Features
Kava ‘o Aotearoa
Saturday 27 August 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Features
A Cook Islands Māori filmmaker has looked into a collective of Pasifika cultural guardians reactivating the ancient Tu’i Tonga kava ceremony for contemporary use in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Rangi Henry’s beautiful blessed songs of Gospel
Saturday 27 August 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features
Music brings joy and unites people together and is a powerful medium the world over, says musician and composer Rangi Henry.
CHURCH TALK: Breaking the poverty spirit Part 3
Friday 26 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Today we wrap up a three-part series looking at ‘Breaking the Poverty Spirit’, writes Paul Kauri, lead pastor at The Arepua Gateway Assembly of God Church.
Connecting people, places and possibilities
Saturday 20 August 2022 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Features, Weekend
The resumption of commercial flights between Rarotonga and Tahiti a week ago has opened doors to opportunities other than tourism as Cook Islands looks for closer ties with traditional allies French Polynesia.
Recreating Billy Apple’s groundbreaking show
Saturday 20 August 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Art, Features
A small but appreciative crowd turned out for Billy Apple’s Rainbows 1965 exhibition opening at the Bergman Gallery on Tuesday night.
Humpbacks return to Cook Islands for a whale of a time
Saturday 20 August 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend
Whales in the Southern Ocean have been spotted returning to the Cook Islands, with a number giving birth as early as a couple of months ago, and using the country as a passage to migrate to their traditional breeding ground in Tonga.
‘You never stop learning in medicine’
Saturday 20 August 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Go Local
Despite the challenges of Covid-19, a couple of young doctors have returned home to the Cook Islands to pursue their dream career in medicine.
CHURCH TALK: Our union with Christ
Friday 19 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Union with Christ by means of the Holy Spirit is not a peripheral matter in biblical theology, although it is widely neglected. It is a key thought in the Lord’s teaching, as this lecture will show, and it is so important to Pauline theology that one commentator rightly calls it ‘the heart of Paul’s religion’, writes Reverend Vaka Ngaro of Cook Islands Christian Church.
Dream come true
Saturday 13 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
Cook Islander Angelina Thomson’s dream of starring in the Australian television soap opera Home And Away has finally come true after she made her Summer Bay debut as Kirby, one of four newcomers who make up the band Lyrik.
Young doctors return home to serve
Saturday 13 August 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend
Doctor Hannah Cummings always knew she wanted to work in medicine, but she never thought she would return home to the Cook Islands so soon.
Te Leo Wale - One of the most unusual languages in the world
Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend
The dialect of Pukapuka, which is one of the world’s most unusual languages, is spoken by around only 200 people in Rarotonga.
Blue lagoons for the Middle East
Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, Weekend
Cook Islands’ first Australian High Commissioner is trading blue lagoons and warm weather for the extreme temperatures of the Middle East.
CHURCH TALK: The past, the present and the future
Friday 5 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
I do hope that the Constitution of the Cook Islands is protecting the long-term future of the country. That it is not just being used to reward the present occupiers of this land, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue from the Catholic Church.
What is our excuse for the loss of our language and cultural values?
Saturday 30 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
Curator and manager of the Cook Islands Library and Museum, Jean Tekura Mason recently returned from Tahiti where she attended the country’s 141st Heiva.
Marjorie Tua’inekore Crocombe – An exceptional life
Saturday 30 July 2022 | Written by Rod Dixon | Published in Features, Memory Lane
Marjorie and Ron Crocombe lived up to exacting standards in their personal and professional lives and their combined efforts impacted and inspired uncountable others. We were privileged to know them, writes former USP director Rod Dixon.
CHURCH TALK: Let God prevail
Friday 29 July 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Church Talk, Features
With our General Elections shortly upon us, we as a nation and as individuals are facing important choices that will impact our future, writes Tamatoa Jonassen of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Spain and Russia in Cook Islands
Saturday 23 July 2022 | Written by Rod Dixon | Published in Features, Weekend
Four hundred years after it was settled by Polynesians, Rakahanga was visited by a Spanish Expedition searching for Terra Australis, then two centuries later by Russia’s First Antarctic Expedition.
Graduate firefighters show burning passion
Saturday 23 July 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, Weekend
‘Climb the ladder’ was the message to the graduating Cook Islands Rescue Fire Service firefighters who yesterday received Basic Firefighters and Senior Firefighters certificates.
Politicians are out of touch, say young voters
Saturday 23 July 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend
With the General Election just around the corner, young voters say they are ready for some younger blood and new ideas.
PR recipients have made the Cooks their new home
Monday 18 July 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, Go Local
The National Auditorium was packed on Friday morning with 237 permanent resident (PR) recipients who were bestowed with the honour in front of their families and friends.
