Features
Globetrotters consider Raro the gift of a lifetime
Saturday 5 March 2011 | Published in Features
German-born Helmut Ruedel and his South African wife Dricki Verwoerd have been around the world – from Antarctica to the fabled North Pole and everywhere in between – more than once. But of all the places they’ve seen, the long-time cruise ship director and his travel guide bride consider Rarotonga their ‘place’ and have chosen […]
Knowing the will of God
Friday 4 March 2011 | Published in Church Talk
There are not many questions that Christians ask more often than, “What is God’s plan for my life? How can I know it? And how can I be sure that I know it?” These questions come naturally to Christian people. But even if they did not, they would be forced upon us by the Bible’s […]
Rangi worries for youth
Friday 4 March 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) director of youth Rangi Henry says many young people within the community need to further develop their relationship with God. “They all have relationships with parents, friends, and teachers but not with God. The most important relationship is missing.” Henry says most problems and challenges faced by youth also sprout […]
READER CONTRIBUTION: Don't condemn all faiths
Friday 4 March 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Do not be deceived. I would like to encourage those who are truly seeking truth/God in their lives to investigate what people are telling them. Do the research. A blind adherence to the spoken word of an individual goes against the gifts you have been given. Look at the various interpretations of a given scripture. […]
Women called to pray on Thursday
Wednesday 2 March 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Thursday is Women’s World Day of Prayer, which Christians all over the world recognise as an opportunity to get together and pray. The celebration is annual, and falls on the first Friday in March. Churches around the island will be participating and invite anyone to come and pray – the service will start at 6pm […]
King Kapisi reaches out
Saturday 26 February 2011 | Published in Features
Samoan hip-hop legend King Kapisi recently released his latest music video for a track entitled ‘Salvation’, which was shot on location at Pacific Resort Rarotonga, the Punanga Nui marketplace and in Muri lagoon. King Kapisi says ‘Salvation’ is about preserving traditional culture in the face of colonial injustice. He says he is a firm believer […]
Taura Mani passes warrant of fitness
Saturday 26 February 2011 | Published in Features
Lying immobile in a hospital bed last year, Papa Taura Pakitoa Mani wasn’t thinking about his music – he was clinging to his faith and to his wife Marie, praying and crying, hoping to come out of a terrible stroke alive. Now, not one year later, Mani has a chance to represent his country as […]
Back to New York
Saturday 26 February 2011 | Published in Features
From having to google to find out where the Cook Islands is, New York’s Volta gallery now knows the country is able to make global art statements, says BCA gallery owner Ben Bergman. Bergman and partner Luke Brown leave tomorrow night for New York where BCA is staging its second exhibition there, this time featuring […]
Raro 'DNA' to show in Portugal
Saturday 26 February 2011 | Published in Features
Local artist Loretta Reynolds will introduce her distinctly Cook Islands style of contemporary art to Portugal this year. When she received an email invitation to display her work in a Lisbon gallery, her instinctual reaction was to dismiss it as spam. But after communicating with the curators at Colorida Galeria de Arte e Design – […]
CI student helps get design course back
Saturday 26 February 2011 | Published in Features
Cook Islander and Waiariki Institute of Technology student Tara Ngari can now work towards realising her dream of becoming an interior designer after the course she enrolled in was reinstated this week. But on the first day of class earlier this month – Ngari and fellow Interior Design students were told the Interior Design course […]
Build-your-own pastas and salads
Saturday 26 February 2011 | Published in Features
The Pacific Village Cafe on the main road in Muri is set to open in two weeks’ time. The cafe will offer build-your-own salads and pastas, freshly-baked pizzas and pre-made sandwiches, plus coffee, juices and smoothies. The ‘build-your-own’ model allows diners to tailor their meals to their taste buds by pairing a type of pasta […]
Henrys advocate greater care for motu
Saturday 26 February 2011 | Published in Features
The phenomenal logistics involved in serving as the location of the Survivor and BBC Shipwrecked television series has well prepared Aitutaki entrepreneurs for the forthcoming inaugural international kite surfing competition. To be held June 29-July 2 on Maina Iti, the event will draw over 35 international competitors plus supporters and media. Local businessman Mike Henry […]
Water slaps and whoops
Saturday 26 February 2011 | Published in Features
Our boat headed into the Aitutaki lagoon and I wished I had listened harder when mum tried teaching us how to fly fish years ago. She was connected to the Fish and Game Council. I was connected to the branch of a willow tree via some nylon and a lure. My first assignment upon arrival […]
It's not like they show it on TV
Saturday 26 February 2011 | Published in Features
I’m writing to you from Christchurch. Yes I’m here because of the earthquake, I’m here as part of a group setting up to co-ordinate a Maori response to help alleviate the plight of the tens of thousands of people who are really suffering and will continue to be affected for months and months after Ruaumoko […]
Mission leader preaching
Friday 25 February 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Reverend Suliasi Kurulo, leader of the Christian Mission Fellowship (CMF) movement that has planted 1500 churches in more than 100 nations, is leading a crusade on Rarotonga this weekend. He is based in Fiji and oversees missionaries in the United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, Cambodia and across the region, but Rev. Suliasi has […]
Desperate cries, desperate times
Friday 25 February 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Two missionaries of the Lord Jesus Christ, Paul and Silas, had been locked up in a prison, chained to the wall and doors locked behind them. The prisoners had heard them praying and singing praises to their God at midnight when suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were […]
Harking back with 'Whateva Treva'
Saturday 19 February 2011 | Published in Features
Music buffs who have tired of trendy radio hits and Akon remixes can look forward to ‘Groovin’ on Sunday afternoons – a three-hour 88FM show that takes its name from The Young Rascals’ 1960s hit ‘Groovin (on a Sunday afternoon)’. ‘Groovin’ in the studio is disc jockey ‘Whateva Treva’ – Polynesian Tax Free Ltd owner […]
New reps for Vara Nui
Saturday 19 February 2011 | Published in Features
World Resorts of Distinction have been appointed the overseas representative company for Te Vara Nui Village. World Resorts specialises in sales and marketing services and strategies for niche luxury products. Servicing the Australia, New Zealand, and North America markets, World Resorts of Distinction guarantees their clients innovative and comprehensive sales and marketing services and professional […]
The love beach
Saturday 19 February 2011 | Published in Features
Koe Teritaiti (below) goes the extra mile in preparing the Muri Beachcomber beach for a guest’s wedding one recent Saturday afternoon. Koe used red hibiscus and yellow bird of paradise flowers to mark out a heart on the white sand because she wanted to do something special for the bride and groom. The Cook Islands […]
Pampering is a party
Saturday 19 February 2011 | Published in Features
Sometimes getting pampered can be a lonely pursuit – but at Marama Salon in Nikao, that’s not the case. At Marama, groups of women can turn a salon outing into an evening soiree. The salon provides wine glasses – customers can bring their own wine – and an outdoor patio venue, and four nail technicians […]
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