Features
Feeling stronger, fitter, lighter and more energetic
Saturday 18 June 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Weekend
Health and Fitness exercise programmes appear to be moving across the island in waves.
Inspiring women all over the world
Saturday 18 June 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Features, Weekend
New Zealander Anjuli Mack wants to inspire women on their weightloss and fitness journey.
Brider’s passion for natural heritage and conservation
Saturday 11 June 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
It was an immense loss for the country that Joseph Brider was taken when he was just three years into his life’s work.
The glory of Rarotonga’s mountains
Saturday 11 June 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Features, Weekend
Cook Islands-born filmmaker Liam Kokaua had to climb a long way to share the stories about the mountains in Rarotonga.
The legend of Raemaru
Saturday 11 June 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
On the western side of Rarotonga stood a very proud mountain – her name was Maru and she was higher than any of the other mountains.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer
Friday 10 June 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Church Talk, Features
Are the trials you have been through or problems you are currently facing causing you to lose hope?
Its Aka’uka Time
Saturday 4 June 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Weekend
Women of all shapes, sizes and ages are shaking and swinging their hips at Aka’uka Time – a dance fitness aerobic workout which embraces and encourages the connecting of new friendship and building stronger bonds between with the love of keeping alive passion for Cook Islands culture.
Mangaian chic – pare tō fashion hats from the 1950s
Saturday 4 June 2022 | Written by Rod Dixon | Published in Features, Weekend
The discovery in Washington DC of a cache of 27 Mangaian reed hats or pare tō, dating from 1958, has reignited local interest in how these extraordinary fashion items were produced, writes Rod Dixon.
Punching above his weight
Saturday 4 June 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend
Boxing has gained another athlete in Cook Islander Tawhiri Toheriri-Hallett, who is dreaming big and ready for mayhem at this year’s Commonwealth Games.
Rekindling her passion for travel
Saturday 4 June 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Features, Weekend
Jill Worrall has visited 98 countries and hopes to make it to 100 soon. She spoke to Cook Islands News senior journalist Matthew Littlewood about what makes a good travel writer, changes since Covid-19 and the secrets to becoming a good traveller.
Church Talk: Breaking the poverty spirit
Friday 3 June 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Having this opportunity every six weeks to write articles on so many important aspects that I hope will influence all our lives is such a privilege for me.
Celebrating our treasures
Saturday 28 May 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Weekend
A film documentary on celebrated carver Mike Tavioni and his wife Awhitia has inspired a Cook Islands creative to rediscover her passion for storytelling.
New CEO ready to take Airport to new heights
Saturday 28 May 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Tourism, Weekend
Rarotonga’s new Airport Authority boss Nikau Tangaroa always knew that he wanted to work in aviation, but he never thought that one day he might run the Rarotongan Airport Authority taking on the top job.
‘We have to give them a reason to play for us’
Saturday 28 May 2022 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Features
Cook Islands rugby league coach Tony Iro is on a mission to assemble the country’s best ever team for the upcoming Rugby League World Cup. Some of the league’s best players are eligible to play for the Cook Islands but Iro tells Cook Islands News’ Rashneel Kumar the mission is not that easy.
Church Talk: What the future holds
Friday 27 May 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Man comes into the world with a cry and goes out of it with a groan, and all between is more or less intoned with helpless wailing, writes Reverend Vakaroto Ngaro of Ekalesia Avarua.
Finding our fathers: Lost heroes of WWI
Saturday 21 May 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Weekend
Cook Islands soldiers who signed up to serve in World War I, served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force NZEF to Europe.
Ready to fight fires and save lives
Saturday 21 May 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend
The Cook Islands has had very few female firefighters over the years, but young Paeru Ngaroi is hoping to change that by paving the way for future generations.
Helping people beat the booze
Saturday 21 May 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, Weekend
Two people shared their experiences of going through and coming out of alcoholism as Alcoholics Anonymous re-establishes itself in Rarotonga.
Grace intercepts the law – Tikoti te Aroa I te Ture
Friday 20 May 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
There is no such thing as a major or minor, big or small sin. Cast a big stone and a tiny pebble into the water or sea, they both sink. Such is sin, no white nor black lie, it is sin and its penalty – death, Bishop Tutai Pere.
A life-long love of travel and tourism
Saturday 14 May 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Features, Weekend
Robert Skews has lived a life and love of travel and tourism. Rarotonga has been his home for more than 30 years.
