Carver Nathan Rei (Ngāti Toa Rangatira) has returned to Rarotonga to complete a traditional fishing waka under the tutelage of expert carver Michael Tavioni. The project is a cultural-exchange with the Porirua-based Mana College teacher and some students, to learn traditional waka building of their Pacific ancestors.
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NewsWorld's paddlers arrive in Rarotonga for Vaka Eiva Festival
The 16th annual Vaka Eiva Cook Islands paddling festival starts this weekend in Rarotonga. Hundreds of paddlers from around the world are set to compete, alongside locals, at the island's biggest sporting event.
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Miss Cook Islands NZ helps contestants embrace culture away from the islands
The winner was Terito-o-Ngakura Story, followed by Rebecca Enuake and Esther Pekepo. The competition has provided them a way to celebrate their culture despite being so far from the islands. Now they’re urging other Cook Islanders living in New Zealand to embrace the culture.
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Aitutaki to host inaugural Te Hoa Haere o Te Moananui a Kiwa conference
The Aitutaki Mayoral office welcomes King Tuheitia's proposal to host a biennial conference to advance the aspirations of all their Pacific relatives.
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King Tuheitia to be gifted land in Aitutaki
King Tuheitia is to be gifted land in Aitutaki from his relatives of Tai-Te-Atainui o Iva/Ngati Kamire. The announcement was made during the Māori monarch's first visit to the Cook Islands outer island.
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King Tuheitia strengthens kinship with Cook Islands
King Tuheitia received a traditional welcome for the first time by Te Ui Ariki at Atupare Marae in Puaikura on the second day of his eight-day visit to the Cook Islands.
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Cook Islands pay special tribute to Māori King
King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII has arrived in Rarotonga for his first official visit to the Cook Islands. The monarch and his entourage was received by government officials.
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King Tuheitia to visit Cook Islands
King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero will make his first official visit to the Cook Islands tomorrow.
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Aquinas College performs at Te Maeva Nui, Cook Islands
A novice haka group from Aquinas College took to the stage at Te Maeva Nui, before their biggest audience outside of their Tauranga classroom. The youth have been practicing all year to perform at the Cook Islands' most important celebrations, and they’re pleased with their performance.
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Ma'uke connects with their Mataatua kin
A tribe of the Mataatua confederation is strengthening it's links with the people the Cook Islands. Today, a stone talisman from Ma'uke was consecrated within the house of Awanuiārangi in Auckland and dedicated to the sowing together of their shared links through the ancestral canoe that binds them.
