Entertainment
Heartbreak Hotel for well-loved restaurant
Monday 6 April 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
It should have been the Pacific Elvis last week, Tiki Taane this weekend. Instead there’s sadness as the Charlie’s team calls closing time – for now.
Quarantine Quiz: Big birds, small islands
Monday 6 April 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
This is Holy Week. If it took place in Cook Islands today, what would be different? For a start, the Last Supper would be limited to Jesus and no more than nine Apostles ...
Quarantine Quiz: Coffee, chocolate and wine
Saturday 4 April 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
It's the fastest-moving quiz in the Cooks. Which of these cafes are still open for a takeaway caffeine fix? (Okay, it's the only quiz ...)
Quarantine Quiz: Octopus and stars
Friday 3 April 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Finance Minister Mark Brown this week compared the economic impact of Covid-19 to what? Test yourself with our new quiz.
Quarantine Quiz: Flags and planes
Thursday 2 April 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Which flag should you fly if you are self-quarantining because you have been overseas in the past fortnight? Test yourself with our new quiz.
Tzar of the South Seas
Tuesday 24 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
Singer Tzar is back in Raro, and dreaming of putting together a family band. It is the one life experience about which musician Teuira Williams hasn’t been able to put the pen to the paper: his near-death experience out at sea.
Country legend remembered
Monday 23 March 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Kenny Rogers knew that if you’re gonna play the game boy, you’ve gotta learn to play it right.
'Enough watching from the sidelines'
Saturday 14 March 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Cook Islands soul star Teremoana Rapley has released her first song in 20 years – and it’s already getting enormous acclaim.
'My character is blue, but what you see on the big screen is 100% me'
Sunday 8 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
Duane Wichman-Evans Jr got into acting by chance. When he was three, he went with his mum Tutevera Wichman, a Cook Islander, to a casting for a health department TV commercial. As he sat there waiting for his mother to finish her audition, the casting director spotted him and said he was exactly what they needed for another commercial.
Emma's fresh local flavours go global
Saturday 22 February 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Entertainment
A young environmentalist and entrepreneur is keeping Cook Islands food fresh on oversea TV.
Local film on colonialism and warlike nature
Saturday 15 February 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Entertainment
A short film shot in Aitutaki addresses colonialism and the warlike nature of the past.
Tough 'tradies' show tender love
Thursday 13 February 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
Local shop orders 900 roses from New Zealand for the loved ones in Rarotonga.
Dancing with the stars
Saturday 8 February 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Entertainment
From Tokoroa to the Super Bowl, Michael Metuakore’s journey to dancing super stardom.
Music to the years
Saturday 8 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Pat Williams, 64, was once well-known in Cook Islands music circles; now, he is sharing his familiar warm greeting at the security entrance to the US Consulate in Auckland.
Star turn: Dancing for 100 million
Monday 3 February 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Entertainment
A Cook Islands hip-hop dancer hit centre stage dancing in the 2020 Super Bowl LIV halftime show – beamed to 100 million viewers worldwide.
Theatre play challenges seabed mining
Friday 31 January 2020 | Written by Moana Makapelu Lee | Published in Entertainment
Young theatre director believes it’s important to return home to tell Cook Islands stories like the experience of LGBTQ+ mapu and the environmental response to seabed mining.
Coastwatchers doco to air Anzac Day
Wednesday 29 January 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Entertainment
The story of the Cook Islands men who served as coastal radio operators during WWII will first screen in April, as pressure mounts for their proper recognition.
Our own Cook Islands superheroes
Sunday 19 January 2020 | Published in Entertainment
After discovering how little has been written for our young people about their heritage, teacher David Riley has taken on the task of publishing the stories of Cook Islands heroes, old and new. Young Cook Islands News writer Hereiti File discusses with him the burden of learning and telling Cook Islands history.
Food, fun and fair play: 'Shows end, but the message lives on'
Sunday 12 January 2020 | Published in Entertainment
A new TV series of Pacific Island Food Revolution has been filmed and is to screen here in coming months. The creators believe its kinder, gentler spirit sets it apart from any other reality cooking show – and enables it to help peoples across the Pacific fight back against bad nutrition and disease. Hereiti File reports
Teen music sensation on a path to stardom
Saturday 28 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Entertainment
Seventeen-year-old Brideena Kaiaruna is not just a normal teenager. She’s a teenage music artist who believes that things happen for a reason.
