Entertainment
Exhibition number four for SA artist
Friday 20 December 2019 | Written by Cameron Scott | Published in Entertainment
South African artist David Southgate has returned to Rarotonga for his fourth exhibition at the Bergman Gallery.
Queen of hearts
Monday 16 December 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
Miss Cook Islands Tajiya Sahay made history by winning Miss World Continental Queen of Oceania title over the weekend.
Miss Cook Islands Tajiya Sahay top 12 in Miss World 2019
Saturday 14 December 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Tajiya Sahay, Miss Cook Islands 2019, today beat more than 100 contestants from around the world to be named in the Top 12 of Miss World 2019.
Making Christmas healthy good times
Friday 13 December 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Well, here we are in December again among end-of-year functions and Christmas parties. I hope that you have all had a fabulous year.
Big day for Tajiya Sahay
Friday 13 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Entertainment
Miss World Cook Islands Tajiya Sahay only had one fear today- falling over in her heels.
Miss-terious girl Tajiya
Thursday 12 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Entertainment
Miss Cook Islands Tajiya Sahay will be starstruck as she dances on stage this weekend with her pop idol Peter André.
'I felt amazing to show the world our culture'
Wednesday 11 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Entertainment
Just two days from the final of Miss World, the spotlight falls on Tajiya Sahay as she celebrates her Cook Islands culture.
Movie premiere postponed
Wednesday 11 December 2019 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Entertainment
A flight delay has forced the postponement of the Cook Islands premiere of movie The Islands – Based on a True Story, starring Rarotonga’s very own Teuira Napa.
Cook Islanders can do anything, 'I'm the proof'
Saturday 7 December 2019 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Entertainment
Former Miss Cook Islands Teuira Napa has conquered one of her biggest challenges starring in the Hawaiian movie The Islands, to premiere in Cook Islands this week.
My family are proud'
Friday 6 December 2019 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Entertainment
Finalists showed everyday people like a student and a tradie can cook in front of the world, says Rarotonga’s Simon Rasmussen.
Flying the flag
Monday 2 December 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Terito-O-Ngakura Story admits she was terrified standing up and speaking to the Miss Pacific Islands beauty contest this weekend.
Te Ata o Avaiki fashion show
Saturday 30 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
The Mangaia Enua masterpiece titled ‘Vari’ has won the first Te Ata o Avaiki creativity in clothing design award.
Woman of intrigue
Friday 29 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
The world – and certainly the Miss World beauty contestants – are fascinated at Miss Cook Islands Tajiya Sahay’s life. Melina Etches and Rashneel Kumar report.
'Whatever it takes'
Monday 25 November 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Miss Cook Islands New Zealand Terito Story will take the stage at the Miss Pacific Islands Beauty Pageant this week to voice her concerns about the fragility of Cook Islands’ marine environment.
Australia does Te Maeva Nui
Thursday 21 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
Prime Minister Henry Puna has joined Australia-based Cook Islanders for that country’s first ever national Te Maeva Nui celebration, in Melbourne.
Big names at breakthrough fashion show
Tuesday 19 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
The first Te Ata o Avaiki creative design show is intended to empower and inspire emerging Cook Islands designers – and few can do that better than TAV’s Ellena Tavioni.
Miss World, here she comes!
Monday 18 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
After weeks of solid and meticulous preparations for the Miss World 2019 event in London, Miss Cook Islands 2019 Tajiya Sahay, left the country on Friday.
As long as you are breathing, there is still hope'
Saturday 16 November 2019 | Published in Entertainment
When Seth Haapu, Stan Walker and Emma Kainuku-Walsh came together to make music in Rarotonga, it felt like fate: sharing the impact of climate change on small island nations. Rachel Reeves speaks with them.
Glittering platforms
Saturday 9 November 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Cook Islands’ representative in Miss Jewel of the Pacific intends to use the pageant to raise awareness of this country’s plans to recriminalise homosexuality. Rachel Reeves talks with her.
THE FINALE – MISS COOK ISLANDS 2019: Tajiya Sahay
Tuesday 29 October 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Tajiya Sahay, 26, was this weekend crowned Miss Cook Islands 2019. Next month she will fly out to contest Miss World in London. But the crowd at the National Auditorium had no idea of the extraordinary journey she had made to win the title.
