Weekend
New Atiu nature reserve a huge gift to the future
Monday 9 January 2017 | Published in Weekend
AS A momentous gift to the future, the landowners of a huge near-pristine stretch of forest have established a nature reserve to protect Atiu’s most remarkable leeward coastal forest.
A little chat with the big red guy
Wednesday 28 December 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Weekend
SANTA CLAUS came in late to the interview with a face like thunder and plonked his ample frame down in a way that felt like a mini earthquake.
What a wild weekend that was!
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Weekend
MORE than 230mm of rain poured down on Rarotonga between Friday afternoon and Saturday evening – that’s 100mm more than the average November monthly level.
Dr Brych – a dud Czech who bounced around Pacific
Monday 14 November 2016 | Published in Weekend
Quack who fooled an Australian premier
'We could be sued' – TIS warning
Monday 24 October 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Weekend
BY JUMPING the legal gun and signing a purse-seine fishing deal with the European Union before the issue was decided by the High Court, the government could have opened Cook Islands up to being sued by the financial powerhouse.
Centenary brings back memories for former Apii Avarua student
Monday 10 October 2016 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Local, Memory Lane, Weekend
This week, Apii Avarua celebrates 100 years of providing education. In this feature, Tuaine Bailey (nee Strickland), daughter of Mana and Mauariki Strickland recalls her return to Rarotonga from Pukapuka and enrolling at Avarua School in 1949 at the age of seven.
Coco and Daisy in the South Pacific
Saturday 20 August 2016 | Published in Weekend
Xinling Gao (Coco), is a journalist with the Shanghai Morning Post in Shanghai, China. Recently she and her friend Daisy embarked on an adventure to follow their dreams, spending a year and a half travelling to Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Australia. In the days following their visit to Rarotonga and Aitutaki, Coco wrote a story about their trip, which she kindly gave to CI News.
How Palmerston beat Brazil to the Olympics
Saturday 20 August 2016 | Published in Weekend
The Games Organisation: Bury Andrew Marsters and I had to organise the Mini Olympics.
Thomas Wynne: In honour of a young life lost
Saturday 13 August 2016 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Weekend
THE WAVES cupped the stern of the vaka, splashing over her as she ploughed through the vastness that is the blue haze of Moana O Kiva.
Story behind 'The Last Recruits'
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Weekend
In 1915 Cook Islands men began signing up to fight in The Great War.
Children's art in special exhibition
Sunday 31 July 2016 | Published in Weekend
OVER 50 guests at the National Museum on Thursday evening took the opportunity to preview a collection of special art works created by students from Rarotonga, Atiu, Mangaia and Atitutaki.
Cook Islands culture alive and well in the US
Monday 27 June 2016 | Published in Weekend
For THE last 13 years, Arerangi Tongia, Brigham Young University of Hawaii graduate and former director/curator of the National Museum of the Cook Islands has been spreading and sharing his love of his Cook Islands culture at the annual Foster City Polynesian Festival in Foster City, near San Francisco, California.
The season of dark storms...
Monday 20 June 2016 | Published in Weekend
Aitutaki-based counsellor Thomas Wynne discusses a topic few people like to talk about: suicide. His thought-provoking feature is timely, as it precedes a visit to the Cook Islands next by New Zealand comedian Mike King, who has fought his own battles with depression, addiction and recovery. King will be visiting schools on Rarotonga and Aitutaki and will be bringing a voice to the otherwise taboo subject of suicide.
Reclaiming the 'real' Rarotongan culture
Saturday 11 June 2016 | Published in Weekend
When CI News published a story recently about licencing problems faced by a new Rarotonga business based on the ‘traditional’ tumunu or bush beer, it grabbed the attention of University of Waikato researcher Dr Apo Aporosa. He offered to write a feature story on the original practices and traditions of the tumunu which were based not on bush beer, but on kava. Dr Aporosa is related to the village of Macuata in Northern, Fiji. His adopted sister is related to Aitutaki. His work at the Hamilton, New Zealand university includes teaching on kava and identity. I HAVE a friend here in New Zealand.
Fun in the sun at sports day
Saturday 4 June 2016 | Published in Weekend
Tereora College pupils had a fun and energising time under the sun yesterday during their annual sports day held at the Ngatangiia Park.
Cultural identity and the 'brown economy'
Saturday 21 May 2016 | Published in Weekend
This feature, written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne,takes a thought-provoking look at misconceptions of cultural identity in the Cook Islands, particularly in regard to the cultural experiences we present to tourists. Wynne, who moved home to the Cook Islands in 2011, is a counsellor at Araura College on Aitutaki.
New book gives insights into Cook Islands politics
Sunday 15 May 2016 | Published in Weekend
Former Cook Islands News political reporter Phillipa Webb has written the chapter on Cook Islands government and politics for a new book, Pacific Ways, just published by Victoria University Press in New Zealand.
Tereora takes the trophy!
Saturday 30 April 2016 | Published in Weekend
Tereora College scooped the Vaka Iti trophy from defending champion Araura College of Aitutaki at this year’s 2016 BSP Vaka Iti Regatta at the Muri Lagoon yesterday.
Vaka Iti – a truly national youth event
Saturday 30 April 2016 | Published in Weekend
Sporadic squalls did little to dampen the spirits of the 350 plus youth paddlers who gathered at Muri lagoon on Thursday and Friday for Vaka Iti 2016.
Pacific paddlers innocent of causing Zika outbreak
Sunday 24 April 2016 | Published in Weekend
Gerald McCormack of the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust wrote this feature disputing the idea that Pacific paddlers might have taken feared mosquito disease Zika to Brazil. The article explains the spread of Zika and how “herd immunity” serves to protect us from an immediate return of the disease. The Cook Islands experienced a Zika outbreak in 2014 and health authorities have since been keeping a close eye on other outbreaks in neighbouring Pacific countries, including Samoa.
