Weekend
Humpbacks return to Cook Islands for a whale of a time
Saturday 20 August 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend
Whales in the Southern Ocean have been spotted returning to the Cook Islands, with a number giving birth as early as a couple of months ago, and using the country as a passage to migrate to their traditional breeding ground in Tonga.
Dream come true
Saturday 13 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
Cook Islander Angelina Thomson’s dream of starring in the Australian television soap opera Home And Away has finally come true after she made her Summer Bay debut as Kirby, one of four newcomers who make up the band Lyrik.
Young doctors return home to serve
Saturday 13 August 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend
Doctor Hannah Cummings always knew she wanted to work in medicine, but she never thought she would return home to the Cook Islands so soon.
Te Leo Wale - One of the most unusual languages in the world
Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend
The dialect of Pukapuka, which is one of the world’s most unusual languages, is spoken by around only 200 people in Rarotonga.
Blue lagoons for the Middle East
Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, Weekend
Cook Islands’ first Australian High Commissioner is trading blue lagoons and warm weather for the extreme temperatures of the Middle East.
What is our excuse for the loss of our language and cultural values?
Saturday 30 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
Curator and manager of the Cook Islands Library and Museum, Jean Tekura Mason recently returned from Tahiti where she attended the country’s 141st Heiva.
Spain and Russia in Cook Islands
Saturday 23 July 2022 | Written by Rod Dixon | Published in Features, Weekend
Four hundred years after it was settled by Polynesians, Rakahanga was visited by a Spanish Expedition searching for Terra Australis, then two centuries later by Russia’s First Antarctic Expedition.
Graduate firefighters show burning passion
Saturday 23 July 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, Weekend
‘Climb the ladder’ was the message to the graduating Cook Islands Rescue Fire Service firefighters who yesterday received Basic Firefighters and Senior Firefighters certificates.
Politicians are out of touch, say young voters
Saturday 23 July 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend
With the General Election just around the corner, young voters say they are ready for some younger blood and new ideas.
‘One of the most devastating weather events to hit Raro’
Saturday 16 July 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Features, Weekend
The heavy swells which battered the Southern Coast of Rarotonga were one of the most destructive weather events the island has ever seen. Matthew Littlewood talks to the authorities about the response.
‘Art is not just about painting or sculpting, it’s everything we do’
Saturday 16 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
Pacific artist of Samoan origin Fatu Feu’u returned to exhibition in the Cook Islands accompanied by contemporaries and fellow Samoans Andy Leleisi’uao and Raymond Sagapolutele with a new series of work including paintings, prints and photography at the Bergman Gallery.
Teaching at the edge of the world
Saturday 9 July 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Features, Weekend
Sherrin Hibbard will soon say goodbye to Palmerston Island Lucky School and go on another nautical adventure.
A passion for boil-up and barbecue
Saturday 9 July 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, Weekend
Barbecue social media star Stefan Apiata who’s better known as ‘Stef the Maori’ and Iti Stafford talk to Cook Islands News journalist Caleb Fotheringham about followers, food and a potential new TV series.
Bringing the Cook Islands to the stage
Saturday 9 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
Growing up in the Cook Islands, Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice) (MFA(CP)) in Theatre student Poe Tiare Ruhe-Tararo says she didn’t have much experience with theatre.
Discovering the art and joy of writing
Saturday 9 July 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Weekend
Artist Nanette Lela’ulu authored and published her very first book – a little book with a big message titled “Can you see what I see?”, sharing her inspiration and journey navigating through the uncharted waters of writing and publishing.
Saving the birds of Suwarrow
Saturday 9 July 2022 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Features, Weekend
On Thursday night, June 30 at about 11pm, vaka Marumaru Atua slipped quietly into Avatiu harbour and tied up at the currently vacant Kukupa berth. This was 23 days, seven hours and 10 minutes after leaving Avarua harbour on June 7 for a voyage of fun, hard work and adventure to Suwarrow Atoll National Park.
George Crummer: Picturing the Cook Islands
Monday 4 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries George Crummer built up a business taking pictures of Cook Islanders and general scene photographs in Rarotonga, Aitutaki, and Mangaia.
Capturing the Cook Islands in two different centuries
Monday 4 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
A celebration of community offering glimpses into lives lived in the Cook Islands over 100 years ago, feature in a new photography exhibition.
‘You have to believe in people’
Saturday 2 July 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Features, Weekend
Black Power life member and social justice activist Denis O’Reilly, 70, has no plans of slowing down.
Imene o te Au Vairakau: Songs of Healing
Saturday 25 June 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Weekend
Eight talented composers old and new shared their knowledge and experiences of Te au Vairakau Tupuna o toku Matakeinanga/Enua - the Traditional Medicine of my Community/Island through song, in Te Mire Atu competition which was held on Thursday night at the National Auditorium.
