Features

Williams rejoins Take That

Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Features

British singer Robbie Williams has rejoined former band Take That to record their first album together since he walked out on them 15 years ago, the group announced on Thursday. Williams got back together with the other four members of the successful British band – Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Mark Owen in […]

Film on women's rugby in Iran

Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Features

If a relationship with a New Zealander will do nothing else for someone, it’ll give them an awareness of rugby. In the case of Faramaz Beheshti, a photographer of Iranian descent now living in New Zealand, it led him towards making Salam Rugby, a film on the unlikely subject of women’s rugby in Iran. “I’m […]

Te Maeva Nui goes international

Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Features

Te Maeva Nui will be featured in an episode on locally aired television programme Pacific Pulse. Show presenter Clement Paligaru goes behind the scenes to see just how much work goes into each performance and to find varying views about whether competitions are the key to keeping the Cook Islands culture alive. The annual Te […]

Mobility bus for centre

Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Features

Members of the Creative Centre School (above) in Tupapa proudly show off their new mobility bus which was donated to them by the Thames Rotary Club assisted by the Cook Islands Rotary Club. The bus has a wheelchair access ramp on the back and seats eight passengers, three wheelchair passengers and a driver. Creative Centre […]

Avatea kids out and about

Saturday 17 July 2010 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk

This term room four students at Avatea Primary School have been out and about on a number of field trips. Two weeks ago they visited traditional voyaging vaka Marumaru Atua where they had a blast looking through the canoes sleeping quarters and some even had the opportunity to handle the canoes massive oe (paddle). Thank […]

Art symposium drawing large crowd

Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Features

Around 150 people have already confirmed that they will be attending the prestigious Pacific Art Association’s Xth International Symposium, where many contemporary artists from the region will be displaying their work. “It’s great for the Cook Islands as so few of our artefacts are here. Most of them sit in museums in the northern hemisphere,” […]

Cowboys of yesteryear

Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Features

Country hits writer dies

Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Features

Hank Cochran, who wrote a cascade of country music hits, died on Thursday at his home near Nashville, according to his family. He was 74. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, his family said. Cochran gave Willie Nelson his first break in Nashville, persuading his employer, Pamper Music, to hire Nelson. When Cochran was […]

Sharing childhood memories with family

Saturday 10 July 2010 | Published in Features

Mark Holland getting his hair cut outside a hotel where the Banana Court now stands. Photo 8 “/> A baby faced Mark Holland in front of the Dobiri – a 60-foot ship that had taken them from Aitutaki to Rarotonga in 1959. Photo 3 “/> Back on Rarotonga again after 36 years, Mark Holland had […]

Matariki FM live online

Saturday 10 July 2010 | Published in Features

Matariki FM, the only FM radio station with full coverage around Rarotonga, is now live online at www.matarikifm.co.ck and is now linked to the CI News website, cookislandsnews.com for better access to what’s happening in your community every day. Mervin Communications Director and the ‘Don of Maraerenga’ William Framhein says the website is still being […]

Seafari in new hands

Saturday 10 July 2010 | Published in Features

New Seafari owners Sharon and Kevin Reichardt are fitting right in at the Avatiu harbour. They bought the fishing charter business from Greg Gustafson in March, but made the move from Rotorua to Rarotonga this month. The Reichardts have been coming to Rarotonga for a decade, and this year decided it was time to permanently […]

Ken Walter photo exhibit opens on Monday

Saturday 10 July 2010 | Published in Features

A new PHOTO exhibition promises to open for visitors a window to the not-so-distant past. Fifty images shot by the late Ken Walters in the 70s, 80s and 90s will be on display from Monday evening at the Beachcomber Contemporary Art Gallery. Walters, who moved here from New Zealand in 1978, was responsible for introducing […]

Let's see openness from our politicians

Saturday 10 July 2010 | Published in Features

There are a lot of lessons to be learned from the way politicians and the media work together in New Zealand. That’s right, that expression is ‘work together’. Even MPs from the NZ house reluctantly admit that the interaction they have with the press keeps their feet on the ground. MPs Brendon Burns and Dr […]

Reader contribution:

Friday 9 July 2010 | Published in Church Talk

A key point from the Theology of John Calvin, is that saints will persevere to the end. They will endure all things and still rejoice in the name of Christ even to death. Given what some people endure by being believers, you start to realise how “cushy” our christian walk really is! So, I read […]

Winning isn't everything

Friday 9 July 2010 | Published in Church Talk

While watching a TV quiz programme from overseas, I heard the winning contestant say, “What is important for me is not how to play the game, but how to win. This is what I focus on, other things don’t matter”. This attitude isn’t uncommon in a society where getting to the top of the ladder […]

'Voices along the wayside'

Thursday 8 July 2010 | Published in Features

Master carver and orator Mike Tavioni along with his students from Te Rakei Toa programme will be launching their DVD of poems tonight at the National Auditorium at 5pm. Tavioni and the young boys of Te Rakei Toa are extending an open invitation to the general public to come along to the launch evening for […]

Manea goes green

Saturday 3 July 2010 | Published in Features

Managing director James Beer has entered into an agreement to purchase solar panels from a Chinese manufacturer and will be installing what he called the country’s largest renewable energy generating system on the rooftops of his Nikao and Arorangi stores. Beer was prompted to ‘go green’ after reading a recent study, which predicted that the […]

ROC makes waves!

Saturday 3 July 2010 | Published in Features

There was a great buzz at this year’s Hamilton Island Cup – Australia’s premier outrigger canoeing event. Many paddlers were excitedly waiting for the first real appearance of the new “Tiger ROC” OC6 canoe and she didn’t disappoint. The project came about when Vaka Eiva regular Mark Forbse decided his love affair with the ROC […]

How to watch an eclipse

Saturday 3 July 2010 | Published in Features

If you ever want to view an eclipse, the first thing you must know is you must never view the sun with the naked eye or with any optical device, such as binoculars or a telescope. Remember as a kid, did you ever take a magnifying glass out into the sun and burn leaves? If […]

Eclipse to track across the Cooks next Sunday

Saturday 3 July 2010 | Published in Features

‘Eclipse-chasers’ from all over the world are gearing up to watch one of nature’s greatest shows from Mangaia next weekend. On Sunday July 11, tourists and locals will crowd the Mangaia airstrip to watch the moon block out the sun for three minutes and 18 seconds. The moon’s shadow makes its first contact with Mangaia […]