Features
Double dose of thrills at the Empire
Monday 24 October 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Entertainment
BEN AFFLECK just made accountants look so damn cool.
'We could be sued' – TIS warning
Monday 24 October 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Weekend
BY JUMPING the legal gun and signing a purse-seine fishing deal with the European Union before the issue was decided by the High Court, the government could have opened Cook Islands up to being sued by the financial powerhouse.
Not so much an inferno as a slow burner
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Entertainment
IT’S 10 years since Tom Hanks first played the dull but exceedingly well-read Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code, and seven since he did another lap of art-history orienteering in Angels and Demons.
What to do when love falls away
Friday 14 October 2016 | Published in Church Talk
Today we continue to discuss the need to think clearly about your relationships.
Centenary brings back memories for former Apii Avarua student
Monday 10 October 2016 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Local, Memory Lane, Weekend
This week, Apii Avarua celebrates 100 years of providing education. In this feature, Tuaine Bailey (nee Strickland), daughter of Mana and Mauariki Strickland recalls her return to Rarotonga from Pukapuka and enrolling at Avarua School in 1949 at the age of seven.
Oil spill drama comes alive on screen
Monday 10 October 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
GREED CAN be a very nasty thing.
Clear thinking on relationships
Friday 7 October 2016 | Published in Church Talk
RELATIONSHIPS are that area of life where you and I struggle with the greatest highs and also the greatest lows of life.
The inspiration of the Scriptures
Friday 30 September 2016 | Published in Church Talk
OUR STUDY of Christian doctrine has brought us to three great truths:
Miss Earth contestant securely anchored in community values
Wednesday 28 September 2016 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Art, Entertainment, Features, Local
I FIRST met Allanah Herman-Edgar a little over a year ago.
Sully soars all the way to the skies
Monday 26 September 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
NO MATTER what you do, good or bad, people will inevitably judge you.
Have you heard the Good News?
Friday 23 September 2016 | Published in Church Talk
IN THE US, websites from The New York Times to The Washington Post to Forbes have been reacting to a new emoji-studded Bible translation, the latest effort to make the Holy Book appeal to young readers.
Island visit challenges evangelists
Friday 23 September 2016 | Published in Church Talk
STUDENTS from the Seventh Day Adventist Avondale College of Higher Education in Auckland, New Zealand visited the Cook Islands during their mid-year break recently.
Story of Isaac holds vital lessons
Friday 23 September 2016 | Published in Church Talk
GENESIS 27: 1 – 4 reads: “Now it came to pass, when Issac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”. And he answered him, “Here I am”.
Pacific choir star of 'Moana' soundtrack
Monday 19 September 2016 | Published in Entertainment
THE UNIVERSITY of the South Pacific’s (USP) Pasifika Voices choir has secured the official contract of providing a choir for the soundtrack of the much-anticipated Disney animated movie, Moana.
All-conquering faith prevails
Friday 16 September 2016 | Published in Church Talk
GENESIS 21:1-7 NKJV reads: “And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken.
Captain Hanks thrills in Sully'
Tuesday 13 September 2016 | Published in Entertainment
TOM HANKS sure suits the military rank of captain.
Apii Avarua's oldest pupil looks back
Saturday 10 September 2016 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Features, Local, Memory Lane
AS APII Avarua counts down to its centennial celebration, bonfires and the flying of the British flag, the Union Jack is what the oldest surviving student of Apii Avarua recalls the most from her school days.
When prolonging life means causing even more suffering
Friday 9 September 2016 | Published in Church Talk
Kathryn Butler, MD, is a trauma and critical care surgeon who recently left clinical practice to home school her children. She teaches at Harvard Medical School, and has contributed to the literature on surgical critical care and medical education. She and her family live north of Boston in the US.
True story inspires War Dogs
Saturday 3 September 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
A WAR should theoretically end with a winner and a loser.
Teens say faith important
Friday 2 September 2016 | Published in Church Talk
A new American Bible Society study has found that practicing Protestant teenagers: those who identify as Protestant, attend church at least once a month, and say their faith is very important in their lives, and who read their Bible, do so the same amount all year long (73 per cent), much like all Bible-reading American teens (69 per cent).
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