob Young. Young is the son of owner and previous manager Ray Solomon, who is now residing in Denmark. Young brings a new set of skills to the company in his expertise as […]
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