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Te Maeva Nui seeks partners

Saturday 9 July 2011 | Published in Features

Te Maeva Nui is this year creating a bold new look by going back to the old days and creating more opportunities for the wider community to become a partner of the event. Cook Islands Tourism and the Ministry of Cultural Development are working together with BTIB to ensure that the essence of the iconic […]

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Students face last test before event

Saturday 9 July 2011 | Published in Features

Raratongas emerging top chefs have sharpened their knives and straightened their jackets in preparation for this months student culinary competition Nestle Toque dOr. Hospitality and Tourism Training Centre (HTTC) culinary students Josephine Moeroa Rattle, Kevin Wichman and restaurant service students Xenia Kae and Deana Paiti, will vie against 33 other hospitality students from around New […]

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Master navigator Peia Patai invested by traditional voyagers in Hawaii

Saturday 9 July 2011 | Published in Features

Cook Islands vaka captain Peia Patai has been invested as a master navigator. In a moving ceremony at Kualoa on Oahu a few weeks ago, he humbly accepted the honour. Several years ago Papa Mau Pialug chose Patai and Tua Pittman who have been studying traditional navigation together for decades to carry the Pwo (pronounced […]

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Avoiding dangers in personal Christianity

Friday 8 July 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 […]

Church Talk

Plenty of business for CICC assembly

Friday 8 July 2011 | Published in Church Talk

The head office of the Cook Islands Christian Church in Takamoa is well into preparations for its 29th general assembly, scheduled for October 23 to 30. The biennial assembly has been held in Rarotonga for the past 30 years, but this year will be held outside of Rarotonga. The 2013 assembly has already been confirmed […]

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Cowboys on winning streak

Monday 4 July 2011 | Published in Features

The Arorangi Cowboys senior A grade continued their winning streak at the weekend thanks to a late 2-try burst that gave them a 31-12 win over the Takuvaine Reds. A resistant Reds team, led by the Samania brothers Ailaoa and Vaivase and busy loose forward Rodney Tiro, kept the Cowboys honest throughout the physical match […]

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Singing for peace in Songquest

Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in Features

Student peace ambassadors are hosting a Songquest next month. The Songquest is the first of its kind, says PPSEAWA (Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Womens Association) peace council chairwoman Johanna Simiona-Gifford. The purpose of the function is to promote peace, and proceeds will go toward the peace ambassadors upcoming projects – upgrading peace gardens in schools […]

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New business offers water sports

Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in Features

Coinciding with the Cook Islands first kitesurfing competition is the launch of a Muri-based beach business specialising in kitesurfing and stand-up paddleboarding. Kitesurfing and stand-up paddling are quickly emerging popular water sports, and Lee Dawson has made a business of combining them. Dawson recently set up shop in front of and together with Te Vakaroa […]

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Top kitesurfers impressed

Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in Features

Marketing experts will attest to the power of word-of-mouth promotion and that champion riders and a top circuit judge were impressed by what Aitutaki has to offer is more valuable than any half-page magazine advertisement. Though the wind tapered off early this week, cutting Manureva International Competition in half, and the event was considerably less […]

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Governments priorities detailed

Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in Features

The Speech from the Throne, delivered at a ceremonial parliamentary opening by Queens Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin yesterday, formally outlines the governments priorities for the forthcoming years. The speech, delivered on behalf of the government and echoed in Cook Islands Maori by parliament clerk Tupuna Rakanui, was about 45 minutes long. On 17 November 2010 […]

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Akairo ou no te au matara i Tepuka

Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in Church Talk

Kua raveia tetai akonoanga akatapuanga i te akairo o te au mataara i Tepuka Nikao i te popongi Varaire ra 10 no teia marama Tiunu ki roto i te hall o te Ekalesia Nikao. Kua riro rai e na te Orometua o te Ekalesia Nikao a Rev Tereora Tereora i rave i te akatapuanga. Kua […]

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Campbell to be honoured here

Saturday 25 June 2011 | Published in Features

Early next month the Cook Islands Library & Museum will host an exhibition in honour of the late Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, arguably the countrys most famous literary export. The exhibition will mirror the one currently on display at Pataka Museum in Wellington, but will also incorporate tributes from local artists in the form of […]

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Seeking the last puzzle piece

Saturday 25 June 2011 | Published in Features

Anthony Francis says he has settled in to life in the Cook Islands he has a house he loves, a job that he enjoys and the sun on his back. All he needs now, he says, is a boat. After three months of living at Arorangi, the new Cook Islands Trading Corporation (CITC) Building Centre […]

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Taste of Thailand in Rarotonga

Saturday 25 June 2011 | Published in Features

Asian fusion restaurant Bamboo Jacks is officially open. The Tupapa restaurant opened its doors to the public on Thursday, but owner Jack Cooper says it was an unpublicised soft opening so as to ease staff into it. The chefs, a husband and wife who go by the nicknames of Bear and Oil, arrived from Eastern […]

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Atmosphere study a snapshot in time

Saturday 25 June 2011 | Published in Features

Rarotonga was this week a stopping point for a group of jet-setting US scientists undertaking to produce the most detailed profile of the atmosphere yet. They arrived on Wednesday evening in an $85 million modified Gulfstream V jet and this morning leave for Christchurch. The group was scheduled to fly out yesterday but was forced […]

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Church members off to Fiji

Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in Church Talk

About 45 members of the Apostolic Church of the Cook Islands this week travel to the 21st annual council which starts in Suva, Fiji on Monday and runs until July 3. This will be the third time Fiji will act as host, expecting around 700 members from all over the South Pacific, USA and India. […]

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How we make the best choices

Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in Church Talk

We have to forego some good things in order to choose others that are better or best because they develop faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and strengthen our families. Most of us have more things expected of us than we can possibly do. As breadwinners, as parents, as Church workers and members, we face […]

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Tributes flow for Te Tika Mataiapo

Monday 20 June 2011 | Published in Features

Lady Carla Davis, the widow of Sir Thomas Davis, former Cook Islands Prime Minister shares her sorrow over the death of Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid: It is with deep sadness and shock, that many of us have just learned about the sudden passing of Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid. Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid […]

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Spreading peace in the Pacific

Saturday 18 June 2011 | Published in Features

Two young Cook Islands adults have been enlisted to help spread peace in the Pacific with the message one ocean, one people. John Taivairanga and Tamara File will travel to Auckland this month as the Cook Islands representatives for the 2011 Wansolwara Youth Peace-building Training Conference. They will meet with 18 other delegates aged between […]

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Students need help to make history

Saturday 18 June 2011 | Published in Features

Four students from the Hospitality Tourism Training Centre (HTTC) will make history at New Zealands premier student culinary and restaurant service competition but only if you help them make it there first. The Cook Islands students are hosting a swathe of fundraising dinners and lunches over the coming weeks in anticipation of next months Nestle […]

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