Weekend
A gentle Cook Islander
Saturday 5 September 2015 | Published in Weekend
This profile by Florence Syme Buchanan is another in a series called “50 Tamariki Kuki Airani.” The series, which is also on Facebook, profiles interesting Cook Islanders born after 1965. The page was created in celebration of the Cook Islands’ 50 years of self-governance and as a platform for the stories of ordinary Cook Islanders who have achieved extraordinary things.
Fun in and out of the classroom
Saturday 5 September 2015 | Published in Weekend
It’s been a fun week of learning both in and out of the classroom for the pre-schoolers and grade 5 students at Apii Te Uki Ou.
Return to 'paradise' priority for veteran priest
Saturday 30 May 2015 | Published in Weekend
When Father John Rovers told the congregation at St Mary’s Catholic Church last Sunday morning that he would conduct one more Mass the following Sunday and would then be going ‘to paradise’, it raised more than a few chuckles.
Appreciating the state of peace today
Saturday 2 May 2015 | Published in Weekend
Development Economist Vaine Wichman has worked extensively throughout the country as a development economist. She began writing this column in response to women and men who asked her to explain the working of the economy. Views in this column are Vaine’s.
Soldier's efforts to be remembered
Saturday 21 February 2015 | Published in Weekend
This year will commemorate the 100th Year of the Cook Islands men enlisting in the New Zealand Army, and the Cook Islands Soldiers of World War One committee, (CISWWO) is planning to make the 2015 commemoration a big success.
Rarotongan carving fetches $1.5million
Saturday 13 December 2014 | Published in Weekend
A Rarotongan carving sold for $1,554,369 (€1,201,500) at an auction sale in Paris on September 16 this year.
The lost century of independent sailing
Saturday 22 November 2014 | Published in Weekend
Just over a hundred years ago, island and district communities across the Cook Islands took to the high seas in European designed sailing ships as part of the Cooks' first major venture into international commerce.
Sustainable sea transport for the Pacific: The obvious way forward
Saturday 22 November 2014 | Published in Weekend
Dr Peter Nuttall is head of the sustainable sea transport research program at the University of the South Pacific, Suva.
Ship-wrecked teen returns after 60-years
Saturday 1 November 2014 | Published in Weekend
Rare ship visits are always something that the residents of Palmerston Island look forward to with careful preparation, great anticipation and much excitement.
'Marama' remembered on Muralug
Saturday 18 October 2014 | Published in Weekend
The only marked grave on the island of Muralug, part of the Torres Strait Islands, belongs to Rarotonga man Marama – a marine diver according to the headstone.
Final Push to Rid Atiu of Mynah Birds
Tuesday 23 September 2014 | Published in Weekend
Mynahs were introduced to Atiu in 1916 by the Cook Islands government to control stick insects which were damaging the copra industry on the island. They soon became a pest in their own right. Journalist Sally Nowlan wrote this story after recently re-visiting Atiu.
Aim for the stars from the Cooks! Part 2
Monday 15 September 2014 | Published in Weekend
Aitutaki – not only the lagoon Czech astronomer, photographer and journalist, Petr Horálek fell in love with the Cook Islands in 2010 when he visited Rarotonga for the first time.
Aim for the stars from the Cooks!
Sunday 14 September 2014 | Published in Weekend
Czech astronomer, photographer and journalist, Petr Horálek fell in love with Cook Islands in 2010 when he visited Rarotonga for the first time. He recently returned, and has written about his experience after visiting several islands to view the marvels of the universe – from paradise.
Retracing family footsteps
Saturday 6 September 2014 | Published in Weekend
Sandra Bueti and husband Vince recently travelled to the Cook Islands to retrace the footsteps of her father, Neil Cooper, who had visited the South Pacific roughly 70 years ealier. The adventurous Cooper documented his travels with what is now a treasure trove of photos.
Tribute: Remembering Bobby
Monday 11 August 2014 | Published in Weekend
Ex-Cook Islands News journo Lisa Williams pays tribute to longtime broadcaster Bobby Turua, who was laid to rest this week. He was 65.
Flashback to political reform discussions
Thursday 31 July 2014 | Published in Weekend
As the nation celebrates 49 years of self-government in the middle of a bitter post-election period with nine petitions, it is appropriate to look back to 1998 and review what had been recommended for political reform at that time.
Solid waste management in the Pacific
Saturday 12 July 2014 | Published in Weekend
With the focus put on waste management recently by the Democratic Party outlining its policy on the subject, the release of a new Asian Development Bank report on the challenges faced in this area by the Cook Islands is timely.
Photoised: Portraits of the Cook Islands
Saturday 12 July 2014 | Published in Weekend
In 1980, The National Film Unit in New Zealand gifted Te Papa Museum (known then as the National Museum) a collection of black and white glass plate negatives by George Robson Crummer, an amateur photographer resident in Rarotonga from 1890.
Raro 'Hams' demonstrate emergency communications
Tuesday 1 July 2014 | Published in Weekend
In a simulated emergency communications test, Rarotonga Amateur Radio Operators (hams) contacted over 600 other ham radio operators in 38 different countries on five continents during one 12 hour period last weekend.
Brown Widow spiders on Raro
Monday 30 June 2014 | Published in Weekend
Natural Heritage Trust Director Gerald McCormack has made a full study of the recent spider infestation that has caused both concern and angst on the island.
