Features
The cultural hole in the Cook Islands donut
Saturday 30 November 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weekend
Cook Islands’ cuisine, like its language, is under threat of extinction – and local food experts say the revival needs to start now.
Te Ata o Avaiki fashion show
Saturday 30 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
The Mangaia Enua masterpiece titled ‘Vari’ has won the first Te Ata o Avaiki creativity in clothing design award.
'Neither do I condemn you'
Friday 29 November 2019 | Published in Church Talk
Don’t be judgmental, Pastor Hosea Hosea from the Seventh Day Adventist Church reminds us. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Woman of intrigue
Friday 29 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
The world – and certainly the Miss World beauty contestants – are fascinated at Miss Cook Islands Tajiya Sahay’s life. Melina Etches and Rashneel Kumar report.
'Whatever it takes'
Monday 25 November 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Miss Cook Islands New Zealand Terito Story will take the stage at the Miss Pacific Islands Beauty Pageant this week to voice her concerns about the fragility of Cook Islands’ marine environment.
The silent victims of our most visible tragedies
Saturday 23 November 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weekend
We remember those who die tragically on the roads, in the water and in criminal attacks. We think of their grieving families. But there are others, too, who are often scarred for life.
We were never the perfect TV family
Friday 22 November 2019 | Published in Church Talk
God freed Paul Kauri from shame in his teenage children’s behaviour, and that free him from disappointment in them too, writes the Assemblies of God pastor.
Australia does Te Maeva Nui
Thursday 21 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
Prime Minister Henry Puna has joined Australia-based Cook Islanders for that country’s first ever national Te Maeva Nui celebration, in Melbourne.
Star-struck! Discovering Cook Islands' unique New Year
Tuesday 19 November 2019 | Published in Weekend
In Cook Islands, Matariki rises in November – unlike New Zealand when it is first seen in June. Gerald McCormack, of Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, explains how to see this herald of our own New Year.
Big names at breakthrough fashion show
Tuesday 19 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
The first Te Ata o Avaiki creative design show is intended to empower and inspire emerging Cook Islands designers – and few can do that better than TAV’s Ellena Tavioni.
Mama June's traditional healing oil
Monday 18 November 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weekend
Knowledge from her beloved grandfather has allowed June Baudinet to craft traditional Cook Islands healing oil.
Miss World, here she comes!
Monday 18 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
After weeks of solid and meticulous preparations for the Miss World 2019 event in London, Miss Cook Islands 2019 Tajiya Sahay, left the country on Friday.
As long as you are breathing, there is still hope'
Saturday 16 November 2019 | Published in Entertainment
When Seth Haapu, Stan Walker and Emma Kainuku-Walsh came together to make music in Rarotonga, it felt like fate: sharing the impact of climate change on small island nations. Rachel Reeves speaks with them.
Standing together to fight the demons
Tuesday 12 November 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weekend
With their wacky activities to raise awareness, a group of young men is getting Cook Islanders talking about mental health. Now, the Ministry of Health is inviting everyone to contribute to a plan to tackle the taboo subject.
Jasmin makes artificial intelligence real
Saturday 9 November 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weekend
Jasmin Forbes-James started teaching in labs and tutorials to help pay her way through her undergraduate degree in robotics – then to her surprise, she discovered she enjoyed teaching engineering.
Glittering platforms
Saturday 9 November 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Cook Islands’ representative in Miss Jewel of the Pacific intends to use the pageant to raise awareness of this country’s plans to recriminalise homosexuality. Rachel Reeves talks with her.
'God's love revealed on the cross'
Friday 8 November 2019 | Published in Church Talk
God’s jealousy for a lost soul is gut-wrenching as a loving husband’s jealousy when his wife cheats on him, writes Bishop Tutai Pere, from the Apostolic Church.
Reflections off the sea
Saturday 2 November 2019 | Published in Weekend
Voyaging isn’t glamorous. It can be wet, it can be arduous, it can be gross. Spending time on the Pacific on the nation’s sailing vaka, Rachel Reeves’ eyes are opened to the stamina and spirit of the people who settled these islands. They voyaged without power, without communications, without hope of rescue.
Safe hands: Flag-bearer for Cook Islands children
Saturday 2 November 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weekend
If your kids need surgery at Rarotonga Hospital this month, the woman caring for them will be a familiar face: former Cook Islands Olympic Games flagbearer Ella Nicholas. Losirene Lacanivalu pays her a visit at the hospital.
Taking Cook Islands culture to the world
Saturday 2 November 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Weekend
Papatua Papatua is one of Cook Islands best-known faces; certainly one of the country’s best-known voices – but his latest work sharing islands tradition with our people across the ocean was new and special even for him.
