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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Spider food creations at Imanuela Akatemia

Saturday 10 December 2011 | Published in Features

Main dishes Moth wings served in a warm and creamy soup. Fried Mosquito chewy and fried and mushy Grasshopper legs spicy and bitter Dessert Daddy-long legs pie sweet and fresh Drinks Bug juice sloppy and creamy Main meal Grasshopper legs sweet and sour Housefly pie baked hot and spicy. Dessert Daddy Long Legs Cake milky […]

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Sonja invites readers into her kitchen

Saturday 10 December 2011 | Published in Features

Sonjas Kitchen, the newest cookbook and sustainable living guide to come out of the Cook Islands, is a tribute to the late Tauono Raela. It tells the story of Aitutaki couple Sonja and the late Tauono of their shared vision, their success and their efforts to promote sustainability. Though Tauono passed away two years ago, […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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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Success, measured in faith

Friday 9 December 2011 | Published in Church Talk

About five weeks ago I started this article on faith. We looked at three aspects of how to build a life of faith believing when I dont see it, obeying when I dont understand it and giving when I dont have it. Today, we will look at three more aspects of building my faith. First, […]

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Hearing the voice of God - part 2

Friday 9 December 2011 | Published in Church Talk

(Hearing the voice of God – part 1, Weekending 16 Nov 2011) When God speaks it is always supernatural in its origin and consistent with His word – the Bible. John 16-13. However, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His […]

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Have you got the H Factor?

Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features

A new talent quest will take place in Rarotonga next year, searching for the Cook Islands best idle singers who think they have the x-factor. The six-week singing competition dubbed The H Factor is now putting out a call to the Cook Islands potential superstars. With competition set to begin in earnest in February, organisers […]

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Sisters sing of islands they adore

Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features

The Gosselin sisters are preparing to release their first-ever album. Each sister has her own repertoire of musical productions, but never before have the Gosselin girls collaborated to produce an album. The reason behind this project was that we had so many friends, family and supporters of our individual CDs asking us to do an […]

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Expectations of Mauke

Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features

In this week’s Kids Page, Apii Te Uki Ou students share their experiences on Mauke when they visited the island for a school trip recently. We have extracted snippets from each of the short stories for today’s Kids Page. Thanks to teacher Jo Weir for providing the stories for today’s page. I experienced 3 caves […]

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New boards in stock

Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features

Stand-up paddlers the world over agree that Naish is a leading brand, and its boards are now available in Rarotonga. Paka Worthington is the Cook Islands official Naish supplier, and is sourcing boards from Hawaii. While a few local outlets are hiring out stand-up boards, he is the first to import them for commercial sale. […]

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Contest for tuna label

Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features

May the best tin-painter win. The Ministry of Education is inviting the students of the Cook Islands to design the Cook Islands Golden Tuna logo, which will be plastered on tins of canned Cook Islands tuna. Recently the government made an agreement with Taiwanese fishing company Yuh Yow whereby Cook Islands albacore will be canned […]

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Prize winners promote healthy habits

Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features

Feed your children a healthy breakfast every morning that was the message the Atuatika family issued when they picked up their brand-new laptop as the winners of the recent CITC/Foodland Sanitarium promotion. Entering the CITC/Foodland promotion wasnt a difficult decision for the family who religiously eats Weetbix and soy milk for breakfast. The competition required […]

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Amazing race a reward day

Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features

An amazing race competition is being organised for top achieving students at Imanuela Akatemia School, which will see them navigate Rarotonga to complete a list of tasks at various locations and businesses in the fastest time possible. On Tuesday December 6 a group of about 30 students, ranging in age from eight to 13 years, […]

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BCI staff vote to support Creative Centre

Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features

The Creative Centre will take in a very welcome package of materials and goods to be used in its creations thanks to a donation from the Bank of the Cook Islands. Two BCI representatives stopped by the centre this week with a cheque in hand worth exactly $1331. Creative Centre manager Bob Kimiangatau said the […]

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