Features

Fulfilled prophecies of scripture

Friday 5 August 2016 | Published in Church Talk

PROPHECIES from the Old and New Testaments that have been fulfilled add credibility to the Bible.

Church Talk

Born-again Bourne is refreshing

Sunday 31 July 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment

JAMES BOND or Jason Bourne - that is the question.

Entertainment

Children's art in special exhibition

Sunday 31 July 2016 | Published in Weekend

OVER 50 guests at the National Museum on Thursday evening took the opportunity to preview a collection of special art works created by students from Rarotonga, Atiu, Mangaia and Atitutaki.

Weekend

Wisdom and knowledge to govern well

Friday 29 July 2016 | Published in Church Talk

TE MAEVA Nui celebrations begin today. The official programme is always full, with its serious moments, such as Constitution Day itself with its focus on celebrating nationhood, self governance and independence.

Church Talk

Loss, grief, death and resurrection

Friday 29 July 2016 | Published in Church Talk

THE LOSS of a loved one can bring grief and pain in equal measure to the love we had for the person.

Church Talk

Star Trek Beyond better, but not best

Saturday 23 July 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment

WHEN THE leading crew members of USS Enterprise in Star Trek Beyond are left deserted on an unknown planet, the usually unfazed Captain James T Kirk (Chris Pine) grows a little doubt.

Entertainment

Call to care for common home

Friday 22 July 2016 | Published in Church Talk

LET ME USE the imagery of the rainbow as my starting point in this reflection paper.

Church Talk

Wise advice in sayings of Jesus

Friday 22 July 2016 | Published in Church Talk

MY AIM is to continue looking at these sayings of Jesus like “take the hard road,” “shrewd as serpents and gentle as doves.”

Church Talk

New Ghostbusters misses the mark

Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Entertainment

TO THIS day, I have never seen the original Ghostbusters, so allow me to begin this review of the 2016 version by pretending it involves no duplication of the 1984 blockbuster.

Entertainment

A missionary's experience in the Cook Islands.

Friday 15 July 2016 | Published in Church Talk

IT WAS the afternoon of September 11, 2011 when I first disembarked from an Air New Zealand plane at Rarotonga International Airport, and saw a beautiful rainbow appear in the sky.

Church Talk

'Shrewd as serpents, simple as doves'

Friday 15 July 2016 | Published in Church Talk

BEHOLD, I am sending you like sheep among wolves, so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves” (Matt 10:16).

Church Talk

A giant among clean-cut family films

Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Entertainment

THE MUCH loved children’s writer Roald Dahl in 1982 published an award-winning book called the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) which has been recently adapted as a theatrical live-action film directed by Steven Spielberg.

Entertainment

Walk recalls words of Pope Francis

Friday 8 July 2016 | Published in Church Talk

ONE SUNDAY afternoon recently when members of Sacred Heart Parish, Matavera walked in pilgrimage to St Joseph Cathedral, they carried a cross.

Church Talk

Life decisions involve taking the harder path

Friday 8 July 2016 | Published in Church Talk

JESUS in his addresses, used many proverbs and sayings, which would have been well known in the rich and oral culture of his time.

Church Talk

How to maintain the pace of grace

Monday 4 July 2016 | Published in Church Talk

RECENTLY, my virtue of serenity started to slip.

Church Talk

Tarzan a sequel to look forward to

Monday 4 July 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment

IT’S BEEN a year of sequels and remakes that have really captured the heart and soul of the entertainment industry.

Entertainment

Cook Islands culture alive and well in the US

Monday 27 June 2016 | Published in Weekend

For THE last 13 years, Arerangi Tongia, Brigham Young University of Hawaii graduate and former director/curator of the National Museum of the Cook Islands has been spreading and sharing his love of his Cook Islands culture at the annual Foster City Polynesian Festival in Foster City, near San Francisco, California.