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Cooks represented at Pasifika Festival
Saturday 13 March 2010 | Published in Features
Pasifika Festival revellers were guaranteed to be taking home genuine Cook Islands arts and crafts when they bought items from the Cook Islands village at the weekend. Seven local art and craft businesses – Prestige Pearls, Mareko Island Creations, Kia Orana Gifts, Northern Traders, Tia Napa, Are Manea and Amurireia Fishing – have been selling […]
Cyclone Pat poems, essays and art
Saturday 13 March 2010 | Published in Features
Form five Araura College students have been opening up their hearts on paper by writing poems and stories about cyclone Pat and the devastation the storm caused to Aitutaki. Araura College students have been encouraged to talk about their experiences through cyclone Pat to help them deal with the trauma of their experience. By Ellis […]
There's just one true gospel
Friday 12 March 2010 | Published in Church Talk
Paul was surprised that the people in Galatia, who he had led to Christ, were turning away from the gospel of salvation he had preached. Paul mentions that a ‘different gospel’ was being proclaimed. This is serious because only the one true gospel leads to salvation. To preach and teach another gospel could cause followers […]
Peer pressure can lead to poor choices
Friday 12 March 2010 | Published in Church Talk
Tomorrow’s blessings and opportunities depend on the choices we make today. In this life we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have […]
'Walk Thru Bible' seminar a success
Friday 12 March 2010 | Published in Church Talk
By Robert Siakimotu WTB Ministries It was a real privilege for me to be invited by Mr Ken Ben and the leaders of the Cook Islands Christian Church to conduct a Walk Thru Bible seminar of the Old and New Testaments in Rarotonga. I am very grateful to God for Brother Ken who organised and […]
A window to the past
Thursday 11 March 2010 | Published in Features
Through a series of carvings and lashings, Eruera ‘Ted’ Nia depicts the title holders – the rangatira, mataiapo, taunga and ariki – of his tribe, Te Au O Tonga. He’s employed the ancient Polynesian art form of lashing to visually represent genealogy and title. He’s assigned each title – all 36 of them – a […]
Jewellery contest for kids
Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Published in Features
Paka’s Pearls, Te Ipukarea Society and the Koutu Nui are sponsoring Te Akatauira, a competition challenging schoolchildren to make their own recyclable and reusable jewellery. Director of Paka’s Pearls Teanaroa Paka Worthington said the idea sprouted when he saw a child collecting coral, pieces of glass and “interesting tidbits off the beach” in a sack. […]
2 upset wins
Monday 8 March 2010 | Published in Features
Panthers 50 vs Bulldogs 18 Sea Eagles 18 vs Eels 16 Sharks 16 vs Bears 14 The Aitutaki Sharks/Warriors and the Ngatangiia-Matavera Sea Eagles league registered wins at the weekend by upsetting their fancier foes. The Sharks are now on a roll after winning their second match in a row with a tight 16-14 win […]
Tsunami panic is not necessary
Saturday 6 March 2010 | Published in Features
Much of the talk about last weekend’s tsunami is misguided and misinformed, showing a lack of basic knowledge regarding tsunami threats to our islands of the Cook group. As a result of continually receiving a large number of calls from the public requesting I make comment on the above, I would like to try and […]
Scenes aboard Monterey cruise ship in 1968
Saturday 6 March 2010 | Published in Features
Local dancers entertain guests on board the Monterey in 1968. 41Rarotonga “/> Last week Cook Islands News published his memoir along with some images from a collection of Kodachrome slides supplied by Fleay. He invites readers to contribute names and details about people he photographed. His 23 colour pictures can be viewed on the customer […]
Relief on Penrhyn
Saturday 6 March 2010 | Published in Features
Local MP Wilkie Rasmussen describes reception and tsunami evacuation The Penrhyn people are happy following the relief supplies received on the Hercules flight a week ago, says MP Wilkie Rasmussen. He arrived back from Penrhyn on Tuesday evening and says his short visit and the relief supplies were very much appreciated and a great boost […]
Tsunami alert coincides with King Tides Festival in Tuvalu
Saturday 6 March 2010 | Published in Features
I could not help thinking about the tsunami that struck my country of Samoa a few months ago as I landed in Tuvalu. The many survivors were spared because they managed to get to higher ground – which is exactly the reason I was obsessing about this as FJ281 taxied to a stop at Funafuti […]
Natural beauty can give us inspiration
Friday 5 March 2010 | Published in Church Talk
We had 9/11 followed by the Iraq and now Afghanistan wars. We have had the crisis of climate change with drought, bushfires, floods and tsunamis. Now we are working through a global financial crisis. But on the positive side, many people have become more aware of and committed to inter-religious dialogue and work for ecology. […]
Sick feeling over Tepuka land
Wednesday 3 March 2010 | Published in Church Talk
Dear Editor, I read with a sick feeling on what’s going on in Tepuka, this is why I’m replying to the letter ‘Te Puka land belongs to the Lord’. The Lord DID NOT give the land to these people, Makea Takau did. Makea DO NOT own this land. The goverment (Albert Hen-ry) hid the truth […]
It's Polyfest time in NZ
Monday 1 March 2010 | Published in Features
Auckland’s Pacific Island communities will come together next month for the annual Polyfest celebration. Running from Wednesday March 17 to Saturday March 20 at the Manukau Sports Bowl, Polyfest celebrates the heritage of Pacific Island communities through music, dance, speech and art. A record 90,000 people attended the 2009 festival with more people expected to […]
Vaka series brings Tangaroa to life
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Features
Kimi Enua – vaka on display at the BEachcomber Contemporary Art Gallery “/> Reynolds brings Tangaroa to life in a series of canvas paintings and on two painted vakas with vivid oranges, yellows, blues and greens interlaced with black. The centrepiece of her exhibit at the Beachcomber Contemporary Art Gallery is a painted life-size vaka, […]
Women's wear always island style
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Features
Through a series of life-size prints, Kay George chronicles the change in the attire of local women over the years. The prints track the evolution of women’s adornment in the Cook Islands, marked by the impact of the London Missionary Society in the early 1800s, influences from New Zealand and Tahitian neighbours, the advent of […]
New caf in town
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Features
There’s a new cafe in town, and it’s on wheels. Tuesday through Saturday, Simon and Sharon Stott will be squeezing juice and foaming cappuccinos in their portable cart that’s currently parked on the main road at the Punanga Nui Market. Reefside Rarotonga will be open from 7.30 to about 5 for a month or so […]
Open Mic night starts up again
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Features
Open Mic night is back. The first OM Night of the year will be held at Waterline Beach Bar & Grill Restaurant in Arorangi this Monday, March 1, at 7 pm. Anyone who is interested in singing, playing an instrument, jamming with a band, telling stories or telling jokes in front of a live audience […]
Jail sounds with a message
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Features
Four prisoners bare their souls in 13 original songs After ten months of recording beats tapped out on walls and wooden benches with rudimentary equipment, four Arorangi prison inmates have released their first CD. The 13 original tracks are written and performed by the prisoners who said their record was about “change and changing our […]
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