Features
Moana of the reef: 'The water to me is like food'
Saturday 9 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weekend
Once, Charlotte Piho was a Sydney high-flier with an apartment in Bondi and regular TV appearances. But when the borders began shutting down, she chose to stay in Rarotonga. With her dad and two part-time staff, she’s trying to reinvent her diving tours for the local families she loves.
School away from school
Saturday 9 May 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Weekend
Parents have become teachers and children have had to adapt to a new learning environment at home in another country, far from their classrooms in Cook Islands.
Life begins the day you start a garden – Chinese proverb
Saturday 9 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weekend
There is a real excitement as Cook Islands communities dig and refresh their fruit and vege gardens – but also the hope that we may once more sell them to visitors and overseas.
Quarantine Quiz: PM Puna vs Miss World Cook Islands
Saturday 9 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Do you know what the Prime Minister Henry Puna’s occupation was before entering politics? Be part of today's quiz to find out what was the score.
Quarantine Quiz: helmet rules, fish poisoning
Friday 8 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Under the new mandatory motorbike helmets rule, your helmet must carry a safety certification. Do you know what they are? Be part of today's quiz to find out what was the score.
Pastor Tevai Matapo: Have faith, as our family return from NZ
Friday 8 May 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Church Talk
CHURCH TALK: God gifted doctors, nurses and health officials to look after our health in a very troubled world.
Quarantine Quiz: Late Sir Albert Henry and his Rarotongan team
Friday 8 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
A team of Rarotongan boys led by the late Sir Albert Henry played the All Black Invincibles on their return from the United Kingdom in 1924.. Be part of today's quiz to find out what was the score.
Chestnut mum says: Buy it, eat it, love it
Thursday 7 May 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Weekend
Ritia Tangimetua’s late mother loved chestnuts; now she has passed on that passion to her own children.
Mama Tere a 'woman of substance' at 60
Thursday 7 May 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Weekend
Growing up, Tere Joseph’s children watched with awe as their formidable mum raised them, worked a senior management job, and helped run a church in their own home.
My mother Tashi Tutai: 'E vaine aruaru'
Thursday 7 May 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Weekend
Rima Browne tells how her mother Tashi Tutai shared different traits with each of her five ‘children of God’.
Rangi Mitaera-Johnson: Taking a leaf from Chinese book
Thursday 7 May 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Art
The climate on Rarotonga is amazing for planting most of the time.
The man who wants to reinvent tourism
Tuesday 5 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weekend
Resort owner Tata Crocombe is a polarising business leader – but if he’s right, he may have reimagined the future of tourism in a new era of Covid.
Quarantine Quiz: The Maori name for 'ecosystem'
Tuesday 5 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Do you know what is the Maori name for ‘ecosystem’? Find out, with today's quiz.
Quarantine Quiz: Throwing stones in glass houses
Monday 4 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
What is critically wrong with this picture - and who shouldn't be throwing stones? Find out, with today's quiz.
Quarantine Quiz: Explorer, missionary and ariki
Monday 4 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
British explorer Captain James Cook came to our islands twice, missionary Rev John Williams also came to the Cook Islands. which Islands did they visit? Find out, with today's quiz.
Stepping into the shoes of the 'extraordinary' Tessa Temata
Saturday 2 May 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Weekend
Her diplomatic career has taken her to Mexico City and New York, but five months after stepping in as New Zealand’s acting High Commissioner to Cook Islands, Rachel Bennett and her family have fallen in love with the people, the food and the way of life in Rarotonga.
Pa'ua to the people, no more
Saturday 2 May 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Weekend
Cook Islanders will no longer be permitted to send pa'ua to family and friends overseas, after new evidence revealing just how depleted the populations are. Rachel Reeves reports.
Quarantine Quiz: Alicia Keys vs DJ Kiljoy
Saturday 2 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
On May 1, a global landmark opened its doors, which land mark was it? Hint: It inspired an Alicia Keys hit. Find out, with today's quiz.
Quarantine Quiz: Last man on the moon
Friday 1 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Who was the last man on the moon? and which church group first brought Christianity to the Cook islands? Find out, with today's quiz.
Carlo Ignacio: The tree of life in your brekkie bowl
Friday 1 May 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Art
Kia Orana, My name is Carlo Ignacio and I am the head chef at Little Polynesian Restaurant.
