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Te Uki Ou yearbook poetry
Saturday 31 December 2011 | Published in Features
If I was one of, The ALL BLACKS Id run down the field And score a try against South Africa And the ALL BLACKS Will win! I am in my house reading a Good book then a noise started. My tired dad snoring away. My busy my washing the dishes. My scary dogs barking noisily. […]
New cookbook of the year has Rarotonga links
Saturday 31 December 2011 | Published in Features
A cookbook written by Paddy Walkers daughter Michal McKay has been awarded Cookbook of the Year at New Zealands Gourmand Awards, making it a contender for the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris in March. Yesterday McKay, who is holidaying with her mum for the festive season, received advice that the book has been shortlisted […]
Ngaro enters NZ parliament
Saturday 31 December 2011 | Published in Features
Following the National Partys landslide win in New Zealands recent government elections, list MP Alfred Ngaro has become the first Cook Islander in Aotearoas parliament. Ngaro (45), who was born in Auckland to Cook Islands parents, delivered his maiden speech in the Beehive on December 21, New Zealand time. Chanting a pe’e and honouring his […]
A thought for the new year
Friday 30 December 2011 | Published in Church Talk
There is an Irish toast for the New Year that I find appropriate as we are about to begin the year 2012. In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, never in want. Many of us will be thinking of making New Year resolutions at this time. This is […]
23 Christmas wishes
Saturday 24 December 2011 | Published in Features
Brave Ngamata, 5 – I’m wishing for a toy shotgun, so I can shoot other people. For Christmas lunch I wish for burgers and chips. “/> David Bridge, Air New Zealand Cook Islands manager (standing at far left) May the happy moments of Christmas brighten every day of the New Year, 2012 , and may […]
Listening to our youth
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Church Talk
It was an icy winters day in Chicago when I neared the hospital with coat tightly clutched against me to fend off the chill air. A tired young man in his 20s approached as I prepared to bound up the steps towards the warmth of my office. Sister, he said, could you help me with […]
The birth of our Lord
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Church Talk
As we get into December, the inevitable preparations begin for Christmas. Decorations go up, trees are decorated and Christmas music is on the radio. It is such an easy time to be drawn into the festivities of the time. However, there is a reason we celebrate Christmas and that is the birth of our Lord, […]
The lordship of Christ
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Christian leadership is not just that focused on Christian ministry, but all leadership developed on any level by a person who is in Christ. The very fact that his or her life is founded on Christ makes a difference in his or her exercise of leadership wherever it is employed. The apostle Paul declared that […]
Local tattoo art the subject of new book
Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Features
The much-anticipated Patterns of the Past the 224-page book about the art of tatau in the Cook Islands has been officially launched. It was introduced to Auckland on December 13 at Tav Pacific, and will be re-launched in Rarotonga next March. Copies of the $49.95 book were on sale at a 10% discount at the […]
The art of rito hats
Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Features
They adorn heads across the Cook Islands, the intricate and beautifully woven rito hats. Every Sunday in churches they are proudly worn by women and sometimes men, in a multitude of patterns, colours and styles. It is an art form that is unique to the Cook Islands and they are most commonly made in the […]
Student creativity at Tereora
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Features
When the war was done and youth stone dead I try to remember them for their brave hearts Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes Shall shine holy glimmers of goodbyes Worried we are by ones we could not find And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds In all my dreams, […]
Spirits with Pa Ariki on big day
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Features
Pa Marie Ariki felt the familiar presence of her guardian angel Taakura during the Thursday ceremony that marked the completion of her palace. Taakura, she says, was with her and with the people of Takitumu, who gathered to celebrate the long-awaited occasion. The opening of the palace at Mata Enua was a spiritually significant occasion […]
Cooks heritage needs support
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Features
The Cook Islands should take more steps to empower its traditional structures and uphold its heritage, according to the paramount chief of Takitumu. In a new exhibition detailing the past, present and future of the Pa Ariki title, the current titleholder Pa Marie Ariki said the traditional power structure of the Cook Islands could be […]
Exploring the history of Pa Ariki
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Features
The history, lineage, artefacts and district of the Pa Ariki title will be explored and explained at a new exhibition at the Cook Islands National Museum. The exhibition brings together written, verbal and photographic material from the last 600 years to cover the story and development of the Pa Ariki title since it was first […]
Pa Ariki O Takitumu exhibition
Saturday 17 December 2011 | Published in Features
The origins of the Pa Ariki title, Paramount Chief of Takitumu, dates back to the time of legendary Polynesian hero Tangiia, who was recorded to have founded and settled on Rarotonga around 1350AD. Tangiia was one of the first early discoverers of Rarotonga, and the architect of the ariki system that is recognised on the […]
Christmas turned to Christ-mess
Friday 16 December 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Christmas for the Christians is a celebration of, acknowledgement or recognition of the time of birth of the Messiah Jesus Christ, born into the world some 2011 years ago to redeem mankind from sin and death! A supernatural birth, not one born as other Homosapiens, not born of the will of the flesh nor the […]
Its a rap for Cooks cousins
Tuesday 13 December 2011 | Published in Features
A family band of Cook Islands expatriates is back at home for the month and the boys have booked in a busy slew of shows to get back in touch with the place. The Sydney-based group of Atiuan performers Family in Trust is on Rarotonga for the rest of December, bringing their distinctive blend of […]
Never a dull moment on Suwarrow
Saturday 10 December 2011 | Published in Features
James Mataa returned from a six-month stint on Suwarrow two weeks ago. It was the second consecutive season he spent looking after the Cook Islands’ national park. His contract as the island’s caretaker is coming to an end, and he is busy writing reports and de-briefing the National Environment Service on the time he spent […]
Bishop to give Apia a taste of Aitutaki
Saturday 10 December 2011 | Published in Features
Miss South Pacific contender Uirangi Bishop is getting ready to give Apia a bit of Cook Islands flavour. Bishop left for Samoa last week accompanied by her team and reigning Miss South Pacific Joyana Meyer. This week she has been attending official functions and getting to know the girls shes up against in tomorrows pageant. […]
Te Reo goes online
Saturday 10 December 2011 | Published in Features
The wealth of reo resources expands considerably with the recent launch of a searchable online Cook Islands Maori to English dictionary. The dictionary which can be found at www.cook-islands-maori-dictionary.org includes 6580 Maori entries and 11,586 English entries. Typing Cook Islands Maori dictionary into search engine Google brings up a list of resources, and the newly-launched […]
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