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Features
A family affair: Mothers and daughters thrive in rugby
Three mother-daughter duos played together on the same rugby team in the Cook Islands Rugby Union women’s competition, inspiring young women and highlighting the power of family bonds in sports.
The power of family and pride in rugby
A former rugby union great who represented the Cook Islands national team, shares his experiences and highlights the importance of family, community and hard work in the sport.
Football feast for fans
Keen football fans would have woken up in the wee hours of yesterday morning to watch the spectacular opening ceremony of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. But it doesn’t stop there, football fanatics will be able to watch all 64 world cup matches on local television thanks to Fiji television station Mai […]
'It works' for new Salsa owners
Cafe Salsa, home to the only wood-fired pizza on Rarotonga, is in new hands. When former owners Tony and Kelly Bullivant decided to sell the business, New Zealand couple Gerard and Erika Kaczmarek jumped at the chance. “We did our homework and (Salsa) really stacks up,” Gerard said. “It’s a good location and it’s got […]
Marsters wins heaviest tuna trophy
The Don Beer Senior Memorial Trophy for the heaviest tuna is run annually over Queen’s Birthday weekend by the Cook Islands Game Fishing Club. Fifteen boats registered and expectations among anglers were high as a number of good sized tuna had been caught the previous week. The calm waters over both days meant that paara […]
Searching for Ken Graham links
New Zealand woman Kaye Winter is researching aspects of the life of her father Ken Graham during his time living and working in the Cook Islands in the late 1920s and through the 1930s. Winter said although this was a long time ago, there could be descendants of people he knew during those times who […]
Cook Islander named The Apprentice
Earlier this month, a Cook Islander was dubbed the winner of The Apprentice New Zealand, a reality television series in which contestants battled it out to win an employment contract with multimillionaire Terry Serepisos. Thomas Ben, 35, won the coveted one-year employment contract at property development company Century City, of which Serepisos is chief executive […]
Te Uki Ou records history on website
Year 7 and 8 students from Apii Te Uki Ou launched their website about the history of the school last week. They interviewed members of the community about the origins of the school, which served as an introduction to the research process. The introduction to the research process coincides with the school’s current building project […]
Thanks from Rotaract
Member development and more funding for local projects are currently key initiatives for the Rotaract Club of Rarotonga. The club has been fundraising this month with the goals of contributing more funding to local projects, helping develop members and for other club activities. With the help of Rotary, members of Rotaract have been selling sausage […]
Te Vaerua to open soon
Te Vaerua Community Rehabilitation Service is on the verge of opening its Arorangi office inside a re-modelled residential building. The service is free and aims to rehabilitate those with health issues and disabilities. Te Vaerua was registered as a non-charitable organisation in 2007, and in the absence of a functional office building, has been sending […]
Fine wine and a mouth-watering menu
Wine club members and eager guests had a chance to enjoy an exquisite evening of dinner, drinks and conversation last Friday at Sails Restaurant in Muri. Chef Tim Tierney of Deli Foods whipped up a mouth-watering five-course menu, and paired each dish with an apposite wine from the Deli Foods cellar, to make for a […]
Pride and joy on stage
Cultural inheritance is a birthright and the 29 dancers who took to the dancer of the year stage on Thursday night showed nothing but respect and pride for their Cook Islands culture. In opening the night’s show, minister Apii Piho commended all the competitors for taking on the challenge. He said that although there would […]
Dancer of the year takes centre stage
Twenty nine Cook Islands dancers will take to the stage tonight for the 2010 Dancer of the Year competition in all divisions juniors, intermediate and seniors. The competition will start at 6pm with the 10 junior and six intermediate dancers to showcase their slow and fast beat performances. The prize giving for the junior and […]
Golden Oldies dancers thrill crowd
The golden oldies dancer of the year competition was a real thrill for both spectators and dancers on Friday night. Dancers were grouped into two sections rauti para (ripe rauti leaf) for mama and papa dancers over 60-years and the rauti pi (green rauti leaf) for ‘younger’ dancers. While the mama dancers were graceful in […]
Voyagers set the tapu
As we walked down the beach the rain began. Horns sounded and voices raised in song. The first marae. The kaumatua’s posture and korero were full of challenge. “Are you ready to enter the valley? Are you prepared?” he shouted. Each canoe filled a carved calabash with sea water as an offering for the other […]
Dancing queen
Well known Aitutaki and national dance champion Uirangi Bishop (pictured) will be among the high calibre dancers taking up next week’s dancer of the year challenge. The junior, intermediate and senior dancer of the year competition has been combined this year and this will be held on Thursday, May 27 at the national auditorium. Will […]
Household water use quiz
Can your household work out how much water it uses? Surveys overseas say an average household uses 250 – 450 litres of water per day, per person. Search online for a water usage calculator or use this as a guide to work out your usage. Bathroom 1. How many showers per day are had in […]
'Mentalist' here on world tour
Twenty-one-year old Tom DeVoe from Wales reads minds, and he can bend a spoon using not physical force but the power of his thoughts. He dropped into CI News, handed me a book and told me to open it to a random page, pick a word and say the word in my mind. I chose […]
Dancing title up for grabs
With the departure from Rarotonga of ANZ Bank’s Darrin Walsh, the Papaa Male Dancer of the year title is up for grabs. Walsh has been a dominant force in that category of the competition, grabbing the title in recent years. Now that he has moved overseas there is a chance for someone to step up […]
Preview tonight
BCA Artist in Residence Rick Welland will preview a new exhibition tonight at the Beachcomber Contemporary Art Gallery, Taputapuatea, at 6pm. Fourteen new canvases and a ‘remastered’ series of prints will be on show. This is the first time in this artist’s career that such a large body of his work has been collected and […]
Keeping traditional medicine alive
Group aims to strengthen tradition by encouraging Maori medicines use Te Rito o te Vairakau Maori is a small organisation that visits the outer islands in a bid to encourage the use of traditional Maori health practices. The first outer island workshop was held in Mauke in the first week of May, with a keen […]
'Snap' showcases photo art
The Art Studio in Arorangi is hosting a photographic group show for artists in Rarotonga with the preview evening opening tonight. Not only will the exhibition grant the opportunity for artists and photographers to showcase their work to the general public, but more importantly it provides acknowledgement and encourages the advancement of photography here in […]
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