Features
Efficiency still important to reducing bills
Saturday 3 September 2011 | Published in Features
It might come as a surprise from a man whose business is in solar panels, but the first bit of advice Solar Bob Riley offers to people looking to reduce their power bills is this: get energy-conscious. For Riley, the first thing people should be doing to reduce their energy costs is look at ways […]
Power prices a solar incentive
Saturday 3 September 2011 | Published in Features
It may be a strange positive point to having such high electricity prices, but the steep costs of powering your business or home makes the Cook Islands one of the best countries in the world for converting to solar power. It is a strange sweetener to the bitter pill of monthly power invoices, but it […]
We love our father
Thursday 1 September 2011 | Published in Features
Ianita and Joelle Tinirau with their father on their first day at St Josephs in January this year. Cook Islands fathers like this one express their love for their children by being with them on big days like the first day of school Fathers Day is a chance for those children to offer thanks to […]
Laughing with the Samoans
Monday 29 August 2011 | Published in Features
Hundreds of laughing Cook Islanders tripped to the National Auditorium on Saturday night to watch two men and their troupe of characters best known as the Laughing Samoans. The Miss Cook Islands fundraiser event saw comedians Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepuleai on stage, sometimes in wigs and other times in drag, acting out scenes in […]
Call for talent to come forward
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in Features
All local musicians interested in performing alongside major New Zealand artists at an end-of-year concert are welcome to start registering for auditions. A curtain-raiser competition will be held on Saturday, September 17, to determine which local talents will occupy the stage next to the likes of Vince Harder, Young Sid and Pieter T at the […]
4 talents gather for Divas in Paradise
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in Features
Local event organisers Motone are bringing four talented songstresses from New Zealand and Rarotonga together for a Divas in Paradise festival in October. Encouraged by the success of Opera in Paradise a Motone-organised event starring Pacific tenors Ben Makisi and Bonaventure Allan Moetaua the company is gearing up for its next gig. Based around the […]
Pacific Resort at exhibition
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in Features
Pacific Resort deputy chief executive officer Marcus Niszow has confirmed he will be attending the Australasian Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition (AHICE) in Sydney. On September 2, he will join around 30 hotel owners, chief executives and industry leaders at the conference, which is focused on the management and operation of hotels throughout Australia, New […]
Local flavours and flora
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in Features
Mataveras newest boutique has such a pronounced local flavour that it has become a stopping point for tour buses. The culmination of a years worth of construction and preparation, Island Living opened its doors this week. A quaint white cottage-like shop just off the main road, it was built of timber salvaged from the old […]
The tree of life flourishes
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in Features
A few years ago while researching for a livestock breeding programme on Mauke, Graham began thinking about what he could feed his goats to increase their size and weight. A suggestion of Moringa oleifera and its mysterious nutritional properties got the better of his imagination. I, among millions of others, had never heard of the […]
Work is our link to the Creator
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Work is essential for life, for human life and for the life of our planet. Work stands out for its indispensable contribution to both progress and preservation and lights the path to human fulfilment.Work is what we do. Work helps to make us who we are. Work has a dignity of its own in that […]
Te Maeva Nui and holiday stories
Saturday 20 August 2011 | Published in Features
Dear Diary, I had a really great time during the holidays. I went to PHAB Pharmacy Health and Beauty. At that shop I was working and I got paid and when I was hungry I would walk over to Oasis and buy whatever. It was really cool at the float parade. When I went to […]
Peace Bird book released
Saturday 20 August 2011 | Published in Features
More than 40 people filled the Peace Garden on Thursday to celebrate the launch of The Peace Bird and the life and work of its author, peace advocate Paddy Walker. The childrens book, illustrated by artist Nanette Lelaulu, has been published by New Zealand firm Native Council for Pasifika Education Centre. Evelyn Stanley of Pasifika […]
Tavs show in Fiji
Saturday 20 August 2011 | Published in Features
Local fashion designer Ellena Tavioni is entering her resort wear, swim wear and trans-seasonal designs into the running to feature at Fiji Fashion Week. It will be the first time she has applied to be part of Fiji Fashion Week now in its fourth year though her work has featured in international fashion shows staged […]
Google mappers agree to updates
Saturday 20 August 2011 | Published in Features
The people behind Googles earth mapping programmes will improve the Cook Islands listings after meeting with government representatives in the United States last week. Members of the US economic mission that travelled to the western US states of California and Utah met with staff at Google to discuss the Cook Islands listings in mapping software […]
Use us graduate tells government
Saturday 20 August 2011 | Published in Features
USP graduate Anne Marie Herman-Fua yesterday urged the government to take full advantage of the skills and knowledge she and her graduating class have acquired through university study. Herman-Fua was the graduate speaker for her class, which comprises over 100 Cook Islanders. She asked the government to use the newly-qualified Cook Islanders, whose skills enable […]
Almost half of 100 graduates are teachers
Saturday 20 August 2011 | Published in Features
The academic achievements of more than 100 Cook Islanders were acknowledged at a USP graduation ceremony yesterday morning. USP pro-chancellor Fiame Naomi Mataafa presented the graduates with their diplomas at the National Auditorium. More than double the number of students took the stage than at the 2009 ceremony. I am pleased to note the Cook […]
Planning underway for 2021
Friday 19 August 2011 | Published in Church Talk
It may still be 10 years away, but the Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) does not think it is too early to start planning celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the gospels introduction to the Cook Islands. A group of CICC members have already banded together to begin making plans for the 2021 celebrations and […]
Approach the gospel with intellect and faith
Friday 19 August 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Every religion has a certain amount of intellectual content which the follower of the religion presumably wants to get to know. But Christians face two specific dangers as they grapple with Christianitys doctrines. On the one hand, they often become unduly subjective. Christian teaching concerns the nature of God and what he has done for […]
Harder hits Rehab
Thursday 18 August 2011 | Published in Features
New Zealand R&B star Vince Harder will perform at Rehab on Friday night. He is the latest performer to join Rehabs list of celebrity music artists, which this year has included King Kapisi, Young Sid, Pieter T and Tiki Taane. Harder won Best Pacific Male Artist at the recent Polynesian Blue Pacific Music Awards for […]
Potential buyers still eyeing TMN art
Monday 15 August 2011 | Published in Features
The second biggest piece of art at the Te Maeva Nui art exhibition has been sold and now organisers are setting their sights on the feature piece. At $30,000 the sale might seem like a daunting task, but Club Bana bistro and gallery owner Tarita Hutchinson said there was some interest in the piece. Tarita […]
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