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Opera in paradise
Wednesday 18 April 2012 | Published in Features
Motone Productions has confirmed details for this year’s Opera in Paradise. Dubbed an intimate and distinguished event, the Opera will feature New Zealand’s finest sopranos, Mere Boynton and Deborah Kapohe, at Crown Beach Resort and Spa’s Oceans Restaurant stage. The ‘opera house’ is framed with lush tropical gardens and a turquoise lagoon at sunset, and […]
Dancer of year time
Tuesday 17 April 2012 | Published in Features
The best of Cook Islands dance will be showcased through the three main dancer of the year competitions starting this Thursday at the National Auditorium. Warming up the stage for the annual dancer of the year event will be the junior and intermediate division dancers. Eleven junior and 12 intermediate boys and girls have signed […]
Atiu artefact on show in Los Angeles
Saturday 14 April 2012 | Published in Features
A stool possibly carved in Atiu has made its debut at the prestigious Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) The artefact is listed as originating in the Cook Islands, and possibly Atiu, in about 1830. Termed no’oanga, the piece is made of wood and fibre and measures 14 by 44 by 21 centimetres. LACMA […]
BCA sticks to 'ambitious' schedule
Saturday 14 April 2012 | Published in Features
Cook Islands artist Sylvia Marsters is the newest Beachcomber Contemporary Art Gallery (BCA) artist in residence, and will be in Rarotonga producing work over coming months. In other exciting news, renowned artist Nanette Lela’ulu has moved to Rarotonga and will open a new portrait show at BCA on May 1. These developments come in the […]
Snorkelling and soccer history
Saturday 14 April 2012 | Published in Features
This week on the Kids Page we hear from grade seven and eight Te Uki Ou School students, recounting some out of the classroom activities they did in Term One. We had a confident team who played bad in the first half and then came back second half. Why we came back in the second […]
Students earn credits in the workplace
Saturday 14 April 2012 | Published in Features
Tereora College students are earning NCEA credits in the workplace over the holidays. Year 13 business administration and computing students are completing a five-day work experience over the next two weeks. The class of 27 was required to choose a company that would enable them to deal with customers over the phone and face to […]
New massage therapists in the making
Saturday 14 April 2012 | Published in Features
Two New Zealand tutors have responded to the need for locals to be trained as massage therapists, and have organised a two-week workshop. Professional New Zealand massage therapists Glenda Palmer and Alison Grace are in Rarotonga to host the workshop. Palmer, who currently works at the Lotus Holistic Centre in Hastings, New Zealand, has been […]
Local Scout will row down Thames
Saturday 14 April 2012 | Published in Features
Deep Sea Scout Ron Bird is taking one Avarua Harbour Sea Scout to London to join a Kiwi crew sailing down the River Thames with 1000 other vessels in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Fifteen-year-old Jason Potoru of Takuvaine has been selected to represent the Cook Islands in the Kiwi crew. “We wanted a […]
Poem on BBC
Saturday 14 April 2012 | Published in Features
Cook Islanders living in the United Kingdom are being urged to contact the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for the opportunity to represent their homeland during the London Olympics. The BBC is looking to capture the spirit of each nation participating in the London 2012 Olympics. In an effort to represent the Cook Islands, producers have […]
30 dancers going to Queen's Jubilee
Saturday 14 April 2012 | Published in Features
A 30-strong Cook Islands dance team is headed to London early next month to perform for the Diamond Jubilee. Organised in commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 60-year reign, the Jubilee will comprise performances and parades put on by all countries affiliated with the British Commonwealth. The Cook Islands was, however, the only Pacific Island country […]
100 Apostolics attend council
Friday 13 April 2012 | Published in Church Talk
Members of the Apostolic Church from across the South Pacific will be gathering in Auckland next week for the 22nd annual South Pacific District Council. From the Cook Islands, 100 members of the Apostolic Church including three from Atiu, seven from Mangaia, 20 from Aitutaki and 70 from Rarotonga will travel to Auckland for the […]
Lightning strike kills woman, injures girl
Saturday 7 April 2012 | Published in Features
St Joseph’s Primary School shares more of their work with us this week on the Kids Page. Grade Six students took an article from the Cook Island News and summarised it as part of practising their comprehension skills. Creative writing for Grade Four students looked at what is happening in the world around us, as […]
Easter – Because Jesus Lives!
Saturday 7 April 2012 | Published in Church Talk
During this time of the year, most Christian churches turn their attention to the cross and the empty tomb of Christ for reassurance of salvation and eternal life. Some Christians may view the celebration of Easter as a worldly practice because of the Easter bunnies and incorporation of pagan traditions with this holiday. However, as […]
High praise for a great show
Saturday 7 April 2012 | Published in Features
Te Maeva Nui village and outer islands teams have big shoes to fill after Rarotonga schools put on an outstanding cultural festival on Wednesday night. The National Auditorium was packed to the rafters with proud parents and families who brought the Are Karioi roof down with roaring cheers for every single school. The level of […]
The reason for the season
Saturday 7 April 2012 | Published in Church Talk
Easter is a beautiful season, especially here on the beautiful island of Rarotonga. When I think about Easter, I often think about holidays, family, church, and fun. The warmth and extra time to just relax is usually a recipe for a memorable time, however could I make it even better? The meaning of the Easter […]
Akaoki'anga kaka: returning the glory
Saturday 7 April 2012 | Published in Features
Woven kikau baskets – packed tightly with fish baked in banana leaves and packaged chicken, cooked taro and tinned meat – lined the frond-covered floor of the Atai/Auta meeting house last Sunday. Mitiaro mamas in white dresses and rito hats sat on benches and held dressed-up babies as the men – their husbands, sons, grandsons, […]
Stations of the Cross in art
Saturday 7 April 2012 | Published in Church Talk
“/> Year 8 art students at Nukutere College recently completed a series of pictures illustrating the 15 Stations of the Cross from the season of Lent. Nukutere head of art Jane Kennington supplied these wonderful images by her students.
Catholic celebration underway
Saturday 7 April 2012 | Published in Church Talk
Easter is the central feast of the Catholic faith and commemorates the death and rising again of Jesus Christ. Easter commemorations started on Thursday – known as Holy Thursday. Holy Thursday acknowledges the day the Lord instituted the Eucharist or Holy Communion and washed the feet of the apostles. The Stations of the Cross vigil […]
Cooks are 'better than the pictures'
Saturday 31 March 2012 | Published in Features
Photographed against the busy backdrop of New York City and submerged in French Polynesian lagoons, an opaque bottle of Japanese vodka Iichiko is something of a world traveller. Recently well-known Japanese talk show host, author, videographer and photojournalist Shimpei Asai and Japan Belier Art Center’s art director Hideya Kawakita brought Iichiko to the Cook Islands. […]
Award-winning creative agency opens shop
Saturday 31 March 2012 | Published in Features
A design and marketing company called Woods the Creative Agency will open for business in the Cook Islands next week. Recently approved by the Business Trade Investment Board to operate as a foreign enterprise, the award-winning agency from the Bay of Plenty is run by Reuben Woods, son of Cook Islands News managing editor John […]
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