Features
Uipa'anga maata i roto i a Aperira
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 […]
Air new zealand cook islands tourism awards 2009
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 4: Inaugural awards will provide more for industry The Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards promise to be a valuable experience for all who enter the inaugural event this year. The awards entry has been extended to April 17 – so if you are ‘in tourism’ then you can still be in to […]
Encounters of faith and culture
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 […]
Lover of sport
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Features
While Mama Lou took up lawn bowls and golf in her later years, she began life as a keen netballer and tennis player. Her son Hugh says her comic bowling style was mentioned at her funeral along with photos shown of her rather energetic and dramatic attempts to use her body to guide the bowl. […]
She kept on giving
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 […]
Goodbye, Mama Lou
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, […]
Serving up sushi
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 […]
A real mouthful
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 […]
Workshop to help with entry process
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 […]
Survivor expert scores role on BBC reality show
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 […]
Why these awards are good for us - It's time to celebrate our industry
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 […]
No alternative
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 28 March: Retired Cook Islands Christian Church pastor Daniel Tuakeu is part of a group of people in Aitutaki who claim that the island doesn’t want Sunday flights to continue. After attending the public meeting held by cabinet minister Wilkie Rasmussen on Thursday, Tuakeu said there is now no alternative but for a referendum […]
Minister spells out the option
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 28 March: Cabinet minister Wilkie Rasmussen’s proactive and open approach in meetings with the people of Aitutaki on the issue of Sunday flights was welcomed by many who spoke with him on Thursday and yesterday. His meetings began early onThursday with the island council. The council has eight elected members who represent each village […]
'I feel strong'
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 […]
Protestors voice concern
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 […]
The Aitutaki air is thick with tension…
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 […]
Raro Rage launch today
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 […]
Shortland Street caters for Raro fans
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 […]
15 live musos at Monday's second Open Mic Night
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. […]
Celebration granted 12-month approval
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 […]