Features

Business people take advantage of expertise

Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Features

Twenty-six local businesspeople representing about 20 businesses attended a free-of-charge training session this week with two of New Zealands top business trainers. Chris Elphick, director of Kirkham & Elphick Limited, has over 30 years experience as a business trainer and mentor. He and Lorraine Hoggard, of Business Mentors New Zealand, arrived this week to deliver […]

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Visiting physiotherapists swamped with patients

Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Features

Over the past three weeks, word on Rarotonga has spread about the American physiotherapist team operating out of the Creative Centre and their Kiikii Motel room. Kathleen Yasumura and Peggy Satterfield came to Rarotonga with Global Volunteers, and not long after theyd arrived word got around that the licensed physiotherapists were willing to see patients. […]

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University so worth it

Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Features

Armed with a university degree, Cook Islander Krystina Kauvai (above) is back on Rarotonga and ready to hit the job market. Kauvai, 24, last month completed a Bachelor of Commerce after three years at Auckland University. After she finished college, Kauvai scored a full university scholarship through the Department of National Human Resource Development. In […]

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Trash to fashion celebration

Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Features

Tereora College students ditched their school uniforms last week in exchange for plastic and newspaper ensembles for the schools first wearable arts award. The fun event organised by the schools art department as part of celebrating arts at Tereora College and to support art week. The event also seconded as a fundraising effort for the […]

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Prepping the fine print

Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Features

Delivering a 13-tonne printing press to Cook Islands News Building in Maraerenga came with a number of challenges unique to the site. Just one man has prior experience in the job and, luckily enough, he happens to be the man in charge of the operation. Engineer Steve Russell of The Printdoc Company said the moving […]

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Bieber takes time to grow up

Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Features

Justin Bieber is taking a month off from his busy schedule to "grow up". The 17-year-old Canadian sensation is soon going to start work on his new album, but says he is going to take some time out to do the normal things in life that he hasn’t managed to do yet. Bieber, who is […]

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Rapper Tyree gets kids moving

Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Features

Young Cook Islanders who missed out on Tyrees Rehab performance last year had a chance to hear the Auckland rapper drop his rhymes at the Careers Expo on Thursday afternoon and again at BCI Stadium that evening. Tyree makes up one-third of the popular South Auckland hip-hop group Smashproof. He performed in Rarotonga last year, […]

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Pacific writers memory honoured

Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Features

Over 70 artists, writers and poets from around the region flocked to the Cook Islands Library & Museum last Friday to honour the life and work of the late Alistair Te Ariki Campbell. The Friday night function marked the launch of a month-long exhibition in commemoration of Campbell. The exhibition, which will run until August […]

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New CI playing cards sell out

Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Features

Local artist Joan Gragg started selling her original Cook Islands-themed decks of playing cards on Monday night, which proved so popular that not 24 hours later she was sold out. Dozens of people poured into the BCA Gallery to celebrate the launch of the exhibition on Monday. Over wine, conversation and fast-paced games of Uka, […]

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All things whale on show

Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Features

Herds of people both tourists and locals flocked to the grand reopening of the Cook Islands Whale and Wildlife Centre in Atupa yesterday. For about a year the centres doors have remained closed, as director Nan Hauser and new management team Sheryl and Huw John put together new displays and sourced new artefacts from Trademe […]

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Marking arrival of Christianity

Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in Church Talk

An open invitation is extended to everyone on the island, residents and visitors, to join the celebration of the arrival of Christianity to the island of Rarotonga. Monday will be the final public holiday to commemorate Rarotonga Gospel Day and everyone is invited to the National Auditorium for a morning of gospel and imene tuki […]

Church Talk

Never, never, never give up

Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in Church Talk

When some of lifes challenges seem greater than our ability to overcome them, often words such as its too difficult; Im tired of trying; Im scared; I cant go on or I give up! either flash through our minds or roll off our lips. Have you ever been afraid and discouraged as youve faced a […]

Church Talk

New shepherd to guide Catholic flock

Monday 18 July 2011 | Published in Church Talk

Hundreds of Catholic worshippers from across the Cook Islands and the Oceania region gathered at the St Josephs Cathedral in Avarua on Saturday for the ordination of the new Cook Islands Catholic shepherd Bishop Paul Donoghue. The special ceremony began with a traditional turou for Bishop Donoghue who was escorted into the church by a […]

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Teachers provide thin-spiration

Saturday 16 July 2011 | Published in Features

A group of Tereora College teachers have made efforts to thin-spire their students to shape up and lose weight. Twelve teachers have been participating in a Biggest Loser-inspired competition in the past eight weeks. The winner from the group lost eight kilograms through the programme, with other participants losing about two to three kilograms. Healthy […]

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Whale work a labour of love

Saturday 16 July 2011 | Published in Features

The whales are starting to trickle back into Cook Islands waters. Whale lady Nan Hauser officially marked the start of her 14th season researching Cook Islands whales on Thursday. After just a few hours on the water, she and her team of research assistants which included her daughter Alexanna Haible had identified two flukes and […]

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Everyday life captured on cards

Saturday 16 July 2011 | Published in Features

Local artist Joan Rolls-Gragg has captured the spirit of the Cook Islands 52 ways, using a pack of playing cards. Her newest exhibition, which opens on Monday night at the Beachcomber Art Gallery (BCA) in Taputapuatea, features decks of playing cards superimposed with paintings shes done. The original prints are water soluble crayons on paper. […]

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Painting the town blue, white and red

Saturday 16 July 2011 | Published in Features

The Cook Islands French fraternity came together this week to paint the town blue, white and red in celebration of La Fete Nationale the National Day. Le Bon Vivant cafe in Avarua hosted all things French on Thursday for the Bastille Day revelry, with games, food and drink bringing a taste of life on the […]

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Breakaway church opens new building

Friday 15 July 2011 | Published in Church Talk

A breakaway Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church that has been meeting for six years finally has a place to call home. The Advent Truth Ministry which has a congregation of about 30 people have celebrated the opening of its Nikao building. It is registered as an incorporated society and its primary pastor is Urirau Aratangi, […]

Church Talk

New friends and fun at scout camp

Friday 15 July 2011 | Published in Church Talk

The Matavera Sacred Heart Scout Troop and the Avarua Harbour Sea Scout Troop held a joint weekend camp at Te Uki Ou School grounds earlier this month. The group was treated to a movie night at the Empire Theatre to watch Transformers Part 3. Actually that was the only treat we had because on the […]

Church Talk

Racing towards the end times?

Friday 15 July 2011 | Published in Church Talk

Hollywood has entertained us with many a movie depicting a cataclysmic end to humanity as we know it. There has been an increased interest in world events as it relates to end of the age predictions. Over the last few decades many individuals and religious groups have sought to predict the return of Christ and […]

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