Weekend
Blackbirds: Shackled inside the slave ships to Peru
Sunday 5 July 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weekend
As the world commemorates the abolition of slavery, leaders like Donald Trump and Scott Morrison have downplayed that brutal history. Yet there are Cook Islands families who still feel the pain.
People with disabilities ask: 'Why are we forgotten in Covid crisis?'
Tuesday 30 June 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Weekend
One in four people in Cook Islands live with a disability, according to the last census. That is part of the reason the National Disability Council fights for an inclusive and just Cook Islands in which the human rights of those with disabilities are realised.
Nan Hauser: 'My disease scares some people – but I love my life'
Saturday 27 June 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weekend
Rarotonga whale researcher Nan Hauser speaks up for the first time about living with epilepsy and fighting the stigma against disabilities.
'A good story requires a good government'
Saturday 27 June 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weekend
Former Government minister Iaveta Short says there is too must travel and wastage, and not enough checks and balances on government.
Cook Islands' U-boat hunter
Saturday 27 June 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
Prime Minister-in-waiting Mark Brown’s great-uncle was a U-boat hunter in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Bringing about change for young women
Saturday 20 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Features, Weekend
Hereiti File explains to Losirene Lacanivalu why Cook Islands and the world have a long way to go, to achieve equality between men and women.
Buying freedom: How tourism dollars help those with special needs
Saturday 20 June 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weekend
It’s not just the resorts and restaurants that are hard-hit by the border closures; adults with special needs are struggling to support themselves.
Keeping tivaevae tradition alive
Saturday 20 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Weekend
In order to succeed in business, you have to think outside the square. Katrina Tanirau discovers how the Covid-19 pandemic has forced Ann and Kathrine Reid to adopt new ways of selling their tivaevae.
GOING LOCAL: We're all in this (ocean) together
Sunday 14 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Features, Weekend
The first time Losirene Lacanivalu went out fishing was as a 10-year-old with her aunt – and they caught nothing. Can she break the jinx now, off Rarotonga?
Hereiti File: What if we travelled north by vaka, not by plane?
Sunday 14 June 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend
OPINION: Growing up, met with vindictive comments whenever we try to learn about our culture, it’s easy to just turn our back on it all – and that’s why the Voyaging Society is struggling for funds and support.
Pages from the book of Marjorie Crocombe's life
Sunday 14 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Weekend
When she was in her 20s, Marjorie Crocombe was barred from Australia by its racist immigration policy. Now, as Cook Islands’ most venerated living author turns 90, she switches off the TV news coverage of BlackLivesMatter protests, and wonders how much has really changed. She talks with Katrina Tanirau.
Unexpected snail species in long-lost collection
Tuesday 9 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Features, Weekend
More than 5000 shell found in office of deceased expert, including surprise finds from Cooks.
Prime Foods' recipe for success
Saturday 6 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Weekend
Prime Foods turned 10 in April, but Covid-19 forced the celebrations to be put on hold. This week Prime Foods pulled out all the stops to ensure that staff, suppliers and customers were part of the festivities.
Who polices the Police?
Saturday 6 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Features, Weekend
When Police charged John Makuru over a crash that he says wasn’t his fault, he saw red. Now the former NZ Police officer is setting up a private investigation business to second-guess their prosecutions.
Sculptor uses only the best Mangaia rock
Thursday 4 June 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Weekend
The first Mangaia artwork Allan Tuara crafted was a pedestal adze, for his daughter Jackie Tuara for her 21st birthday and graduation in 1990.
'Everything I've done has been for our people'
Saturday 30 May 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Weekend
The stories flow from Tapi Taio as he reminisces about the life he has lived. Telling them, it’s hard to do him justice. He talks with Katrina Tanirau about triumph, adversity, and always having faith.
Debate: Who is a Cook Islander?
Saturday 30 May 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weekend
Government is consulting on new immigration law changes that widen the definition of a Cook Islander – and that has set the ngiāo among the rupe.
Not just a passing FAD for fishers
Saturday 30 May 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Weekend
The fish aggregation devices deployed by the Ministry of Marine Resources fave become increasingly valuable as the fish have been pushed farther out into areas boats need more fuel to reach. Today, the FADs are revered by fishers. Each has its own Maori name.
Grief in Covid: Giving dad his dying wish
Saturday 23 May 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weekend
Nooroa Mata tried to return home to Atiu before the border closed.
Banking on a Shaw thing: The financier and her daughter
Saturday 23 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weekend
New Zealander Bernadette Shaw has been carjacked in Papua New Guinea and ducked drunken fights in Darwin, yet it’s in her latest role leading a Cook Islands bank through the Covid crisis that this risk-averse financier is exploring her wildest frontier.
