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Bodies march
Friday 9 November 2012 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Bodybuilding Federation president George George (far left) along with Tongan bodybuilders Taliauli Vaka, Alani Latu, Mr Tonga Sione Fatai, and Tongan bodybuilding president Talaiasi Nau, will march through Avarua this morning with fellow lifters from across the region on Rarotonga for the Cook Islands and South Pacific Bodybuilding Championships.
Mr Tonga
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
Tongan bodybuilder Sione Fatai, who won the recent Mr Tonga competition for the title, parades his carved up body under the Rarotonga sun at the Nikao social centre.
Irish luck!
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands’ most famous Irish export has once more featured on Australian television during Melbourne Cup coverage.
Creative Centre loves their coast
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
The Creative Centre has been inspired by the Love your Coast Rarotonga project to do a clean-up of their local stretch of coastline at the start of each month.
Tereora celebrates at prizegiving
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
It was a morning of celebration at Tereora College yesterday, as senior students were rewarded for their efforts during the year.
New citizens naturalised
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
Family was the key word for three women who became New Zealand’s newest citizens yesterday.
Low tertiary participation studied
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
Education secretary Sharyn Paio recently attended a tertiary institutions conference in Fiji, where low tertiary participation around the region was discussed.
Sokattak host Takuvaine
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
At the Nikao field today, Nikao Sokattak will host Takuvaine in the first game of round 12 of the 2012 Rarotonga Round Cup competition.
A far cry from utopia
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
This is a new weekly column by journalist-at-large Rachel Reeves. After three years as a staff reporter, Reeves is travelling and pursuing studies and research for a book. She will be covering a broad range of material – political issues at home, viewpoints of Cook Islanders overseas who’ve also got Raro on the mind, together her own musings and reflections. I’m just over five feet tall. My brother is 10 years my junior and has legs the length of me. People who pose for photos with me have to bend at the knees or risk looking like behemoths. At university I got a side job driving a bakery truck but I couldn’t reach its pedals, so every day I would earn my keep by shifting gears from my perch atop a precarious pile of textbooks.
Interest in insurance
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
Tower Insurance general manager Jay Areora says there has been a noticeable increase in fire insurance inquiries as a result of two major fires over the last two weeks.
50 attending parliamentary conference
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
A regional conference is being held in the Cook Islands later this month, interrupting Parliament’s scheduled sitting by two weeks.
NZ's newest citizens honoured today
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
Four people from the Pacific Islands are to be publicly recognised for gaining New Zealand citizenship in a ceremony at Ngatipa this morning.
Man guilty of Westpac theft
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
A jury found Leelesh Chandar to be guilty of theft by conversion of $1020 yesterday afternoon after a five-day long trial.
Cheers for chairs
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
Timberland Limited has received some support from ANZ in the form of six chairs to help with its temporary office.
Melbourne Cup interest rises
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
One of the Cook Islands’ biggest horse racing enthusiasts believes interest in the Melbourne Cup is growing every year.
Fire ravages 2 businesses
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Local
Two more prominent Rarotonga businesses were devastated by fire on Sunday night.
Teuira for Miss Earth
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Local
Touring schools, panting murals and planting trees have been part of Miss Cook Islands Teuira Napa’s Miss Earth campaign in Manila, Philippines, this week.
Businessmen hope to rise again
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Local
Two business owners who lost plant and stock with a combined value of over $500,000 in Sunday night’s fire are vowing to rebuild their businesses.
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