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Features
Film Raro2 casting call open to all ages
Fearless Cook Islands heroes and heroines of all ages are encouraged to audition for Film Raro2 who are back in Rarotonga looking for a cast of characters.
Seventeen composers for Mire Atu
Cook Islands composers are prepared to take centre stage this month in the prestigious Tauranga Vananga/Ministry of Cultural Development Te Pae Tai Nui Mire Atu original Māori song composers competition.
Sopranos to teach
Tickets are selling fast for Opera in Paradise next weekend, so make sure to get in quick. Some of New Zealand’s finest sopranos, Mere Boynton and Deborah Kapohe, arrive in Rarotonga on Tuesday ahead of their weekend performance. They will be performing on May 25 and 26 at Crown Beach Resort and Spa’s Oceans Restaurant, […]
Itu's Bones airing on local television
An independent documentary filmed entirely on Aitutaki is set to premiere on Cook Islands television. The independent documentary film Itu’s Bones tells the story of expert net fisherman Itu Davey as he makes the journey from subsistence gill-netter to professional fly fishing guide. Itu’s Bones is a compelling, and at times, controversial story that features […]
Coconuts are too chunky for a smoothie
Kids Page this week features work from Grade Five and Six students from Arorangi School. Their class has been working around the theme of the coconut – making art work, creative writing and also creating objects, such as weaving baskets, from the coconut tree. A coconut tree has a cycle. It starts from a coconut […]
Holidaymaker organises donation of dictionaries
What started out as a vacation for Noel Chilcott, ended up providing a wonderful benefit for the children of Aitutaki. Chilcott, a member of the Rotary Club of Waitara in Taranaki, visited Pacific Resort Aitutaki in August last year and during his visit he started speaking with Resort concierge Ted Tavai about the education system […]
Akauruuruanga ia Terea Mataiapo
Kua akauruuru ia a Paul Raui Allsworth kite taoanga Terea Mataiapo o Nukuroa ki runga ite Marae Terongo Autapu i raro ake ite tamarumaru anga o Te Maeu Teikamata Ariki,mei roto mai ia Ngati Te Akatauira. Kua rave ia teia akauruuruanga ite ra taingaurumarua o Me 2012.Nate Ariki Vaine,Te Maeu Teikamata Ariki i rave ite […]
Lena Wong graduates with double degrees
Lena Wong, daughter of Helen and Chris Wong, has graduated with a double degree in law and arts. Wong celebrated her success with her family and friends in Auckland at the weekend and is pictured here (fourth from left) with her family wearing a traditional Fijian costume.
Family business still going strong
There is new blood in an old business. Islands Signs, or Raro Signs as it is also known, has a new manager, Rob Young. Young is the son of owner and previous manager Ray Solomon, who is now residing in Denmark. Young brings a new set of skills to the company in his expertise as […]
Harpooned!
Feeling powerless against the rollout of rules governing use of the FADs (fishing aggregate devices), two young fishermen this week drafted a petition in protest. They harboured a faint hope that their three-page appeal would inspire change, but didn’t anticipate a flood of support from both ends of the fishing spectrum – fellow fishermen and […]
Spot the All Black at Imanuela Akatemia
Imanuela Akatemia students were lucky enough to have Jerome Kaino visit their school, and share their experience today on the Kids Page. Wayne Ralph, sports teacher at Imanuela Akatemia, writes about Kaino’s time at the school. The morning sunlight unfolded like a golden blanket over the playing field at Imanuela Akatemia. Another beautiful day in […]
Pacific Break seeking unsigned artists
Radio Australia has launched Pacific Break 2012 ‘remastered’. Between November 12 and 19, the winner of Pacific Break 2012 will fly to Australia to record a demo of their best song within a professional recording environment, showcase their musical talents and learn from industry professionals. He or she will also attend the Australasian World Music […]
Aitutaki film makes it to 2 festivals
Aitutaki will feature on the big screen at two upcoming film festivals. Snow in Paradise, a nine-minute short film shot on location in Aitutaki last year, has been accepted into the Wairoa Maori Film Festival at Kahungunu Marae and into the Sydney Film Festival. Both festivals have been organised to run next month. The brains […]
LBV open for dinner
Give your taste buds a treat and try out the new menu at Le Bon Vivant. If you want to try something original for dinner, Le Bon Vivant next to Moana Gems in Taputapuatea has a fusion menu of local and international delicacies. What started out as a small cafe selling an array of pastries, […]
Love bloomed in Raro
Meet Will & Trish Street. Twenty-three-years-ago, Will, from Seattle, USA, and Trish from Napier, New Zealand, were in Rarotonga on separate holidays. Both were staying at The Edgewater Resort & Spa. The two from opposite hemispheres met, fell in love, married nine months later, and are still returning to the place where they met. In […]
International comp revived
Cook Islands dancers from New Zealand and Australia had a full national auditorium in awe of their passion and skill for dance especially considering many of the dancers were born overseas. Eighteen dancers took to the stage on Thursday night for the revived International Dancer of the Year competition which included the top male and […]
Celebrating mums
It is a day to celebrate mothers – a time to give thanks to mum and mamas for the tasks that they do for us every day. It is often for the little things that get forgotten about, beginning with constant care when we are very young, to making school lunches and driving us all […]
More dancer of the year action on stage
Golden oldies, papaa and expatriate dancers owned the stage at Hidie’s Bar last Wednesday where they put on a displayed their best Cook Islands dance. The large crowd that attended the show was well entertained and today we share more images of the fun night. The next dance show is the international dancer of the […]
Cows about town in schools comp
Impressive cow sculptures brought a buzz of activity to Avarua on Saturday morning as Rarotonga students displayed their creative works in the CITC and Anchor ‘Mega Milk for Growing Bodies’ sculpture competition. CITC and Anchor worked with all schools since March promoting healthy bodies through the consumption of milk as part of a balanced diet. […]
'First taste'
One week of work experience at the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the school holidays was an eye opener forTereora College student, Aleena Maunga. The year 13 student was expected to gain work experience in the area of customer services to gain the relevant credits towards her business administration and computing course as part of […]
Real Chinese kai out west
Sino Resto, Arorangi’s new Chinese restaurant, is selling ‘real’ Chinese food. That’s according to Chinese chefs An Lee and Song Lin Chen, who are bringing their Chinese culinary expertise to Rarotonga. The restaurant opened on Christmas Eve and since then has had a lot of attention from tourists and Cook Islands people. It serves well-known […]
Blossom first to enter Miss Cook Islands
Just once this week, All Black Jerome Kaino turned up to a photo shoot and wasn’t the star. On Wednesday morning, the Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association publicly announced its first Miss Cook Islands contestant, who posed for photos with her chaperone Julia Evans, Edgewater management and staff, and of course, Kaino. She is Miss […]