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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.
Teaching lace making art from Atiu
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Outer Islands
Australia-based artist and academic Regine Wagner has spent the past two years travelling, immersing in different forms of art and the cultures that bear them – papier mache in Italy, textile printing in Sweden, an installation in the Blue Mountains. This month, her journey landed her in the South Pacific paradise of Enuamanu.
Volleyball builds up
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Crime
Tonight is round three of the business house indoor volleyball competition and fans can catch all the action at the Telecom Sports Arena from 6pm.
Renewable energy comes to Vaitau
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Environment
Vaitau Primary School on Aitutaki is already taking enrolments for the 2013 year ahead. Literacy results again this year have improved across the school, which is very pleasing, says principal Ingrid Stewart.
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.
Public toilets in for tidy-up and upgrade
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Economy
Complaints about the ‘disgraceful’ state of the downtown Avarua public toilets have made their mark.
New market stage formally opened
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Economy
Punanga Nui Market committee chairman Kiriau Turepu says the new stage has created a positive shift for the Saturday market after it was formally opened on Saturday.
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.
Te Aponga CEO responds to power complaint
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Local
The chief executive of Te Aponga Uira has responded to a reader who complained about new electricity users having to pay for a power substation in their area.
Treasure hunters visiting
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Politics
Members of the treasure-hunting company which discovered a wreck sunk in World War II carrying around seven million ounces of silver is arriving in Rarotonga today.
New teachers for new year
Monday 5 November 2012 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Education has finished its teacher recruitment for 2013, managing to bring back six Cook Islanders who had been teaching overseas.
Maths quiz fun
Monday 5 November 2012 | Published in Outer Islands
The best maths minds were put to work on the night of Wednesday October 24 at the annual Cook Islands mathematics competition.
Tickled pink with Zumba fundraiser
Monday 5 November 2012 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation (CIBCF) is ecstatic after receiving a cheque for $2505 from HSBC raised from Wednesday’s Zumba party.
Wicked fun, tricks and treats for Halloween
Monday 5 November 2012 | Published in Local
Children of all ages were transformed into fairies, fang-faced Draculas and all sorts of other scary costumes as Halloween festivities reigned last week.
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