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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.
Have you got the H Factor?
A new talent quest will take place in Rarotonga next year, searching for the Cook Islands best idle singers who think they have the x-factor. The six-week singing competition dubbed The H Factor is now putting out a call to the Cook Islands potential superstars. With competition set to begin in earnest in February, organisers […]
Sisters sing of islands they adore
The Gosselin sisters are preparing to release their first-ever album. Each sister has her own repertoire of musical productions, but never before have the Gosselin girls collaborated to produce an album. The reason behind this project was that we had so many friends, family and supporters of our individual CDs asking us to do an […]
Expectations of Mauke
In this week’s Kids Page, Apii Te Uki Ou students share their experiences on Mauke when they visited the island for a school trip recently. We have extracted snippets from each of the short stories for today’s Kids Page. Thanks to teacher Jo Weir for providing the stories for today’s page. I experienced 3 caves […]
Big ups and hip-hop love
King Kapisis newest music video, filmed in Rarotonga, was officially released on Thursday. The song is called Clap ya Hands and features shots of the Muri lagoon, Punanga Nui marketplace, Polynesian Tattoo hut, Pacific Resort Rarotonga, and a host of local faces. Miss South Pacific 2010-2011 Joyana Meyer dances throughout, as Pacific Resort staff drum […]
Annie Crummer wins premiere award
Singer Annie Crummer, who has Cook Islands roots, has been honoured with the premiere senior arts award at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards in Wellington. Chair of Creative New Zealands Pacific Arts Committee, Pele Walker, said the awards are an opportunity to celebrate the creative success of those making a difference internationally, nationally […]
Trevs Ticket catches its second wind
Twice-famous, Trevor Richards (formerly Trevor Tombleson) is living his dream all over again. The 60-something owner of Polynesian Tax Free Ltd, who moonlights as Whateva Treva on 88FM, is remembering what it feels like to be a 20-something rocker. His band Ticket took the New Zealands 1970s acid-rock scene by storm but disbanded in 1973. […]
Local Girl Guide inspired in Mexico
A Rarotongan Girl Guide made the long trip to Mexico last month to get some guidance of her own. Twenty-five-year-old Tuati Mauke joined up with Girl Guides members from across the world at an international Girl Guides get together in the central Mexican city Cuernavaca in October. In Mexico, Mauke learnt a number of advocacy […]
New caf on the southside
Coffee lovers who live on Rarotongas south side will welcome Coco Latte, a cafe and healthy eatery that opened this week in the space across from Wigmores Superstore. The newest addition to the Coco Putt enterprise owned by Tokerau Tooks Turia and partner Meegan and their New Zealand counterparts. Manager Jo Bevin oversees the cafe […]
Rentraro picks up Telecom prize pack
Rentraro.com had just one house up for rent when it was first launched in 1996 and now the Cook Islands upstart has more than 100 available for bookings to tourists. This month, website owner Pai Chambers and her company Heritage Holdings received the Telecom internet marketing award at the biennial Air New Zealand Tourism Awards […]
Beautiful new oe and vaka art
The Art Studios final exhibition of the year is a celebration of all things related to Te Moana Nui O Kiva her waves, her marine life, Tangaroa, the vaka and the oe. It is a beautiful, well-presented tribute to the eighth annual Vaka Eiva festival, and encompasses the work of dozens of local artists, both […]
Design winners
Two grade 6 students from Apii Te Uki Ou have been rewarded for their thoughts and design of a road safety awareness poster. Jack Sutherland and Tyler Davis won $50 each and $100 for the school in the World Health Organisation-funded competition, which was managed locally through the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of […]
Favourite recipes by Blackrock kids
The junior chefs of Blackrock Apii Potiki have chosen their favourite treats among them, marshmallow balls, easiest fudge in the world and caramel corn and compiled them into a 130-page recipe book. The cover of the book features the students smiling faces, and its pages their favourite recipes. Each recipe is attributed to a Blackrock […]
Personifications and Pilgrims Progress
Who inspires me? My older brother, Adam, has been a big influence in my life. He is a passionate and committed person, and dedicated to fulfilling the purpose that God has planned for his life. Ever since he was 12-years of age, my brother Adam has always known what he wanted to be and what […]
10 artists in Metamorphis
To celebrate its 63rd art project and its evolution from a small local operation to an internationally-recognised contemporary art gallery the Beachcomber has chosen 10 prominent artists to be part of its current group exhibition. The exhibition entitled Metamorphis comprises the work of artists Loretta Reynolds, Tim Buchanan, Joan Gragg, Kay George, Reuben Patterson, Andy […]
Regional tsunami exercise makes waves in the Cooks
The tsunami warning exercise last Wednesday was not a test dreamed up by the team at Emergency Management Cook Islands, but in fact was part of a Pacific wide exercise with 29 participating countries within the Pacific region including Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii. Codenamed Exercise Pacific Wave 11, the exercise was to simulate national […]
Photography in focus tonight
Photography is staying under the spotlight tonight with portraits and publishing up for talk at the University of the South Pacific campus from 7pm. Aerial photographer Ewan Smith and artist Mahiriki Tangaroa will host the talk tonight in this photography double-header between 7pm and 9pm. Smith will focus on publishing and techniques to get your […]
Chefs, baristas ready to battle
The first round of culinary offerings put up at the Cook Islands Chefs Associations hospitality and tourism tournament yesterday has the judges salivating at the idea of a weekend full of similar delights. The desserts and dishes put up in the Cook Islands Salon Culinaire static class yesterday were raising a few gleeful eyebrows among […]
Vonnias Warehouse expands in Arorangi
Vonnias has placed a tentative Christmas deadline on its latest venture, which will see the Vonnias Warehouse concept introduced to Arorangi. The family group of companies is constructing a new building at Arorangi, across from the Trades Training Centre. Once the new warehouse is finished, the Vonnias store at Arorangi will move to the new […]
Tiare Taporo due to sail soon
The Tiare Taporo is not likely to leave Nova Scotia this month as was previously expected. The vessel underwent an extensive refit and thus has had to re-apply for its safety certifications and undergo additional surveys for insurance purposes. In past months she has had endured a full refit, which included the following services dry […]
New home in the blink of an eye
Imagine seeing your new home go up not in months or weeks, but a matter of days. Its about as close as you can get to in the blink of an eye when it comes to building a home. And with a type of material called structural insulated panels, putting together a home in days […]