Features
'Rarotonga has changed'
Monday 23 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weekend
Raewyn Goldsbury first came to the Cook Islands with her family on the tiny 67-metre passenger ship, the GMV Maui Pomare. It was a long way across the ocean to come on such a small boat, not much more than 1000 tonnes.
Miss Cook Islands: 'We can do this'
Sunday 22 September 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Pearl’s a singer, but unlike the Pearl in Elkie Brooks’ 1977 hit single, Pearl Lazaro is also a dancer, actor, guitar player, composer, sailor, volleyball, touch and netball player, a Christian and a student who excelled at school.
Out on the back porch at Charlie's
Saturday 21 September 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Between them, Laura Collins and the Back Porch Blues Band possess more than 150 years of onstage experience and a half-dozen lifetimes worth of love for rhythm and blues.
MISS COOK ISLANDS: Tourism star to 'give it a go'
Friday 20 September 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Greymouth is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, it’s part of an area called the Grey District which has a population of just under 14,000.
What carrying your cross really means
Friday 20 September 2019 | Published in Church Talk
Jesus’ instruction to give up those things we hold most dear has a sharp edge when we countenance climate change, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue from the Catholic Church.
Colosseum, Machu Picchu – and Miss CI
Thursday 19 September 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Tajiya is well on the way to visiting the Seven Wonders of the World. Now, says Jaewynn McKay, she’s overcoming her shyness to discover an eighth life-changing experience.
Miss Cook Islands will equip me 'to serve my people better'
Tuesday 17 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
As a McConnell Dowell site engineer, Maruia Willie isn’t entering Miss Cook Islands for endorsement of her beauty. It’s a chance to build networks to better serve her people. Maruia Willie felt blessed to have both her grandmothers Mereana Tangata and Tepaeru Willie stand alongside her on stage for 2019 Miss Cook Islands reveal night on Saturday.
'Just cherish them'
Tuesday 17 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Weekend
Nine-year-old Scorpfield Wichman Anthony was killed by his grandfather. He has never before been named. At the request of his mother, we now give him a voice. This is how she wants her boy to be remembered.
From dust to digital
Monday 16 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
Sixty-two years, and nobody ever told him. Dr Ranginui Fariu was genuinely surprised to learn he had featured in a Tereora College school photo published in the first existing edition of Cook Islands News, in 1957 shortly after the paper first launched.
Cook Islands issues AC/DC coins – but don't expect to spend them
Monday 16 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
A coin broker has issued a pair of commemorative Cook Islands coins to honour two classic AC/DC albums.
Jamaica v Raro: The reggae test
Saturday 14 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Entertainment
Are you a party animal? Or one of those who love dancing to Charly Black’s reggae songs?
Beam me down, spotty
Saturday 14 September 2019 | Published in Weekend
A New Zealand-funded TV channel dedicated to the Pacific region is now being beamed by satellite to the Cook Islands.
Flagging up any shipping concerns
Saturday 14 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weekend
You wouldn’t know it from looking at the half dozen boats moored up at Avatiu port, but 654 vessels are flying the Cook Islands flag around the world.
The Lord is my Light in the darkest of clouds
Friday 13 September 2019 | Published in Church Talk
The people of God can never expect an easy path through life, writes John Mateara from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
New era for Rarotonga's golf club
Thursday 12 September 2019 | Published in Weekend
Big ideas are taking shape at the Rarotonga Golf Course where an enthusiastic new management team has embarked on an ambitious plan to give the old clubhouse a new look for a new era. Visiting journalist and keen golfer from New Zealand Gray Clapham reports. Rarotonga’s Golf Club has always been a gem in the rough.
Inside the locked gates of the new water intake
Monday 9 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weekend
It’s been raining since 2013, says Ake Utanga. The land specialist for government’s Project Management Unit is mulling over when the last serious dry spell was, when water stopped running from Rarotonga taps. She reckons there’s been rain for a while.
80yo unbowed in face of tragedies
Saturday 7 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Weekend
Maraea Mata is the last of 15 siblings still alive – so when the matriarch met all her brothers and sisters dozens and dozens of offspring at a family reunion, it was overwhelming.
'I was told I didn't have The Look'
Saturday 7 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Entertainment
Vivian Engu says in order to be a model, she had to learn to handle the cruel criticism. “I still remember my first audition like it was yesterday,” says Vivian Engu.
Watch out! God is always on time
Friday 6 September 2019 | Published in Church Talk
You may think God’s not delivering what you want in time, but he’s the boss of time – so whatever he does is at the right time. That’s according to Pastor Eric Toleafoa from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Herbal remedy: Songs of Freedom coming to movies
Sunday 1 September 2019 | Published in Entertainment
A new movie tells the story of how a diverse bunch of islands reggae musicians helped bring peace to the Pacific.
