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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.
Teuira Napa crowned
Teuira Napa was a picture of humble elegance on the national auditorium stage where she was crowned Miss Cook Islands 2012 on Thursday night. The Miss Cook Islands pageant drew a huge crowd to the national auditorium to support the eight Miss Cook Islands pageant contestants. The young Cook Islands women carried themselves with grace, […]
Jemimah takes charge!
Jemimah Tekena owned the stage in her Roman get-up and hip hop dance as the junior Miss Cook Islands non competing contestant on Thursday night. At just 17, Tekena was too young to join the pageant, however she was so keen to be part of the pageant experience that the pageant association felt it would […]
Competition promotes re-usable shopping bags
Cook Islands artists are supporting the NES and the Sustainable Land Management Project (SLM) in their campaign to promote re-usable shopping bags this year as part of the Taau Taku Tita Campaign. The NES in collaboration with The Art Studio have coordinated this event, and distributed 30 calico bags amongst local artists this month. The […]
I come to school happy
This week on Kids Page we feature more creative writing from Nikao Maori School. Grade Seven and Eight students write about their favourite sports teams and players. The younger students in Grades Four, Five and Six have been studying the concept of who they are as individuals. As part of this they created wonderful scarecrows, […]
The transit of Venus
Former Cook Islands News publisher Phil Evans is a keen astronomer. The former maths teacher and advisor writes about the transit of Venus, which takes place next week. Next Tuesday – weather permitting – we will have the opportunity to see a rare astronomical event that will not occur again for another 105 years. Starting […]
Go buy local
The Business, Trade and Investments Board is trying to encourage Cook Islanders to buy locally-produced food, in order to support the local economy. The Go Local campaign, which the Business, Trade and Investments Board (BTIB) started last year, is a broad public awareness campaign to alert consumers to buy locally made products and to consumer […]
Passion for literacy
Improving the literacy of New Zealand children has been a lifetime’s work for Graham and Joan Crawshaw, visiting Rarotonga this week. For the Crawshaws it all began back in 1960s when they took a group of nine local boys into their home, progressing to camps held in a purpose built woolshed on their Dargaville farm. […]
Sport fishing pushed
Cook Islands tourism may soon get a boost from visitors seeking to land the ultimate fish, after the Cook Islands game fishing industry was recently featured in NZ Boating magazine. The article, an eight-page glossy spread, featured many local fishing charter operators and information about fishing in the Cooks. The article ‘Destination: The Cook Islands’ […]
Village rallies to save corals
There are communities that decry the degradation of their environment, and there are those who do something about it. Pacific journalists who were in Japan to cover the sixth Pacific Islands Leaders’ Meeting last week took a tour of an aquaculture facility that’s central to a coral regeneration project in the tropical Okinawan village Onna […]
New 'Motonator Grant' for an arts student
Motone Productions has announced a new grant for arts students, which it is terming ‘The Motonator Grant.’ ”This grant is for a school leaving student who has been accepted to a performing arts, music, and theatre or sound and lighting engineering course,“ Motone company director Glenda Tuaine said. ”Mo (partner Maurice Newport) and I decided […]
New council plans national arts festival
For the past four months a group of prominent Cook Islands artists have been working towards setting up ‘Konitara Are Ta’unga’, or the Cook Islands Arts Council. The role of the council is to support, develop and showcase Cook Islands art and culture, and further develop the arts as a valuable national resource. This will […]
Manuia Beach revitalised by new owners
The Manuia Beach Hotel is beginning a transformation that will see its units refurbished and refitted in a Cook Islands and Polynesian style. Two beach-front units have already undergone a refurbishment and tourism industry members received a sneak peak at the upgrades recently. The upgrades will extend to the four other beach-front units soon and […]
Three of the best competing in NZ
The Hospitality Tourism Training Centre (HTTC) will return to the prestigious Nestle Toque d’Or student culinary and restaurant service competition this year, putting the skills of Shonita Raui, Eli Daniel and Isaia Akava up against their peers from New Zealand. It will be the second year in a row that Cook Islands-based students have competed […]
Te Tika range ready to roll
Design and packaging work on the new Cook Islands-inspired range of cosmetics called ‘Te Tika’ is now complete, although people wanting to see what the line will look like will have to wait until the August launch date. The Te Tika range – named after the late Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid – will be […]
New reporter keen to explore islands
Roving reporter Calida Smylie has joined the Cook Islands News team, combining a love of travel and fascination with print media to find her new posting in Rarotonga. Smylie has been freelancing with the Sunday Star-Times and TV3 Online before taking up a permanent position as a staff reporter with CINews. She arrived at Rarotonga […]
Miyako – Japan's 'Eco Island'
– 300km off the coast of Okinawa – Japan’s experiment in renewable energy technologies – Underground dam powered by wind turbines to control the flow of water, which is stored in reservoirs and diverted to farms – Recycling centre – ”Eco-houses“ with solar shading and other energy efficient technologies – Eco Den Club – high […]
Journalists visit tsunami site
Pacific journalists this week had the opportunity to take an emotional tour of Iwaki, a city hit hard by last year’s triple disaster – the tsunami, earthquake and subsequent nuclear accident that hit Japan on March 11 last year. Reporters from the Cook Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, […]
A mechanic job is so cool
Nikao Maori School students share their work with us this week on the Kids Page. Grade Seven and Eight students write about their dreams and ambitions for the future, and what career path they wish to follow. When I grow up I want to achieve my goal by being.a pilot so I can see the […]
New group for artists
If you have an interest or passion about art, you might want to consider joining the Cook Islands Arts Community. The main purpose of the group is to form a community of artists who love art, bring artists together to set a tone in the art world and to promote Cook Islands art nationally and […]
Ura Kuki Airani i Tiapani
Cook Islands dancers Sikimi Vailoa Tuarii, Tina Kae and Tearoa Kairua danced to the drums of the Cook Islands at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki City, Japan, last night. The three drew gasps of admiration from the audience from a stage usually occupied by Hula Girls, a 30-strong troupe of Japanese dancers who perform Polynesian […]