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Puaikura fire volunteers ready for Sky City
Friday May 17, 2019MEMBERS of the Puaikura Volunteer Fire Brigade left Rarotonga for Auckland on Thursday afternoon prepared to compete in the annual fundraiser of the Sky Tower Challenge for Leukemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.
UK team works on CI database
Friday May 17, 2019Cook Islands naturalist Gerald McCormack is heading to the UK to work on the Cook Islands Biodiversity Database.
DAY 108: Talbot less than a month left
Thursday May 16, 2019Creative Trail walker James Talbot has less than a month left to complete the 3200-kilometre walk of the Te Araroa Trail in New Zealand.
How close is too close to endangered turtles?
Wednesday May 15, 2019Concerns are being raised about how close eager tourists get to endangered sea turtles in the congested Avaavaroa passage.
Tour operators divided on ‘safety’
Wednesday May 15, 2019Tour guides have started pulling out of Avaavaroa Passage, saying it has become too crowded and dangerous to take visitors there.
Day 107: $20 from every person
Tuesday May 14, 2019Cook Islanders in Hamilton who attended a welcoming event for James Talbot have pledged $20 each towards the Creative Trail fundraiser.
PM visits newly restored vaka
Monday May 13, 2019It is with a great sense of pride, that the government of the Cook Islands was able to gift the Cook Islands Voyaging Society (CIVS) and the Vaka Marumaru Atua $255,000 towards the restoration and repairs of the traditional vessel said prime minister Henry Puna.
DAY 102: Talbot’s family stays strong
Saturday May 11, 2019“It has been hard seeing James do the walk, I do get apprehensive sometimes but then I just brush it off,” says the Creative Trail walker’s wife, Mereani Talbot.
Japanese magician to visit Cook Islands
Friday May 10, 2019An 86-year-old magician from Japan will be visiting the Cook Islands later this month, performing various magic acts for children on Rarotonga and Mangaia.