Return to Culture: Oral Tradition and Society in the Southern Cook Islands.
Return to Culture: Oral Tradition and Society in the Southern Cook Islands By Anna-Leena Siikala and Jukka Siikala Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica. 2005 Pp: 327 Price: not given Anna-Leena and Jukka Siikala, in Return to Culture, combine theoretical perspectives from anthropology and folklore to examine oral tradition...

Pacific nurses seek stronger voice.
Pacific nursing: unity in diversity was the theme of the inaugural conference of NZNO's newly established Pacific nurses' section, held in Auckland last month. Around 300 nurses from throughout New Zealand attended, along with the directors of nursing from Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands and Fiji. The...

Survivor Cook Islands' Sekou Bunch to DEBUT His New 'Survivor' Single LIVE, December 17th on the Show's Season Finale.
New Single and Album - The Next Level - Set for Release LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- He became famous as the first to exit this year's show. When Sekou Bunch heard the words, "The tribe has spoken ..." just three days into his Survivor: Cook...

New Zealand offers to host South Pacific Nurses' Forum.
NZNO is offering to host the 2012 South Pacific Nurses' Forum, following a decision at the May meeting of NZNO's board of directors. NZNO Last hosted the forum in 1992. A paper presented to the May meeting of the board outlined the role of the SPNF. It...

Cook Islands continue strong nursing ties with New Zealand.
From its earliest days, nursing in the Cook Islands had close ties with New Zealand, particularly during the 65 years when the stands were administered by New Zealand. It's a link that is stilt valued by Cook Island nurses, according to the School of Nursing principal nursing tutor, Upoko...

Tourist mottos and slogans from a Washington Post contest.
Ray Love suggests that readers take up another Washington Post word challenge. The object is to create mottos or slogans for countries. In the list below, the last 20 are by Ray. The winner. England: Lie back and think of us. Runners-up: USA:...

Local missionaries to be sent to Africa and mainland China.
Byline: LESLIE ANN G. AQUINO The Mission Society of the Philippines (MSP), the official missionary arm of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, will be sending priests to mainland China and Africa. MSP Father Moderator Socrates Mesiona revealed the plan in an interview posted on...

HIS BIGGEST HURDLE.
Byline: Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard Eight months ago, A.K. Ikwuakor wasn't thinking about the Olympics. In fact, he wasn't thinking about sports at all. The former UO all-American in the hurdles and relays earned his sociology degree from Oregon last June, and he celebrated his...

Te Pa Mataiapo (Imogen Ingram) Secretary of the Koutu Nui.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imogen Ingram is of Polynesian and English parentage, and was raised in a bilingual home in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. She underwent tertiary education in New Zealand, graduating first with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Political Studies and later with a Bachelor of...

Call to adopt ui-tupuna farming practices.
March 5, 2007 Environment services minister, Kete loane, says it's time to revert to biological farming as practiced by Cook Islands Maori'ui-tupuna' He is concerned about the environment being spoiled or damaged by too much use of chemicals or artificial fertilisers. The minister recently returned from an...