Features
Sopranos to teach
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Features
Tickets are selling fast for Opera in Paradise next weekend, so make sure to get in quick. Some of New Zealand’s finest sopranos, Mere Boynton and Deborah Kapohe, arrive in Rarotonga on Tuesday ahead of their weekend performance. They will be performing on May 25 and 26 at Crown Beach Resort and Spa’s Oceans Restaurant, […]
Itu's Bones airing on local television
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Features
An independent documentary filmed entirely on Aitutaki is set to premiere on Cook Islands television. The independent documentary film Itu’s Bones tells the story of expert net fisherman Itu Davey as he makes the journey from subsistence gill-netter to professional fly fishing guide. Itu’s Bones is a compelling, and at times, controversial story that features […]
Coconuts are too chunky for a smoothie
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Features
Kids Page this week features work from Grade Five and Six students from Arorangi School. Their class has been working around the theme of the coconut – making art work, creative writing and also creating objects, such as weaving baskets, from the coconut tree. A coconut tree has a cycle. It starts from a coconut […]
Tears are a language
Friday 18 May 2012 | Published in Church Talk
Many families have suffered the loss of dear loved ones. The other day I visited an old school friend of mine whose sweet mother had passed away. After the burial I went across to meet him and he tells me that his family was experiencing much grief and pain. Death is painful and it leaves […]
Don't be deceived: there is only one way
Friday 18 May 2012 | Published in Church Talk
Interestingly enough, nearly every passage in the New Testament that speaks of the end of the age includes some kind of warning about being deceived. 2 Thes 2:3 – tells us that there will be a deliberate rejection of revealed biblical truth prior to the end of this age. We should remind ourselves that Adam […]
Spot the All Black at Imanuela Akatemia
Saturday 12 May 2012 | Published in Features
Imanuela Akatemia students were lucky enough to have Jerome Kaino visit their school, and share their experience today on the Kids Page. Wayne Ralph, sports teacher at Imanuela Akatemia, writes about Kaino’s time at the school. The morning sunlight unfolded like a golden blanket over the playing field at Imanuela Akatemia. Another beautiful day in […]
Pacific Break seeking unsigned artists
Saturday 12 May 2012 | Published in Features
Radio Australia has launched Pacific Break 2012 ‘remastered’. Between November 12 and 19, the winner of Pacific Break 2012 will fly to Australia to record a demo of their best song within a professional recording environment, showcase their musical talents and learn from industry professionals. He or she will also attend the Australasian World Music […]
Aitutaki film makes it to 2 festivals
Saturday 12 May 2012 | Published in Features
Aitutaki will feature on the big screen at two upcoming film festivals. Snow in Paradise, a nine-minute short film shot on location in Aitutaki last year, has been accepted into the Wairoa Maori Film Festival at Kahungunu Marae and into the Sydney Film Festival. Both festivals have been organised to run next month. The brains […]
LBV open for dinner
Saturday 12 May 2012 | Published in Features
Give your taste buds a treat and try out the new menu at Le Bon Vivant. If you want to try something original for dinner, Le Bon Vivant next to Moana Gems in Taputapuatea has a fusion menu of local and international delicacies. What started out as a small cafe selling an array of pastries, […]
Love bloomed in Raro
Saturday 12 May 2012 | Published in Features
Meet Will & Trish Street. Twenty-three-years-ago, Will, from Seattle, USA, and Trish from Napier, New Zealand, were in Rarotonga on separate holidays. Both were staying at The Edgewater Resort & Spa. The two from opposite hemispheres met, fell in love, married nine months later, and are still returning to the place where they met. In […]
International comp revived
Saturday 12 May 2012 | Published in Features
Cook Islands dancers from New Zealand and Australia had a full national auditorium in awe of their passion and skill for dance especially considering many of the dancers were born overseas. Eighteen dancers took to the stage on Thursday night for the revived International Dancer of the Year competition which included the top male and […]
Celebrating mums
Friday 11 May 2012 | Published in Features
It is a day to celebrate mothers – a time to give thanks to mum and mamas for the tasks that they do for us every day. It is often for the little things that get forgotten about, beginning with constant care when we are very young, to making school lunches and driving us all […]
Why we need the fruit of the spirit
Friday 11 May 2012 | Published in Church Talk
This is a continuation of a series of teaching articles by Rev. Papa Aratangi of Nikao CICC on the fruit of the spirit –love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. The first article (April 27) discussed love and joy. ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, […]
More dancer of the year action on stage
Wednesday 9 May 2012 | Published in Features
Golden oldies, papaa and expatriate dancers owned the stage at Hidie’s Bar last Wednesday where they put on a displayed their best Cook Islands dance. The large crowd that attended the show was well entertained and today we share more images of the fun night. The next dance show is the international dancer of the […]
Cows about town in schools comp
Monday 7 May 2012 | Published in Features
Impressive cow sculptures brought a buzz of activity to Avarua on Saturday morning as Rarotonga students displayed their creative works in the CITC and Anchor ‘Mega Milk for Growing Bodies’ sculpture competition. CITC and Anchor worked with all schools since March promoting healthy bodies through the consumption of milk as part of a balanced diet. […]
New arts group forms
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Features
A group of Cook Islands artists has officially formed with the hopes of raising the online presence of local artists on the internet and social media outlets. The project, being called the Cook Islands Arts Community, has been formed in answer to what organisers believe is a “considerable interest within our arts community for an […]
Nudes with attitude all about respect
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Features
Art has the power to provoke thought and emotions as well as challenge viewers on their perceptions and the recent exhibition titled ‘ReSpect’ by Nanette Lela’ulu at the Beachcomber Contemporary Art gallery has done just that. On display at BCA are four portraits of fellow artists Reuben Paterson, Sylvia Marsters, Shigeyuki Kihara, John Ioane and […]
Cup looked like gold from another galaxy
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Features
Rutaki School students write about meeting Jerome Kaino and the Web Ellis Cup, in this week’s Kids Page. Grade 3 to 6 students put their use of similes into practice to describe their experience. I looked all around and was amazed to see Jerome Kaino looked like a lion. The trophy looked liked a shining […]
'First taste'
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Features
One week of work experience at the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the school holidays was an eye opener forTereora College student, Aleena Maunga. The year 13 student was expected to gain work experience in the area of customer services to gain the relevant credits towards her business administration and computing course as part of […]
Real Chinese kai out west
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Features
Sino Resto, Arorangi’s new Chinese restaurant, is selling ‘real’ Chinese food. That’s according to Chinese chefs An Lee and Song Lin Chen, who are bringing their Chinese culinary expertise to Rarotonga. The restaurant opened on Christmas Eve and since then has had a lot of attention from tourists and Cook Islands people. It serves well-known […]
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