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Best on display for trade days
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in National
The best of Cook Islands arts, crafts and food were on sale and display at the cultural grounds by the National Auditorium yesterday. The day of activity and cultural performances is all part of the Te Maeve Nui island trade days. Everything from hand carved axes to medicinal oils and jewellery were available for eager […]
Bosss faith a blessing
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in National
If it wasnt for the faith and tough love of his bosses at Pacific Resort, one young man from Titikaveka says he is sure he would have been in trouble with the law. Twenty-one-year-old Brett (not his real name) says he had been flirting with crime from a young age and probably would have spent […]
Lively cultural performances planned
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in National
Te Maeva Nui cultural performances will begin this evening at the National Auditorium, featuring 10 teams. The best of Cook Islands dance and singing will come alive starting at 7pm. Pukapuka will be the first on stage tonight and they are sure to deliver a lively and entertaining pee (chant). Avarua will perform their ute […]
Plan to save Pacific languages
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands leaders are putting their support behind a drive to foster and salvage Pacific languages including Cook Islands Maori. Pa Marie Ariki is collaborating with Maori leaders and language experts in NZ to promote and support initiatives aimed at salvaging Pacific languages. University of Auckland Maori cultural advisors Margaret Mutu and Dr Joseph Te […]
Burglary devastates Aunty June
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in National
Local business woman June Baudinet, known to everyone as Aunty June, is reeling from a break-in at her Raina Trading store in Avarua on Sunday night. Among the items stolen from her office was her laptop containing all her business contacts, family documents and records. Im just devastated, said an emotional Aunty June. Ive been […]
Crash driver gets light sentence
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in Crime
A 19-year-old has narrowly avoided a jail sentence due to his young age and his familys reliance on him. Arorangi groundsman Okotai Rongo appeared for sentencing in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Colin Nicholson last week He previously admitted two charges, of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs […]
Te Maeva Nui disrupts court
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Justice Colin Nicholson was forced to compete with Te Maeva Nui sound checks while sentencing a defendant in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua last Friday. Operation Eagle defendant Faimau Robati was sentenced on three charges of possessing cannabis and breaching bail conditions (contempt of court). About 9.45am, as Justice Nicholson was in the […]
Joyful noise
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in Local
Mauke mamas lead the way in the islands imene tuki on Sunday night, an enthusiastic depiction of the biblical story of Noahs Ark. Report and photos, pages 12 15. 11080112
Special top-up
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in Local
Te Maeva Nui Ariki sponsor Telecom Cook Islands is taking the nationwide celebration to another level by offering all ticket holders an additional $10 top up bonus. All you have to do is be in the National Auditorium with your ticket and purchase credit to the value of $10 or more and you will receive […]
Search and rescue mission for hurt teen
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in Local
Five youths sparked a police search and rescue operation on Friday after setting out for a bushwalk between Titikaveka and Wigmores waterfall. Police say three teenage boys aged 14, 15 and 17 went for a walk with two girls around the same age.All had been attending a programme at the Youth With A Mission Cook […]
Police warning after accidents
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in Local
Police are hunting for a driver involved in a hit and run and have yet to lay any charges in relation to five motor vehicle incidents at the weekend . Just before 10pm on Saturday a foreign worker from the Philippines was driving a motorcycle north from Muri towards Matavera, when the driver of another […]
Anglers haul in monster blue marlin
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in National
Akura fishing charter is living up to its name and continues to lead the marlin count among the local charters. On Monday morning the charter with 6 anglers on board, hauled in an estimated 130kg blue marlin which took the anglers over an hour to land. Weve been seeing a lot of small fish stories […]
Float parades grand comeback
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in National
People are still buzzing and talking about the fantastic float parade on Friday which really captured the essence of Te Maeva Nui a celebration of Cook Islands people and culture. Tourism Cook Islands and the Ministry of Cultural Development have been inundated with positive comments from locals and visitors alike. For many locals it has […]
Faith and love light up the stage
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islanders love to entertain through song and dance and do so most passionately when the songs and praises are about God and his love. This was evident at the Te Maeva Nui imene tuki competition on Sunday night where the 10 competing teams lifted the roof of the National Auditorium with their zealous singing […]
Deputy PM in PNG
Tuesday 2 August 2011 | Published in National
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters will this week lobby the European Union for increased aid to bolster the Cook Islands trade capacity. Marsters is attending an EU-funded conference in Papua New Guinea as the minister for foreign affairs and immigration. The Pacific trade and fisheries ministers meeting is for member nations of the African, Caribbean […]
World song and dance on stage
Monday 1 August 2011 | Published in National
Seven groups of men, women and children from across the Pacific and South East Asia put their culture on show in Te Maeva Nuis international night on Friday. The Te Aroa Nui Hall at Arorangi echoed with the singing and dancing of groups from the Philippines, Tonga, Samoa, Bali, New Zealand and Fiji, the noise […]
Marumaru Atua first to San Francisco
Monday 1 August 2011 | Published in National
Voyaging vaka Marumaru Atua and her Cook Islands crew anchored 20 miles north of San Francisco Bay at the weekend where they waited for other vaka in the fleet to catch up with them. Marumaru Atua crew and scribe Nick Henry reports on their arrival to San Francisco Well we are here..sort of. We are […]
More MPs off overseas
Monday 1 August 2011 | Published in National
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters and marine resources minister Teina Bishop will be the next members of parliament to travel abroad on official business. They will attend a trade and fisheries conference in Papua New Guinea, leaving the Cook Islands on August 6. Bishop has just last week returned from Samoa where he attended a […]
Red Cross thanks land owners
Monday 1 August 2011 | Published in National
Excitement is growing among Red Cross officers in the Cook Islands with the organisations new $1.3m headquarters in Tupapa taking shape. Cook Islands Red Cross president Nga Jessie would like to thank and show the organisations gratitude to landowner of the section Tua Nicholas. Red Cross would also like to show its appreciation to surrounding […]
CI dictionary in demand in New Zealand
Monday 1 August 2011 | Published in National
A Cook Islands Maori language advocate in New Zealand says there is strong demand by teachers for a new dictionary. Plans are underway in the Cook Islands to create an electronic version of the Cook Islands Maori dictionary for access via the internet. That comes as physical copies dwindle due to the book being out […]
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