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Mission Impossible action-packed
Saturday 4 August 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
I think my (hard) day’s labour at work on Thursday must have taken a toll on me.
The Cook Islands: 15 islands - and Tokoroa, New Zealand
Saturday 4 August 2018 | Published in Weekend
This week was Cook Islands Language Week in New Zealand, with centres all around the country celebrating Cook Islands Language and Culture. This feature, written by Luke Kirby, appeared in the Waikato Times earlier this week. It is reprinted with the permission of the Stuff news website.
Gig review: Koi Boys pitch perfect at Rehab
Monday 30 July 2018 | Published in Entertainment
The last time I saw The Koi Boys live (so to speak) I was in an audience of two and they only performed one song – a pitch-perfect rendition of doo-wop favourite “Sh-Boom”, the same song that catapulted them to stardom during the blind audition round of reality singing show The Voice Australia.
Mamma Mia! It's actually better...
Saturday 28 July 2018 | Published in Entertainment
It’s been 10 years to the month since Mamma Mia! set the world’s box offices on fire with an unlikely pastiche of 30-year-old ditties being karaoked on a Greek island floating somewhere near London’s Pinewood studios – and now here we go again.
How college houses got their names
Friday 27 July 2018 | Published in Church Talk
Last week there was a report in CINews on the Nukutere College’s cultural inter-house competition held at the Punanga Nui Market in connection with the Te Maeva Nui celebrations.
Skyscraper dumb but fabulous fun
Tuesday 24 July 2018 | Published in Entertainment
It is a scandal that there is no Oscar or Bafta or Golden Globe for Best Dumb Fun.
The view from Lyn's house is breathtaking.
Saturday 21 July 2018 | Published in Weekend
Italian Tiziana Margarito has been living in the Cook Islands for three years. Based in Rarotonga where she works as a travel agent, Margarito spends her free time exploring the outer islands. Last weekend, she visited Mangaia for the first time and documented her experience in this article
The true meaning of 'sacrifice'
Friday 20 July 2018 | Written by Jaimie Keay | Published in Church Talk
Sacrifice – one of the definitions from the Oxford Dictionary for the word “sacrifice” include an act of giving up something valued and treasured for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.
A CITC trip down memory lane
Thursday 19 July 2018 | Published in Weekend
I’m picking Robin Bullen is a bit of a character. You can see it in his mercurial smile and his eyes. There’s a hint of mischief – well, fun anyway.
A lifetime of colour
Tuesday 17 July 2018 | Published in Weekend
The upcoming solo exhibition, Years of Colour by Kay George, at Bergman Gallery marks 30 years to the very day since the well-known visual artist arrived in the Cook Islands with her late husband and fellow artist, Ian George.
Hotel Transylvania 3 a hit with kids
Saturday 14 July 2018 | Published in Entertainment
Let’s get one thing straight right from the get-go: Hotel Transylvania 3 is most definitely a kids’ film.
United Nations membership
Saturday 14 July 2018 | Published in Weekend
Howard Henry, in this two-part series on the Cook Islands’ prospects of becoming a member of the United Nations, was one of two original foundation staff members of the External Affairs Division (later to be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of the Cook Islands government in 1973.
The choices you make define who you are
Friday 13 July 2018 | Published in Church Talk
Today I ask of you, before you continue to read this Church Talk article to firstly reflect a little on your life.
Ant-Man and the Wasp impresses
Saturday 7 July 2018 | Published in Entertainment
He’s tiny, now he’s big, now he’s normal-sized, he’s tiny again, now he’s REALLY REALLY BIG!
The lost and the reckless...
Saturday 7 July 2018 | Published in Church Talk
The headline might sound like the title from an old soap, but in fact, this story’s older. I’ll paint the setting and then tell you the story as told by the original orator.
Remembering the days of the fabulous Coral Route
Saturday 7 July 2018 | Published in Weekend
At their lowest, the Solent flying boats dipped so close to the waters of the Pacific Ocean that passengers could pick out brilliant coral formations, whales, and even the occasional shark from their windows.
Show Dogs a bit 'ruff' around the edges
Saturday 30 June 2018 | Published in Entertainment
Show Dogs has one function and one alone. It’s children’s entertainment in which parents should feel comfortable falling asleep, confident that this assembly-line action-comedy about a police Rottweiler, and his trainer, going undercover at a dog show is going to supply 92 minutes of innocuous distraction.
Personal holiness raises questions
Friday 29 June 2018 | Published in Church Talk
If we were to say that becoming more holy is unnecessary, that we will simply remain in known sin, then we are effectively saying that God is not holy, that sin does not involve a contradiction and conflict in us, and that God has not made provision for victory.
On the campaign trail...
Monday 25 June 2018 | Published in Weekend
When Cook Islands journalist and freelancer Lisa Williams-Lahari came home as part of her freelance work with Pacific broadcaster 531 pi in Auckland, she thought it would be a matter of straightforward chasing up of the usual talking heads and elections leads.
Franchise becomes a bit of a dinosaur
Saturday 23 June 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
Filmmakers will go to any extent to squeeze the very last dollar from franchises which have previously been a hit among moviegoers.
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