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Young singers delight big crowd
Saturday 28 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
Jeremiah Kaimarama from Apii Arorangi gave it his all in the Junior Song Quest.
Climate crisis shows peril of turning from God
Friday 27 September 2019 | Published in Church Talk
God gave humankind dominion over the earth and all upon it – yet at the United Nations climate summit, innocent children are being coerced into confessing responsibility for harming plants and animals, writes Bishop Tutai Pere of the Apostolic Church.
Rarotonga hosts FIA world cup
Friday 27 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment
Fia’s biggest hit is Fly Away – but yesterday he flew in to Raro.
Miss Cook Islands: Earthy Emma to honour Grandie
Friday 27 September 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Ever since Emma Kainuku-Walsh moved back home 2017, she’s been encouraging her family and friends back in New Zealand to follow suit as she’s found it challenging being away from them.
Miss Cook Islands: A Memory of the world
Wednesday 25 September 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Beauty contestant can boast a taste in Korean movies, Malaysian laksa, Australian work experience, Fiji heritage – and Rarotongan heart and soul. Jaewynn McKay reports.
'There's no one way to live life'
Tuesday 24 September 2019 | Published in Entertainment
The top three ambitions on Eva Parker’s list are to graduate as a lawyer, to work in an international organisation and to travel the world.
Miss Cook Islands: For Maruia, women can do everything!
Monday 23 September 2019 | Published in Entertainment
Pacific Games league rep Maruia Willie reckons she’s built more for the sports field than like a stereotypical model – and that’s certainly not stopping her entering Miss Cook Islands. Jaewynn McKay meets her.
'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.
