Features
New artist in residence
Saturday 11 September 2010 | Published in Features
New Zealand artist Reuben Paterson is the Beachcomber Contemporary Art Gallery’s current artist in residence, and this weekend he’s putting the finishing touches to an exhibit that debuts at the gallery on Monday at 6 pm. Paterson has been on the island since July working on his exhibit – Aere E Akamotu (Start to Finish) […]
Clinic a success
Saturday 11 September 2010 | Published in Features
The Men’s Health Clinic has pulled in big numbers this week – and the team has every intention of carrying on the good work. Tuesday night’s first clinic had more men arriving than the clinic had appointment slots for – but the team made sure that everyone was seen, even staying open later to make […]
Holiday prize highly valued
Saturday 11 September 2010 | Published in Features
Travel agent Helen Roehnelt of Trendsetter Travel & Cruise Centre spent this week enjoying the prize she won at Cook Islands Tourism’s Australia road show in June – a week’s holiday on Rarotonga and Aitutaki with her husband and four mates. “Someone (at the road show) won a black pearl, but this is so much […]
Pollsters ready for the numbers game
Saturday 11 September 2010 | Published in Features
The 2010 pre-election opinion poll conducted by Cook Islands News this week has produced some very interesting and, we believe, accurate results. Our staff pollsters called 500 randomly selected – and current national numbers – kindly supplied to us by Telecom Cook Islands. We received just over 200 valid responses of which 182 were eligible […]
Outer island thoughts
Saturday 11 September 2010 | Published in Features
From the outer islands there was some sage advice as voters said MPs need to be fair to everyone without favouritism, and that MPs need to consider the welfare of the nation, leading wisely. Many offered all standing good luck in the coming elections. But there was also much unhappiness with the current government in […]
The people speak:
Saturday 11 September 2010 | Published in Features
From humorous to angry, to some who had one too many at the pub, our staff pollsters got them all while doing an election survey over the last few days and nights. While some just wanted to rant without giving any constructive comments, many were insightful and offered some excellent suggestions and thoughts. Our staff […]
Biblical spiritual warfare
Friday 10 September 2010 | Published in Church Talk
It seems a common practice among churches nowadays is to be involved in spiritual warfare. There are a lot of parts to this from binding and loosing demons, to screaming at the devil and his minions, praying against the elements, attributing every bad (and inconvenient) thing to the devil, and much more. Many churches carry […]
We will reap what we sow
Friday 10 September 2010 | Published in Church Talk
The following article was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on one of the CBS Sunday Morning Commentary. My confession: I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejewelled trees, Christmas […]
High-flyer speaks for Te Vaerua
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Features
Theresa Gattung, ex-CEO of NZ Telecom, will be speaking at Crown Beach tonight to a packed house of people who paid $100 for a ticket. So what made a woman who has been named one of 50 most powerful women in the world want to speak in Rarotonga to raise funds for Te Vaerua? “It […]
Pedal-power an opportunity
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Features
Inventor seeks investors for local manufacturing Local inventor Ken Kingsbury says that his boat the Treddlecat is a chance to get the Cook Islands on the world map. He says investors are interested in Auckland – but he is keen to get investors in the Cook Islands behind setting up manufacturing here. Kingsbury has Cook […]
Aitutaki cleans up!
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Features
The Aitutaki community will be conducting their annual programme celebrating ‘Clean up the World’ starting yesterday and continuing through to next week. And it won’t just be about picking up rubbish! Araura College has planned a number of fun activities for the school, with prizes sponsored by the National Environment Service as well as CITC […]
11 new boat masters
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Features
Eleven Aitutaki fishermen were expected to receive their Boat Masters Certificate yesterday. Boat masters course tutor Stephen Simpson of the Cook Islands Maritime Training Centre on Rarotonga has spent the past two weeks on Aitutaki delivering the course to local fishermen. Simpson says the course he is teaching the fishermen is one specifically developed by […]
Cooks filmed for The Blue Continent
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Features
A British film crew on a whistle-stop tour of the South Pacific is in the Cook Islands. They are filming a five-part series called The Blue Continent being made for the UK’s Travel Channel. The series examines what the Islands of the South Pacific have to offer by exploring the culture of the people and […]
DVDs on sale
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Features
Liz Ponga of the Ministry of Cultural Development shows off the 2010 Te Maeva Nui DVDs which goes on sale today at the Punanga Nui Market. The ministry has compiled a DVD box set of this year’s constitution celebration performances which includes four DVDs all for the bargain price of $50. The box set covers […]
Just the Ticket
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Features
It’s been 38 years since Trevor Richards of Polynesian Tax Free took the stage as a singer with the hugely popular band Ticket. Back then, he was long-haired, clad in bell bottoms like all fashionable rockers in the 1970s and heavy into acid rock. But Richards – who changed his name from Trevor Tombleson “simply […]
Nikao Maori kids proud of their culture
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Features
It’s been a busy three weeks for years 3 and 4 pupils at Nikao Primary school. The youngsters with the Te Maeva Nui celebrations still fresh in their minds produced posters, costumes and short stories about their strong Cook Islands culture. The students all between the ages of 6 and 7 are no strangers to […]
Rotary gets behind Blackrock
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Features
The Rarotonga Rotary Club donated printing, laminating and binding equipment to Blackrock Preschool at Wednesday night’s meeting. The Computer Man contributed $100 to the cause and Westpac also sponsored a computer. Principal Stephanie Puiri, treasurer Ana Silatolu and board member Nora Raita were present to accept the donations, which will facilitate a book-writing project that […]
New building for New Life
Friday 3 September 2010 | Published in Church Talk
New Life Church in Aro’a is holding a ceremony for the opening of its new building tomorrow at 10.30am. The church celebrates its fourth anniversary on Sunday, but until now has been meeting at Rutaki Primary School. Now it’s got a building to call its own – on a back road in Arorangi, signs clearly […]
Finding the peace of Christ
Friday 3 September 2010 | Published in Church Talk
Many of us have grown up hearing that phrase as part of our church culture, but we never stop to ponder what it means. The words are found in Philippians 4:7: And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Even after we have professed our […]
Cooks are 'pretty much there'
Saturday 28 August 2010 | Published in Features
Captain Daniel Moreland has sailed around the world six times – an impressive feat for any seafarer – and he’s got friends in faraway places to prove it. He’s midway into his last world voyage, but doesn’t ever plan to stop sailing. “Sailing around the world is amazing and I love it, but time marches […]
« Previous 1 … 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 … 227 Next »