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Features
Collaborative efforts to a rat-free, thriving ecosystem on Takutea
In a monumental stride in conservation for the Cook Islands, Takutea Island is on its path to becoming rat-free.
New mammography machine offers improved breast cancer detection
The arrival of the new mammography machine in the Cook Islands marks a significant advancement in women’s health, enabling earlier detection of breast cancer and potentially saving lives.
Cooks doctor awarded rural health medal
A Cook Islands doctor and Otago postgraduate student has been awarded the Dr Amjad Hamid Medal at the 2022 National Rural Health Conference held in Christchurch this month.
Sonny Williams shares deep passion for language
Sonny Williams is passionate about Cook Islands Māori, and wants others to immerse themselves in the language. He talks to Cook Islands News journalist Matthew Littlewood about his role as a translator and what he wants to see happen with the language.
May she rest in peace
Since last week, we have been coming to terms with the death of Queen Elizabeth II. For most of us, given she reigned for 70 years from 1952, she is the only monarch we have known. However, some of us may also have known the previous king, George the Sixth who became king in 1936, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue of the Catholic Church.
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II’s historic Cook Islands visit
As tributes continue to pour in for Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, aged 96, Cook Islands News senior journalist Melina Etches look back at Her Majesty’s first and only visit in her remarkable 70-year reign.
Journey full of opportunities
Annah Stretton wants to spend more time in the Cook Islands. The New Zealand fashion designer and social justice philanthropist was the guest speaker at an event arranged by Cook Islands Business and Professional Women (BPW) society, where she gave an overview of her career.
Highlighting migration stories of Cook Islands women
A New Zealand-born Cook Islander has returned to the islands to learn more about her mother’s migration to Aotearoa.
Serving with integrity
Honesty and ethics are synonymous with integrity. The first of the eight public service values is ‘honesty’ which is described as ‘acting honestly, being truthful and abiding by the laws’, writes Tamatoa Jonassen of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Aitutaki Liftoff aims to become South Pacific’s biggest fitness festival
The Aitutaki Liftoff – the island’s biggest fitness festival – kicked off its all-inclusive event that promotes health and wellness for everyone, last weekend.
A young Atiuan warrior’s 1972 migration to Rarotonga
In October 1972 Tere Akava from Atiu said his final goodbyes to his grandparents as he left for Rarotonga, carrying only a small suitcase and a dream of becoming a motor mechanic.
CHURCH TALK: How you can be the salt of the earth
Last week I queued up with many others in our community to participate in a nation-wide health survey carried out by Te Marae Ora.
Toka’s local designs to feature in Paris and London
Emerging fashion designer Toka Toka is set to launch Cook Islands culture, design and dance on the international runway through fashion.
Who really built Rev John Williams’ Rarotongan ship?
John Williams was an evangelical Christian determined to spread the gospel throughout the Pacific. To this end, he constructed a ship at Rarotonga in 1827 with a ‘mechanical ingenuity’ that gave him legendary status in Britain and beyond. But who really built the ‘Messenger of Peace’?
Kava ‘o Aotearoa
A Cook Islands Māori filmmaker has looked into a collective of Pasifika cultural guardians reactivating the ancient Tu’i Tonga kava ceremony for contemporary use in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Rangi Henry’s beautiful blessed songs of Gospel
Music brings joy and unites people together and is a powerful medium the world over, says musician and composer Rangi Henry.
CHURCH TALK: Breaking the poverty spirit Part 3
Today we wrap up a three-part series looking at ‘Breaking the Poverty Spirit’, writes Paul Kauri, lead pastor at The Arepua Gateway Assembly of God Church.
Connecting people, places and possibilities
The resumption of commercial flights between Rarotonga and Tahiti a week ago has opened doors to opportunities other than tourism as Cook Islands looks for closer ties with traditional allies French Polynesia.
Recreating Billy Apple’s groundbreaking show
A small but appreciative crowd turned out for Billy Apple’s Rainbows 1965 exhibition opening at the Bergman Gallery on Tuesday night.
Humpbacks return to Cook Islands for a whale of a time
Whales in the Southern Ocean have been spotted returning to the Cook Islands, with a number giving birth as early as a couple of months ago, and using the country as a passage to migrate to their traditional breeding ground in Tonga.
‘You never stop learning in medicine’
Despite the challenges of Covid-19, a couple of young doctors have returned home to the Cook Islands to pursue their dream career in medicine.
CHURCH TALK: Our union with Christ
Union with Christ by means of the Holy Spirit is not a peripheral matter in biblical theology, although it is widely neglected. It is a key thought in the Lord’s teaching, as this lecture will show, and it is so important to Pauline theology that one commentator rightly calls it ‘the heart of Paul’s religion’, writes Reverend Vaka Ngaro of Cook Islands Christian Church.
