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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
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Tapaitau and Charlie-Puna released to ‘family jobs’
21 September 2024
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23 September 2024
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21 September 2024
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Inflation eases but concerns remain
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Features
Health and Beauty: Pure and Natural, a sanctuary for beauty and wellness
Pure and Natural salon and Beauty Spa, tucked away in a convenient new location in Ngatangiia, is offering a refreshing escape for customers seeking expert beauty services on the island.
Nauru Assembly of God visit Rarotonga
Thirty-five members of the Assembly of God youth ministry from Nauru are visiting Rarotonga for two weeks. The worship delegation came to celebrate the 21st birthday celebration of Tinka Marsters, a Nauruan girl who was raised by CICC Reverend Tere Marsters and his wife in the Cook Islands. Reverend Evi Agir, leader of the group […]
Put a fallen kakaia back in the tree
Georgia Short knows from experience that putting a fallen kakaia, or white tern, back into the tree it came from might give it a chance to reunite with its family. Last year she found a kakaia in her driveway lying beneath a kuru tree and set it back on the branch from which it had […]
Top up electronically
Telecom Cook Islands (TCI) is now offering both an electronic mobile phone top up service – or ‘e top up’ – and a Kia Orana e-calling card service. TCI introduced ‘e top up’ in December, which allows prepaid customers to electronically load any value between $5 and $100 onto their mobile phones. It is a […]
Kokanet service on Manihiki
Telecom Cook Islands have installed two new cell sites in on the northern group island Manihiki. The installation of the cell sites comes after the success of installing and trialling a cell site set up in Mangaia late last year. Telecom implemented the cell site in preparation for the full solar eclipse which took place […]
'Not enough of us in arts'
Cook Islanders in New Zealand need to be far more assertive if they want to succeed in the arts and media industries there, says film school graduate and performing artist Henry Ah-Foo Taripo. Taripo, who graduated on Friday with a double diploma in film making majoring in screen directing, says many creative Cook Islanders living […]
From Haiti to Raro, volunteer Connie learns to 'overcome'
Global Volunteer Connie Xuereb has seen her share of heartache and desperation – the price of a job that leads her around the world, into devastated countries and poverty-level communities. Xuereb, who works for UNESCO as an educational consultant and foreign examiner, spent most of last year in Haiti, trying to make a difference in […]
Mauke chief marries in the tradition of Mauke weddings
When Kiwi teacher Ange Croft moved to Mauke in 2004 her friend said that she would fall in love with an island chief. And on Friday, January 28, Ange married her chief – Gregory Vainetutai Samuela Ariki, who was widowed 30 years ago. Ange came to Mauke in 2004 as a teacher. She recalls that […]
Teen takes out Canberra classic
Emotions ran high as teenage Queensland amateur golfer Ashley Ona, who is of Cook Islands descent, held her nerve to upstage a strong field of professionals to win the Royal Canberra Ladies Classic at the weekend. Ona, the 2009 Australian girls’ amateur champion, burst into tears after completing a brilliant and pressure-packed up and down […]
Nia's work recognised
In November 2010 Cook Islands artist Eruera Nia celebrated a remarkable achievement when the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra acquired two of his sculptural works – Akamata and Taputu – for their permanent national collection. The two sculptures, which were formerly located at the Taputapuatea palace grounds in Avarua, came to the attention […]
Ship captain charged in death
An Alaska man charged with manslaughter once captained a ship on the pilot that spawned the cable TV show “Deadliest Catch.” The Peninsula Clarion reports 59-year-old Clarence “Ole” Helgevold was the captain of the Arctic Dawn. That was the vessel featured in a 2004 three-part miniseries titled “America’s Deadliest Season.” The Clarion reports the show, […]
Eddilicious at Big Day Out
Local DJ Eddie ‘Eddilicious’ Chambers returned to Rarotonga last weekend from DJing a set at the Big Day Out, one of Auckland’s biggest music festivals. Chambers was in Auckland on holiday when he got a call from a friend on the organising committee – she rang on Wednesday and asked him to DJ that Friday. […]
Tagata Pasifika TV personality inspires others
Cook Islander John Utanga, senior reporter and news editor at TVNZ, is fitter and healthier than ever before – but that doesn’t come as a shock to most of the Tagata Pasifika audience. Utanga, 43, recently made his debut on the other side of the camera as one of six participants on ‘Walk The Talk’, […]
Called for Crusaders
Cook Islander Francis Smith is on the reserve bench for the Crusaders Super 15 pre-season match against the Reds in Cairns this weekend. He signed with the Tasman Makos for the 2010 ITM Cup rugby competition and played his club rugby for the Sumner Club in Chrischurch. Smith, the son of Ewan and Fenny Smith, […]
Domestic cricket heats up
The Puaikura-Titikaveka cricket team will have their work cut out for them in today’s Turtles Domestic League II cricket tournament at the Raemaru Sports Park in Arorangi. Hosting a double header Puaikura-Titikaveka, who are currently last on the table (with a game in hand) take on top of the table Te-Au-O-Tonga at 9am. Te-Au-O-Tonga won […]
Ingrid wants to give something back
Ingrid Stewart headed to Aitutaki yesterday to take up her new role as principal of Vaitau School. Her mother was from Aitutaki and like many Cook Islanders living in New Zealand, Stewart has been back to the Cook Islands many times, even doing part of her schooling at Tereora College. She says that she sees […]
Bonefishing enthusiast sees huge potential for Aitutaki
Recreational fly fisherman Jon Hall has many hobbies, but his present passion is for the Aitutaki bonefish. He’s fished all over the world, though never for bonefish – he’s landed tiger fish in Africa, striped bass in Maine, red fish in Florida and rainbow trout in New Zealand, to name a few of the entries […]
Punanga Nui's beginnings
As an extension of Punanga Nui market is considered, Lynnsay Rongokea Francis remembers how the original design of the market came about. Francis was one of the co-directors of arts, crafts, exhibitions and demonstrations for the 6th Festival of Pacific Arts. She was also responsible for ensuring the implementation of the original concept and coordinating […]
Fundraiser concert for flood victims
Wednesday night’s fundraiser concert was a big success, generating nearly $3000 for those affected by flooding in Queensland. Organiser Tok Haurua lined up a number of local musicians to play a concert that lasted well into the night. Dozens packed into the Banana Court to watch Mongoose dance – a number that finished with a […]
Technology behind new tour idea
Anne-Marie and Simon Bounsall have blended their knowledge of Rarotonga with modern technology to create the island’s most user-friendly guided tour. For those who want a proper tour of Rarotonga – to know the island’s pre- and post-missionary history, to understand the mystery of the half-built hotel in Vaimaanga, to see Parliament and Papeiha’s stone […]
Art and surf appeal
Practicing artist and avid surfer Jason Green is on Rarotonga and ready to start his job as Tereora’s new art teacher. Green hails from Gisborne and is coming off a seven-year stint as an art teacher at Gisborne Girls High School. He jumped at the chance to teach at Tereora when he saw the position […]
Performing at festival
The Stars of the Cook Islands, a Melbourne-based Cook Islands dance troupe, will be performing at the 11th annual Globe to Globe World Music Festival in Clayton South, Victoria, this weekend. ‘Stars’ is active in the Melbourne community, and last year performed at the Clayton Street Festival and a Monash Gallery of Art fundraising dinner. […]
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