Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 4: Mama Lou’s son Hugh says her children remember their mother as a woman who, annoying at times for them, was always giving things away to people. “Her home was always open and she was always giving, giving, giving. She was always there to help others. Now I follow the same principle and help […]
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 4: Eikura Louise Graham (nee Henry), best known as Mama Lou, passed away on March 22 at the age of 72 leaving the country in mourning for a woman who will be remembered for her work, grace and generosity. Mama Lou is survived by her husband Papa Puru, her children Elizabeth, 48, Peter, 47, […]
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 4: A new business venture in Muri is serving traditional Japanese food with a Cook Islands flavour. Newly opened Island Sushi is offering a healthy option for eating out, owners Brent Holley and partner Grace Henry say. “It’s just something lighter to eat… a lot of takeaway food is quite heavy like chips and […]
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 4: It makes sense that the full name behind Rarotonga’s new range of VMV organic breads should be quite a mouthful – Varoa Mata, Miti e Vai Ltd. It stands for flower, salt and water – the simple basics of any good bread. But the new product range from Reuben and Victoria Dearlove’s Matavera […]
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 4: If you have been thinking about entering the Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards, the organisers have arranged a helping hand. A workshop will be held on Monday to go through details of the entry process. The awards committee and the Business Trade and Investment Board are running the workshop to be […]
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 4: Aitutakian field archaeologist Ngaakitai Pureariki worked on the set of the recently filmed BBC show The Real Swiss Family Robinson in Atiu. The Real Swiss Family Robinson follows four ‘overstretched, stressed out families’ as they say goodbye to their regular lives and sign up for a three-week crash course in the simple life […]
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Church Talk
Friday 3: Ka raveia te uipaanga maata a te akono’anga Cook Islands Christian Church a te ra 19 ki te 26 o Aperira, ki Rarotonga nei. Kua akatinamou te kumiti akaaere i te manako maata o te uipaanga e ko te ‘atoro atu anga ia ratou i vao ake i to te Atua koro’ (reaching […]
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 4: ‘From the old coconuts rooted to the ground shall grow many tall strong trees for shelter and sustenance’……after the Hurricane 1895. In the early days just after our Rarotonga International Airport was opened, tourism was not just a new word in our vocabulary, it was the beginning of the future. Thirty plus years […]
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Church Talk
Friday 3: Our Pacific is made up of islands with many different ethnic origins. Each cultural group has values and ways of living that are distinct but all are relatively successful efforts in a common search for the fullness of human life. FAITH calls on people to examine the good points as well as the […]
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 4: The Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards is using the impressive services of Tourism Consultants Ltd from New Zealand to help make the inaugural event of great value to all those who enter. Not only has the company designed the judging criteria for the awards, it will also provide a ‘report card’ […]
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 4: Tourism industry council president and general manager of Pacific Resort and Pacific Resort Aitutaki, Greg Stanaway, says he is a big believer in industry awards. And yes, both resorts will be entering the Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards. “Pacific Resort will be entering both its resorts in this awards programme because […]
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 28 March: Aitutaki Sunday flight protestor Ngere Pirangi told CINews on Thursday that she was grateful that cabinet minister Wilkie Rasmussen held a public meeting to hear the concerns of the people. Coming out of the meeting at Arutanga Hall, Pirangi echoed the comments of others at the meeting saying it was good of […]
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 28 March: About 60 people attended the public meeting in Aitutaki on the Sunday flight issue on Thursday. The meeting with cabinet minister Wilkie Rasmussen, held at the Arutanga Hall, lasted just over two hours. The minister held his ground despite coming under intense pressure from many at the meeting who protest against Sunday […]
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 28 March: Minister Wilkie Rasmussen was well received by the people he met on his two-day visit to Aitutaki this week. Rasmussen said he believed he was the best choice to represent government in talks because they weren’t likely to throw things at him. The same can’t be said of deputy prime minister Sir […]
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Church Talk
27 March: Justice minister Kete Ioane has granted Celebration on the Rock church an extended 12 month provisional approval as a religious organisation on March 18. Ioane wrote to church leaders Murray and Nancy Watkinson in response to their application for government to recognise their church. The provisional approval is reportedly the first time a […]
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 28 March: A cD and DVD of the Cook Islands mini-music ‘Rage’ festival held in Auckland, will be launched this morning at Punanga Nui. Kathy Brown, one of six local artists featured on the cd, says they were asked at the beginning of February by Heimana Music’s Noo Vaevae Pare to come up with […]
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Church Talk
27 March: To te Atua turanga no runga i te kava e te konakava To be drunk means: – to be intoxicated – to be under the influence – to be under some form of addiction – to be under the control of………. – to be put over – under – and beyond being one’s […]
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 28 March: Shortland Street will take time out while filming here to pay a visit to some of their younger fans. Some cast members of the hit hospital series will be dropping into Avatea School next Friday as part of their public relations tour of the Cook Islands. This is the first time the […]
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 28 March: More than 15 performers are expected to take the stage for the second Open Mic Night on Monday. There will be singers, musicians, performers and guaranteed entertainment. Last month’s inaugural night at the Paradise Inn was hailed a success and next week’s free event is sure to be the same, organisers say. […]
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 28 March: Red Cross representatives from 11 of the 12 inhabited islands in the country have been meeting all this week in the lead-up to the Red Cross biennial general meeting. While a broad range of topics were covered throughout the week, Cook Islands Red Cross secretary-general Niki Rattle says there was a huge […]