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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
Tatiana Kautai, a Cook Islander Muslim, has shared her personal journey into Islam and her experiences living as a Muslim in the Cook Islands. Talaia Mika reports.
TAU board appoints engineering professional
Te Aponga Uira (TAU) has gained an expert described strong new asset with the appointment of Barbara Elliston, an experienced electrical engineer and corporate governance professional, by the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) Board of Directors.
Rock seawall 'safer' claims Henry
Ports Authority chairman Mike Henry says the Avatiu seawall will improve safety. “In that area we had rock and coral walls. What we will have there will be safer,” he said in a phone interview with CINews. He was responding to claims made by coastal engineer Don Dorrell in CINews on Tuesday that the seawall […]
Kia maeva te peu, reo Maori!
In honour of Mother Language Day, internationally commemorated on February 21, Apii Te Uki Ou put on a cultural extravaganza at a special assembly for family and friends last Friday. Makara Vaine, teacher in charge of Maori and culture at Apii Te Uki Ou, says that Mother Language Day commemorations ran for the whole week […]
Kave Kave in Pukapuka
The Kave Kave fishing competition remains a unique, time-honoured tradition in Pukapuka. For two days, the men of each village compete against each other to see which village can catch the most fish. And since Yato won the overall sports competition, Yato set the rules for this year’s Kave Kave fishing competition. For two days, […]
Grocery grabber fills 5 trolleys
A planning meeting on Monday night helped Vaine Ngatokorua grab $2713.90 worth of groceries in three minutes at the CITC supermarket yesterday as the second winner of the company’s grocery grab promotion. Ngatokorua turned up for the grocery grab in heels and her work uniform but the clever Cookie brought a spare set of clothes […]
H Factor singers at Te Kainga
Sweet melodies soothed the souls of regular visitors to the Te Kainga Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre in Panama yesterday when the top four H Factor contestants visited with guitars in hand. Top four H Factor talent quest contestants Peter Pokipoki, Joseph Pakitoa, Tia-Maree Takiika and Unarii Tafale entertained regular Te Kainga visitors with classic […]
4 left in H Factor grand final
The H Factor talent quest show carried on last Saturday despite a no-show by one of the contestants with some stunning performances seen and enjoyed by the crowd at Hidie’s Bar. Despite Emma-Jean not being able to take to the stage, the show went on but meant that only one contestant could be eliminated on […]
Rotary gifts dictionaries
Rotary Cook Islands is to gift 250 pictorial dictionaries to Cook Islands students. The dictionaries were developed by Rotary in New Zealand and Australia specifically for schools across the Pacific. The project for the Cook Islands was funded by Rotary Bay of Islands in New Zealand, and also Rotary Cook Islands. First to receive the […]
Crown prints of Raro
The chefs fraternity of Rarotonga have had a new printer served up to them on a platter after giving their old machine the chop last year. For the Cook Islands Chefs Association, part of the World Association of Chefs Societies, printing easily makes up one of its biggest expenses. And printer trouble last year was […]
Life jackets a lifeline for Penrhyn islanders
The Cook Islands Red Cross has provided Penrhyn islanders with life jackets. Penrhyn chapter president Alex Maretapu said the provision of life jackets was deemed by Red Cross to be an essential safety measure for the islanders who are often using boats to fish or travel between the two settlements of Penrhyn – Omoka and […]
Cultural heritage under discussion
Protection of our cultural heritage is the topic of a meeting taking place today in Rarotonga. Members of the Asia-Pacific region will be welcomed to the 2012 Sub-regional Information and Network Meeting for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Pacific, which is taking place over the next three days.
Mongoose health checks
Men’s health is this year’s focus for the Avatiu-Nikao Mongoose golden oldies club who are inviting all their brothers from Ruatonga to Pokoinu to join them for a warrant of fitness health check this Thursday. Doctor Fariu from the ministry of health and fellow health officers will be at Mongoose headquarters, Rose’s Garden, at 4.30pm […]
Happy 'leap year'
There is a term for those with a February 29 birthday – they are ‘leap babies’, who technically have one birthday every four years. Today is ‘leap day’ according to the Gregorian calendar. Occurring in most years that are divisible by four, such as 2008 and 2012, leap days exist to keep the modern calendar […]
New China agreement released
The new agreement between the Chinese and Cook Islands governments – granting $3.8 million to the Cooks –has been made available to the public. In response to prodding from Cook Islands News, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAI) yesterday released a copy of the Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement jointly signed by Tom Marsters and […]
Vets perform operation at open day
Great fun was had by all at the ‘Esther Honey Party’ to honour World Spey Day, and help raise funds for – and awareness of – the continued free veterinary treatment and neutering for Cook Islands dogs and cats. Over the course of the afternoon, about 50 children turned up to cuddle some kittens and […]
Plans progress for wellness centre
Pa Marie Ariki has spoken of her vision to run a wellness clinic out of her Mata Enua palace, and now she’s doing the legwork to make it happen. Recently she met with minister of health Nandi Glassie, director of community health services Dr Rangi Fariu and nutritionist Karen Tairea – all of whom are […]
Quake escape leads to wedding
Christchurch earthquake hero Lawrence Timpson enjoyed his visit to the Cook Islands so much he can’t wait to return for his wedding. Timpson is one of 82 earthquake heroes who have been to the Cook Islands to enjoy a well deserved break from the quake zone in Christchurch. “I didn’t really know what to expect. […]
Harvest festival has support
According to Danny Mataroa, growers and hoteliers have at least one thing in common – a dread of February. Mataroa has a finger in both pies – agriculture and tourism – and desperately wants to give them a bit of a boost in their February lulls. “February is the worst month for growers and for […]
Telecom looks at 'partnering'
Telecommunications minister Mark Brown has convened a meeting of the telecommunications industry – providers, retailers and associations of users – to discuss its future. Originally scheduled to be held at his office, the venue was yesterday changed to Telecom Cook Islands headquarters in Parekura. Billed as an ‘informal forum’, the meeting is scheduled to take […]
Composers call Cook Islanders home
Biblical messages and songs dedicated to calling Cook Islanders home are the two popular themes new musical compilations have been based on at the 2012 Mire Atu composer’s competition to be held this Thursday, March 1. Of the 12 composers entering new compilations for the 2012 competition, eight are first time composers and three are […]
New unit will 'lift the bar'
While he’s got a heavy workload ahead, Paul Allsworth is moving into his new job with enthusiasm and confidence. Buoyed by government’s appropriation of $40,000 to parliamentary services for the establishment of its new select committee support services unit, he looks forward to ‘cleaning up’ parliamentary procedure. Allsworth is heading parliament’s new governance and oversight […]
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