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Print and paint art from Tereora
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Features
Tereora College art students produced some lovely art pieces last year. The three print and paint art works here are featured in the college’s end of the year magazine. Head of art last year Charlotte Cousins was more than happy to share the works by her talented students with the rest of the Cook Islands. […]
Security with design
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Features
Titikaveka welder Craig Miller is offering a solution to security-conscious residents who do not want their windows to look “like prison bars”. The self-employed welder, and qualified heavy industry machine fitter and welder, has experience designing and sculpting wrought iron in New Zealand and the Cook Islands. He says those who want security bars put […]
Me'a Kai up for world award
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Features
‘Me’a Kai: The Food and the Flavours of the South Pacific’ – a cookbook featuring Cook Islands cuisine – is one of four finalists shortlisted to win ‘Best Book of the Year’ at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris this year. New Zealand-born chef Robert Oliver, together with Tracy Berno and Shiri Ram, released […]
Major ocean vaka voyage draws near
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Features
Local sailors and sailors-to-be will be running, swimming and fundraising in coming weeks, in anticipation of an upcoming 15-month voyage aboard vaka Marumaru Atua. Just 12 weeks away, the voyage will leave from Tahiti and cover thousands of nautical miles. Though the itinerary is still somewhat tentative – as it depends on instructions from Dieter […]
The love will grow cold
Friday 14 January 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Never before have biblical truths, historical facts, and moral absolutes come under such attack. In a number of religious and secular circles moral values are under so much attack that there now exists a real confusion as to the nature of what is right and what is wrong. We are increasingly told to accept and […]
A place and time for worship
Friday 14 January 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Ei ngai e te tuatau no te akamori Worship is giving God the best that He has given us. Be careful what we do with the best we have in life. Whenever we get the blessing from God, give it back to Him as a ‘love gift’. Take time to meditate before God and offer […]
New beer in Raro
Saturday 8 January 2011 | Published in Features
Problems getting a supplier for Liquorland turned out to be a winner for beer drinkers on Rarotonga. The new liquor store in Arorangi had trouble finding a brewery to supply them with beer when they started up the shop. After a hunt on the internet and a couple of emails, business owners Terepai and Meme […]
Waffle Shack on the move
Saturday 8 January 2011 | Published in Features
If you feel like a crisp Belgium waffle topped with fresh fruit and ice cream – then head to the Waffle Shack. The mobile eatery is normally found parked up at the Avarua harbour serving its now famous Belgium waffles. Between Wednesday and Friday the portable waffle cart is based at the Avarua harbour from […]
Suwarrow's caretakers keen and ready to return
Saturday 8 January 2011 | Published in Features
Suwarrow caretakers Apii Marsters and James Mataa returned in November from a six-month stint on the isolated northern group atoll. Both are keen to return to the island for another six month stint in April or May. Suwarrow is the largest national park of the Cook Islands. The island lies roughly 800 kilometres northwest of […]
'Just Desserts' for Joyanna
Saturday 8 January 2011 | Published in Features
About 100 dessert lovers showed their support for Miss South Pacific Joyanna Meyer at a special ‘Just Desserts’ evening on Thursday. The purpose of the evening was to give the people of the Cook Islands the opportunity to see the acts Meyer performed at the Miss South Pacific Pageant in Papua New Guinea in mid […]
Banana-based specialty wines made in Muri
Saturday 8 January 2011 | Published in Features
For over 15 years, Dr George Koteka has been using local ingredients to make his own wine. Now, thanks to his enterprising son, it’s on the market and available for connoisseurs to sniff and sip. Koteka’s son Framhein and his wife Elizabeth have obtained a liquor licence and are selling the local wine out of […]
New RAC chairman
Friday 7 January 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Reverend Tangimetua Tangatatutai, President of the Cook Islands Christian Church, took over as chairman of the CI Religious Advisory Council (RAC) from January 1. He will hold the office of chairman for the whole of 2011. Tangatatutai replaces Pastor Tevai (Bobby) Matapo. He was appointed president of the CICC in 1999 after the former CICC […]
Providing a path
Friday 31 December 2010 | Published in Church Talk
Originally from Tanzania in East Africa, Dr Baraka Muganda has been World Youth Director of the Seventh Day Adventist Church for 15 years. He is based in Washington, but this week he is at the SDA’s Camporee all week giving inspiring talks to the 900-plus young people. In his own words, Muganda says that he […]
Promises for a prosperous new year
Friday 31 December 2010 | Published in Church Talk
Totou no tetai mataiti manuia We are almost at the threshold of another New Year. Is it really going to be a real Happy New Year or is just another carry on over and through of the same-old, same-old, to actually nothing new at all but just a repeat of the same conduct, attitude and […]
More blood needed
Friday 31 December 2010 | Published in Features
The blood bank at Rarotonga Hospital still needs more people to give blood. “The supplies are okay at the moment but we still need more people in to donate,” said Theresa Tatuava, who runs the blood bank. Since their last appeal, Tatuava said that very few new donors have come forward. She said that the […]
New Year's what's on
Friday 31 December 2010 | Published in Features
Beach parties and fireworks are planned for this evening’s New Year’s Eve celebrations to ring in 2011. On the east side of the island – Muri beach will be lit in fluoro colours this evening as Sails Restaurant and Bar host their Fluorescent Friday New Year’s Eve beach party. Party goers can grab a table […]
Maori focus at St Joseph's Primary
Friday 31 December 2010 | Published in Features
Students at St Joseph’s Primary school worked hard during the year developing and improving their Maori reading and writing skills. Grade five students rewrote popular local legends and in three groups acted out their finished script. The yellow team dramatised the legend of Hikaroa and Otaua, team blue brought the legend of Ru to life […]
Barbie dolls and Tonka trucks ever popular
Friday 24 December 2010 | Published in Features
To help parents and families of kids, here are some Christmas gift suggestions based on what’s hot and what’s selling right now. Transformer action figures and Barbie dolls are flying off the store shelves with Christmas only one sleep away. Proving to be a popular gift choice for little boys this season are the Transformer […]
Young poet shares his work What Are Friends
Friday 24 December 2010 | Published in Features
Move over Shakespeare there’s a new poet on the rock! Tereora College Elvin Wachter has proven himself to be quite the poet when putting pen to paper. The bubbly 15-year-old enjoys writing as a past time because of how expressive poetry allows you to be and the freedom it allows content wise. “Poetry is a […]
Fix those leakages
Friday 24 December 2010 | Published in Church Talk
Tapiri ia te au puta The above scriptures describe of our entire and total reliance upon God. Just as the eyes of the servant are riveted on his master, so our spiritual eyes are set on God and our knowledge of His countenance (look) is gained. Hence the searching and challenging question, “Who hath believed […]
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