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Features
Master Navigator and Canadian journalist team up on a history of voyaging
It has been almost 40 years since the first ocean-going vaka of the modern age arrived to the Cook Islands. Some readers will remember Hōkūle’a’s first visit in September 1985, and since then a growing fleet of canoes has come and gone from these shores, including several built or based here, such as Takitumu, Te Au O Tonga, Marumaru Atua, Paikea, and canoes built for the Festival of Pacific Arts in 1992. Jennifer Kingsley writes.
Read, read, read
To be a writer, you need to read, read, read, says children’s book author Karen McMillan, who recently wrote Elastic Island Adventures: Rarotonga.
'Perfect' career has plenty to offer
Do you want to find the perfect career, where you can help people, travel, work flexible hours and make a real difference in your community?
Celebrating 40 years of university training
This year USP Cook Islands is celebrating 40 years of in-country university training in the Cook Islands.
Learning to walk before they can fly
Jeannie Mose and Lydia Karena both want to be flight attendants, but they are learning to walk before they can fly.
Two students work at their dream job
When David Ngaoire and Caleb Maea leave school, they want to lead careers helping people stay connected in the Cook Islands.
Gender no obstacle for mechanic hopeful
Being the only girl in the workshop didn’t sway Mariana Vainerere from pursuing her interest in becoming a mechanic.
Looking into an airline future
Rayman Kiria fitted right in at Air Rarotonga on his work placement as a check-in agent last week.
The face behind every great careers expo
With Careers Expo 2015 in full swing, it’s important to remember the woman behind all the activity that takes place on the day and the weeks leading up to it.
Beautiful spot to get your wings
Nelson Aviation College is a boutique private training establishment nestled in the picturesque landscape of Motueka, at the top of the South Island of New Zealand.
Powerful directions at Careers Expo 2015
Hundreds of school students will get the opportunity to map out their futures today while attending the bi-annual Cook Islands Careers Expo.
Student brings more nurture to nature
Tiana Haxton loves animals so much, she can’t even bring herself to choose one as a favourite – she simply loves them all.
Bringing you back to a great day out
While many are struggling to get back into the working week after a four-day weekend, CINews takes you back to Friday with some more Beach Day Out snaps.
By tugboat and barge to Mangaia
Derek Fox describes an adventurous trip to Mangaia last week aboard a tugboat towing a load of heavy machinery and other cargo.
Cook Islanders fought for the Empire
This feature by Helene Kay and Grace Hutton of the Cook Islands Soldiers of World War One committee, provides an insight into the contribution made by some of the Cook Islands men who volunteered for service in ‘The War To End All Wars’. The New Zealand-based committee is planning a series of special events this year to commemorate the 100th year of Cook Islanders enlisting in the New Zealand army.
'Celebration' also time to ask some tough questions
Cook Islander Thomas Tarurongo Wynne moved home in 2011 to take on his role as Tereora College’s guidance counsellor.
Will Crummer croons away the years
“I’m back in the race, I’m racing and I love it baby!” are the enthusiastic words Rarotonga master singer Will Crummer uses to describe a singing career that started many years ago, and continues to grow.
Top Stories online this year - Rego plate theft made it big
The 11 most popular stories on cookislandsnews.com this year ranged from the rugby stars marrying on Rarotonga to criminal acts that outraged our community.
Captain Moko: A serious fishing trip
Captain Moko stood sure-footed in his cabin, wielding a razor-sharp knife in one hand. With the boat rocking and rolling in the big swell, he picked up an orange and expertly peeled it in one long, smooth movement.
Saturday night with the CCECC
Roughly 40 workers from China have travelled far from their native homeland to participate in one of the largest infrastructure undertakings in Cook Islands history.
'Intruder alert, the speakers said'
The Dream Last night I had a dream about my brother and me.
Was the Long-tailed Cuckoo an ancient navigators' guide?
The Long-tailed Cuckoo (Karavia) winters in tropical Polynesia and migrates to New Zealand in October and November to breed by duping other birds to incubate its eggs and raise its young.