Chantal and Haydn are thrilled to interview the honorable Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. He had previously served as Deputy Prime Minister under Henry Puna. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.

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Meitaki Maata (thank you very much),
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Kia Orana, May you live long
Aere Ra, Farewell
Kia Manuia, Good Luck and Good Health

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The Kia Orana Podcast was created as a result of lock down Covid restrictions, in 2020.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I wasn't sure exactly how this podcast was going to go, or if we'd make it past 5 episodes. Now with nearly 35 episodes recorded (we have some great ones in the queue for you), we are steamrolling and ready to rock and roll in the new year. 

Nearly 50 countries, 4,500 downloads and a few hundred cities, we are completely blown away. 2020 sure was a year for the history books. Chantal showcased what an island in the middle of the South Pacific that all but locked away off from the rest of the world and I, in the COVID capital country of the U.S. of A can pull off. 

We can't wait to continue our journey with you. Thank you all, listeners.

Kia Orana, May you live long
Aere Ra, Farewell
Kia Manuia, Good Luck and Good Health

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The Kia Orana Podcast was created as a result of lock down Covid restrictions, in 2020.

Chantal and Haydn sit down with Gerald Field, CEO of  Capital Security Bank (CSB). As the only fully-service private bank operating exclusively within the Cook Islands, CSB provides a distinct level of service to clients seeking to enhance their investment plan.

About Gerard Field

Gerard commenced as Chief Executive Officer of Capital Security Bank in January 2018 and is responsible for managing stakeholder relationships and the overall operations of the bank. He has over 26 years’ experience in banking, treasury management arranging finance domestically in New Zealand and globally in the international markets.

Gerard worked for HSBC, New Zealand Branch for over 21 years with his last position being the Head of Global Markets and Financial Institutions, NZ. He was a member of the Executive Committee reporting to the CEO and responsible for Treasury Funding and Liquidity, Treasury Sales (Foreign Exchange and Interest products), Financial Institutions and Sub-Custodian businesses for the Branch. Prior to this Gerard was Head of Debt Capital markets for HSBC originating wholesale bond issues for clients domestically and internationally, arranging syndicated loans and specialised funding. He commenced his banking career at Bank of New Zealand, Investment Banking over four years.

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Meitaki Maata (thank you very much),
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Kia Orana, May you live long
Aere Ra, Farewell
Kia Manuia, Good Luck and Good Health

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The Kia Orana Podcast was created as a result of lock down Covid restrictions, in 2020.

Kia Orana and Welcome to BCI "the people's bank", the only LOCALLY owned bank in the Cook Islands. BCI is dedicated to serving the Cook Islands and delivering the best in Banking products and services with a strong focus on building lifelong relationships.

With the vesting of assets of the Cook Islands Savings Bank and the Cook Islands Development Bank into BCI legislated as 30th June 2001, BCI has come a long way, since the merger.  However in our efforts to deliver the legacy these two institutions developed, BCI continues to serve customers from all over the Cook Islands, with almost 100 employees, and the largest branch banking network in the Cook Islands. Our history and experience demonstrates our commitment to doing business in good times and not so good times. We respect each relationship we build and every customer is important to us – no matter what their bank balance may be.  We recognise that the people of the Cook Islands are deserving of a sound and vibrant banking service, so at BCI we have made it our challenge to look after our existing customers, earn new ones and build lifelong relationships with each.

As a State Owned Enterprise, we are committed to our role in the sustainable development of the Cook Islands. An example is our partnership with the Government to lower for Cook Islanders the cost of living and the cost of doing business.  Since 2013 we have consistently reduced our interest rates on Home Loans and Business Loans, implementing a total of 1.01% reduction in Home Loan Rates and 1.25% on Business Loans.  On the 1st July 2020 a further reduction of 0.25% was implemented for elible loans as part of BCIs COVID-19 response package.  We continue to revise our pricing strategies and to pursue new opportunities as part of our commitment to accelerating growth and providing superior financial services to our Cook Islands people.

Vaine Nooana-Arioka makes things happen! As Managing Director/CEO for the Bank of the Cook Islands since November 2008, BCI has grown its market share, introduced new services and products, reduced interest rates and partnered with Government agencies to deliver finance to un-served sectors of the community. Vaine’s experience is derived from over 15 years in Banking (6 of those years with ANZ Banking Group Ltd in the Cook Islands), and underscored with a Masters in International Economics and Finance (University of Queensland) as well as an Affiliate in Development Bank Management (Asia Pacific Institute of Development Finance). It is important to lend your talents where needed and one which Vaine has nurtured by active service outside of the banking world, holding various executive positions in non-government and government organisations, including Punanga Tauturu Inc and the Cook Islands Business Trade and Investment Board. Vaine has also held membership with various women and girls organisations such as Cook Islands Womens Counselling Centre, Cook Islands Girl Guides, Cook Islands Business and Professional Womens Association and more recently as Chairperson for the Finance Commission of the Cook Islands Red Cross. Vaine’s personal vision statement is “A financially independent Cook Islands”.

 Sincerely,
Vaine Nooana- Arioka
Managing Director of Bank of the Cook Islands

Kia Orana, May you live long
Aere Ra, Farewell
Kia Manuia, Good Luck and Good Health

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The Kia Orana Podcast was created as a result of lock down Covid restrictions, in 2020.

Kia Orana, 

I'm Maurice Newport, otherwise known as Mo, I'm one half of Motone Productions with my wife Glenda Tuaine. Together we bring a wealth of knowledge and experience from having worked in the Arts, Music,Theatre, Film & TV and so much more in Wellington, New Zealand. 

Myself, a drummer/percussionist with a number of original and cover bands over many years, live sound and recording engineer, lighting, Film and TV as a crew member and even a dash of acting, My last job was with the Wellington City Council Events Team as a tech and events coordinator providing technical assistance to a whole range of events around the city, a very satisfying and rewarding job. 

My role with Motone productions, I take care of all the back end of a show or event, staging, sound and lights, power supply, location management, so on, so on.

Now that we're based here in beautiful Rarotonga, we not only enjoy producing events here, we also pull the same amount of energy into sharing our knowledge with our young creatives who are passionate about performing in the arts, be it acting, writing, music, dance, film making and help them see this as a real career possibility.  

Please enjoy our conversation

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Meitaki Maata (thank you very much),
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Kia Orana, May you live long
Aere Ra, Farewell
Kia Manuia, Good Luck and Good Health

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The Kia Orana Podcast was created as a result of lock down Covid restrictions, in 2020.

Kia Orana kia kotou katoatoa, Greetings to you all, 

My name is Angeline Tuara. I have one staff member (Princess), Elia Raukete who hails from the beautiful island of Aitutaki. Together we manage the Cook Islands Social Impact Fund (SIF) a contestable grant fund administered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The SIF is designed to contribute to the achievement of the national sustainable development plan goals through national social policies developed by the Ministry.

The SIF is fully funded by the Cook Islands Government to support Registered Civil Society Organisations (CSO), Civil Society groups, Sports and Faith based organisations and Community groups. Calls for proposals to access the SIF are made at least once a year for Project Funding and once every three years for Programme Funding.

Elia and I are so passionate about the work we do with non government organizations. We believe they are the working arm of government. Within these organizations they have been serving our people for over 20 years (as at the year 2020).

Our priority areas are gender equality, children and youth, persons with disability, the elderly, domestic violence and mental health. We have two funding components, 1st is program funding that runs for 3 years. The 2nd one is project funding that runs for 12 months or 1 year.

As a Cook Islander I would like to say that this is the first time I have been podcast recorded. Thank you for the opportunity to have our professional voice and opinion in our small department heard on an international platform.

Please enjoy my conversation with Haydn and Chantal. 

Meitaki Maata (Thank you)
Mrs. Angeline Tuara
My local lineage genealogy links as follows:
No Puaikura mai au, kopu tangata Kaena. 
Ngati Uri Taua. Ngati Putua. Pa Rangatira.
Tau’u O Te Rangi

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Meitaki Maata (thank you very much),
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Kia Orana, May you live long
Aere Ra, Farewell
Kia Manuia, Good Luck and Good Health

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The Kia Orana Podcast was created as a result of lock down Covid restrictions, in 2020.

Ruta Tangiiau Mave is my Maori name incorporating my Rarotongan Grandmothers  and my Tahitian Grandfather's surnames respectively. My father is number 13 of 14 siblings and I am named after my Aunty Ruta (number 3) who was like a surrogate mother to my father until she died aged 21yrs, and is buried at the Ngatangiia field. I have always written my thoughts down in journals, poems, and letters to the editor. 

My journey leading up to being offered a weekly column in the Cook Islands News national paper was an exciting and often rocky road. I'm regularly reminded by locals of all walks of life, I meet on the street, who thank me for speaking up for them, when they feel they have no voice, or ability to speak freely.  The only payment I receive for the columns is the self satisfaction of completing a succinct and thought provoking look at our island society and politics every week, on a variety of subjects, themes and writing angles. I hope to have all of them available to read on some sort of platform in the future It has been a pleasure spending this time chatting with Chantal.

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Meitaki Maata (thank you very much),
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Kia Orana, May you live long
Aere Ra, Farewell
Kia Manuia, Good Luck and Good Health

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The Kia Orana Podcast was created as a result of lock down Covid restrictions, in 2020.

Alex Beddoes is a sprinter and athlete from the Cook Islands, with lineage connections to the island of Mauke. Alex was born in 1995, and your podcast host Chantal nicknamed Alex, “The Sprint King” during this episode.
He has won three gold medals in the Pacific Games and a bronze medal in the Oceania Athletics Championships. His Cook Islands debut was at the 2013 Pacific Mini Games in Wallis and Futuna, when he was 18 years old.
Four years later Alex was successful with a gold medal in the 800 meters event at the Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu. Double gold in the 800 meters and 1500 meters at the Pacific Games in Samoa.
In 2019 Alex decided, “just for fun” to compete in the 10km event Round Rarotonga Road Race. Alex placed 1st (first) with a time of 37 minutes and 6 seconds, a new course record.
In May 2020, Alex was named Sportsman of the year for the Cook Islands.
In our conversation together Alex mentioned that it was so good to see families competing in our most recently celebrated October 2020 Cook Islands Games. 24 codes and 3,000 participants from athletes to organizers. All three generations competing  together, the grandparents, the mum, the dad, and the kids. Alex is now also a trainer and member of our Athletics Cook Islands Development squad, guiding our young school aged generation towards athletic technique performance skills.
We wish you well Alex in your future athletic aspirations. 

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Meitaki Maata (thank you very much),
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Kia Orana, May you live long
Aere Ra, Farewell
Kia Manuia, Good Luck and Good Health

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The Kia Orana Podcast was created as a result of lock down Covid restrictions, in 2020.

“Don’t seek to be elsewhere. Seek to be here, and everything else will fall into place”.

In this episode, your host Chantal Napa sits down with her two daughters, Athena born in 2009 and Desiree born in 2011. Both of them born in a quaint Rarotonga hospital, where on average 1 baby is born a day.

As of November 2020, they have never been on an airplane, never been to an international zoo, never seen snow before, never been on an escalator, never seen traffic lights, never seen a skyscraper, never been on a highway, in a traffic jam, on a train, on a road trip or been to a large multiplex shopping mall.

Island children see different lifestyle pleasures as they grow up, compared to larger country children. They are always ‘at’ Chantal about what they have not seen or done yet in the big wide world. “Slow down”, she says to them, “there’s plenty of time to see and experience beyond the reef!” Enjoy your little island paradise first, before you decide to climb aboard that ‘Vaka (Canoe) - a metaphor for an airplane.
 
Listen out for Athena singing a local school inspired chant to you, and Desiree pitching her mother Chantal’s Concierge business to you.

Hilariously funny as they storytell to you their ‘junior’ take on Cook Islands ‘roosters crowing’ lifestyle!!

Your children will enjoy listening to this episode as much as Athena and Desiree enjoyed recording it for you.

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Meitaki Maata (thank you very much),
Chantal TD Napa & Haydn S Adams
Chantal Website: http://www.chantalsconcierge.com/
Haydn Website: https://nautilusdesigns.com/about/

Kia Orana, May you live long
Aere Ra, Farewell
Kia Manuia, Good Luck and Good Health

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The Kia Orana Podcast was created as a result of lock down Covid restrictions, in 2020.

The Ministry of Cultural Development was set up initially under the title of Arts and Culture as announced in the Government’s manifesto in 1989.

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Meitaki Maata (thank you very much),
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Kia Orana, May you live long
Aere Ra, Farewell
Kia Manuia, Good Luck and Good Health

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The Kia Orana Podcast was created as a result of lock down Covid restrictions, in 2020.