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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.
Press freedom celebrated
BRISBANE, April 28 – More than 300 media professionals will gather in Australia this weekend to celebrate freedom of the press and to acknowledge what they and their colleagues undergo to uphold it. World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) falls on Monday, May 3. This year, the University of Queensland in Brisbane is hosting the Asia-Pacific […]
New petrol station proposed at Nikao
Nikao might be getting a new petrol station. Builders have been busy developing the property across the road from Nikao Maori School and Avatea School in recent weeks. Removal of hedges on two sides of the site, opposite Tangee’s Store, has revealed an impressive new building. Former Toa Petroleum general manager Bruce Manuela has a […]
Primefoods up and running
Primefoods, the new grocery business in the old Meatco building, threw open its doors last Friday and is open for business. The butchery is up and running, and managing director Dan Forsyth and his employees are taking pointers from a visiting NZ-based butcher who Forsyth says has won awards for making sausages. Primefoods stocks a […]
Anzac programme and breakfast
As Anzac Day falls on a Sunday, the Returned Services Association club in Nikao will not be selling alcohol to those wanting something to warm the soul after the dawn parade. RSA president Henry Wichman confirmed that the club was not granted a special liquor licence to operate on Sunday. However, Wichman says that this […]
Aitutaki boy Eric Henry slips off quietly to war
Eric Henry left his home on the beautiful atoll Aitutaki in the Cook Islands about 1935-36, not knowing that he would not be back again for a decade. He and his brother Ru were heading off to Aotearoa to go to secondary school at Te Aute College in Hawke’s Bay. It was a tortuous journey […]
Ruatonga man marches to remember his father
Among the men and women that will fall-in and march in Sunday’s Anzac Day parade will be Ruatonga resident Geoff Bergin wearing his father’s war medals. Bergin is encouraging families who have the war medals of their ancestors to honour them by wearing the medals and joining the 5.30am dawn parade and 10am civil service […]
Online colouring book fun and educational
Finding it hard to entertain the kids these school holidays? Matavera grandfather of seven, Neil Dearlove, has just discovered an online colouring site that his grandkids absolutely love. Not only is the online colouring book lots of fun, it also helps children develop important skills such as colour concepts, hand-eye coordination and of course how […]
Big weekend looms
After a tense 24-20 win over the Ngatangiia-Matavera Sea Eagles at the weekend, the Avatiu Eels will now prepare to take on the Tupapa Panthers this Saturday with the Edgewater minor premiership trophy and $2000 up for grabs. The clash will be at the swamp and along with a trophy and cash to play for […]
Guitar greats at Chilli's
Chilli’s Sportsbar and Restaurant will be screening It Might Get Loud, a documentary that traces the saga of the electric guitar, on Monday night at around 6.30. The film features the musical histories of three guitar greats: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and the Yardbirds, The Edge of U2 and Jack White of the White […]
Music video production course
During the school holidays, local multimedia artist Jerome Shedden is giving young people a chance to break into music video production. Shedden is teaching a two-week course at USP titled Music Video Production Introduction, which is open to college students between the ages of 16 and 19. Shedden comes from a multimedia background and did […]
Rarotongan staff earn diplomas
The conference room at the Rarotongan Beach Resort & Spa yesterday was alive with the scent of fresh ei and abuzz with the excitement particular to any graduation day. Bob Taylor, Taa Pera, Mila Engu, Netani Cataki and Laisa Brown were recognised at a graduation ceremony for earning their diplomas in hospitality management and food […]
Garden Bar to re-open
Following a long hiatus, the Garden Bar at the Banana Court (BC) opens on Monday. The popular hang-out was forced to close in December as a penalty for failing to pay rent to the Cook Islands Investment Corporation, which owns the BC complex. The opening of the Garden Bar represents the first step in the […]
Term ends with fun health day
Tereora College ended term one with a message for better health when it held ‘My Health Day’ yesterday. The aim of the fun day was to promote healthy choices in lifelong learning and to bring the first term to an end on a positive note. Students were asked to dress up as a food and […]
Takua by the bucket load
Have you ever started down a path, either literally or metaphorically, with that niggling feeling that you should turn back, but at the same time another urging you to go on, promising that things will get better? So, you stumble on deeper into the thick of trouble, wishing you’d turned back earlier, but thinking that […]
Dancer of the Year delayed
The Dancer of the Year competition has been postponed to late May. The Ministry of Cultural Development has had its hands full with the recent Mire Atu competition and this month’s school festivals, so it has pushed Dancer of the Year to the end of next month. The ministry is now accepting registration from dancers […]
Justice desperate
With the restoration of the Arorangi prison nearly complete, Secretary of Justice Mark Short is shifting his focus to other areas of immediate concern within the ministry. Short says that Justice’s problems stem from a “shocking” lack of funding. He says that the ministry is under-funded and under-resourced, which means it cannot and does not […]
Kids' club helps boost tourism
Marketing the Cook Islands as a family friendly destination got a boost with the opening of the island’s newest kids’ club at the Edgewater Resort and Spa in Arorangi. The Coconut Kids Club, the second of its kind on the island, was officially blessed and opened on Thursday morning with a traditional ceremony. The resort’s […]
Junior journalists with a nose for news
Grade 5 students of Avatea Primary School spent part of term one learning about the various career options they can choose when they finish school. As part of their ‘my dream career’ topic, the students had the opportunity to speak with a number of working professionals from the community and visit a number of businesses. […]
Two budget blowouts expected
Government has finally revealed that it expects a $4.1 million budget shortfall in the 2010/11 budget. The budget policy statement (BPS) published March 31 shows a budget blow out is now a reality in this financial year. Instead of the estimated $2.9 million surplus, there is now a $1.8 million shortfall expected in the budget. […]
Aunty Dolly turns 90
Kate Daisy Baker (nee Estall), known commonly as Aunty Dolly, spent her 90th birthday dancing with friends at the Taputapuatea palace grounds. Dolly was born in Rarotonga on March 18, 1920, one of Marcus Estall’s and Lindai Taripo’s eight children. Dolly grew up in Avatiu and attended the St Joseph’s convent school in Avarua where […]
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