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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.
Cook Islander thrives in real estate business
From a broke single dad of five living in South Auckland to getting ranked among the best in New Zealand real estate business, Cook Islander Charlie Brothers shares his rag to riches journey with Cook Islands News journalist Melina Etches.
White sandy beaches lure Kiwi academic out of retirement
Professor Heather Worth thought she had retired when she settled in Ophir – a small settlement in Central Otago, New Zealand – until an opportunity came her way to swap the icy cold temperatures for the tropical shores of Rarotonga.
Lest we forget
Humankind must take full responsibility for what is happening in the world and not blame God for it, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue of the Catholic Church.
Cook Islands model wants to ‘empower indigenous women’
African Cook Islander Ernestina Bonsu-Maro has placed second runner up in the 2022 Miss Top Model Pageant.
Tāote – Cook Islands’ medical pioneers
With very few resources and little official encouragement, the Cook Islands first local doctors tackled epidemics and eliminated diseases, laying the foundations for the modern Cook Islands medical service.
Recovering in paradise
He survived a potentially life-threatening spinal injury, but now former rugby player Michael ‘Fats’ Fatialofa is adjusting to Cook Islands time. He and his wife speak to Matthew Littlewood about what they hope for the future.
Breaking down mental health barriers
A renowned Cook Islands researcher and psychologist has returned home to better understand and study the impacts of mental health issues in the pacific and the country.
Following in the footsteps of her grandmother
Following in the footsteps of her paternal grandmother, Eileen Story has launched her political career and will stand in the 2022 general elections as a candidate on the island of Mauke.
Rising cost of living in the Cook Islands
The cost of living in the Cook Islands is climbing as the world feels the credit crunch while accommodation and travel expenses here return to pre Covid-19 levels.
Managing Covid-19 outbreak
Covid-19 is predicted to affect about half the population of Rarotonga over the next few weeks.
Redefining showbiz
For the overseas television series The Panthers, creators TVNZ wanted a head of department with Polynesian descent who could help them craft certain styles and looks, and New Zealand-based make-up artist Kelly Mitchell certainly embodies this in more ways than one.
Rarotonga’s draconian old laws
Hefty fines for making bush beer, forbidden tattoos and hard labour for people going about at night without a ‘proper cause’ were some of the old laws of Rarotonga’s past.
Cooks ‘greatest shamrock’
Eighty-eight-year-old Irishman Paddy Lynch has lived a full and happy life.
Cook Islands’ first Catholic cathedral gets major facelift
Behind Nukutere College at Avarua in Rarotonga lies Cook Islands’ first Catholic cathedral dating back 123 years.
There is more to the Cook Islands than meets the eye
Kiwi environmental sociologist Dr Corrina Tucker has fallen in love with the Cook Islands. She is placing her footprints here one step at a time.
‘He loved and lived life at full speed’
Tributes flowed and the island mourned for the most popular, sociable and sporty ‘pa’paa lawyer of the Cook Islands’, who was buried yesterday at his home in Avaavaroa.
Cooks in tourism battle
Cook Islands’ exclusive access to New Zealand’s tourism market is over and the country has to once again compete with the biggest rival in the Pacific.
Gender equality for sustainable tomorrow
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2022, five inspiring women shared their thought and passion on what drives them towards the theme of this year’s event “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”.
Ross Hunter: The man of iron and steel
Well-known local businessman Ross Hunter passed away recently following a debilitating stroke two years ago.
Church Talk: There is purpose and meaning to uor existence
We need to know that we have purpose in life, that we’re not just an accident, that regardless of our situation, there is still purpose and meaning to our existence, writes Pastor Paul Kauri, lead pastor at The Arepua Gateway Assembly of God Church.