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Breast Cancer Foundation disappointed over mammogram machine delays

Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation is disappointed with the ongoing delays in procuring and getting operational a new mammogram machine following the revelation that an estimated 1900 women are waiting for mammography screening.


Cook Islands Police struggle with helmet enforcement

Helmet infringements are and have generally been lower on the list of fines issued by the Cook Islands Police Service, according to Police strategic and media advisor Trevor Pitt.


‘Understaffed’ Cook Islands Police assist Samoa with CHOGM security

The “understaffed” Cook Islands Police have sent two of their senior officers to Samoa to assist the country with hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) next week.

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Crime

Browne questions government’s response to increasing insecurity

The Leader of the Opposition has questioned the government’s role in addressing the growing insecurity in the country due to increasing crime rate, while also calling for a review of the legislation that governs the treatment of minors.

Badminton

Rarotonga dominates badminton at Cook Islands Games

Rarotonga emerged as the top-performing island team in the Cook Islands Games 2024 badminton events, securing the most medals and demonstrating their strength across various categories.

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Education

Education ministry launches new teacher training centre

Cook Islands Ministry of Education has announced plans to establish a teacher development centre in partnership with the University of Waikato, aiming to improve teacher quality and align the curriculum with the country’s language, culture and heritage.


Health

Minister Toki-Brown heads to Philippines for WHO meeting

Minister for Health Vainetutai Rose Toki-Brown is on her way to Philippines to chair the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for the Western Pacific meeting next week.

Sports

Sports

Mitiaro shines in touch comp

Mitiaro emerged as the dominant force in the Cook Islands Games (CIG) touch rugby finals, showcasing their talent across multiple divisions.


Athletics

Young athletes break national records at Cook Islands Games

New athletics records were set in the field events at the Cook Islands Games 2024 last week.

National

Aitutaki reigns supreme in boxing

Aitutaki emerged as the top performer in the Cook Islands Games 2024 boxing events, securing the highest number of medals and demonstrating their dominance across multiple categories before the final set of bouts held last night at the National Auditorium.

Badminton

Rarotonga dominates badminton at Cook Islands Games

Rarotonga emerged as the top-performing island team in the Cook Islands Games 2024 badminton events, securing the most medals and demonstrating their strength across various categories.

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Letter: A plea for a warmer welcome

Dear Editor, I am a small accommodation business operator, and I feel compelled to write in response to a wave of recent complaints from guests.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: 53rd AGM of the Are Ariki

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the article published on Tuesday, 15th October 2024, titled “PM Proposes Cook Islands Passport at the Ariki Meeting”.

Editorials

Te Ipukarea Society: Pā’ua populations plummet, urgent action needed

Pā’ua, or Pasua, also known as the giant clam, is a treasured marine species throughout the Cook Islands for its beauty in showcasing an array of underwater colours. It is also being seen as a tasty kai moana treat for the people of the Cook Islands.

Economy

Cook Islands launches new international business registry

The Cook Islands Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has launched a new international entities registry to improve anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism compliance.


Editorials

Thomas Wynne: Time for a moratorium on travel?

At the stroke of a pen, 50 nautical miles outside of every island that makes up the country we now call the Cook Islands was protected. This also allowed for pockets of commercial activity, managed in balance with the environment and aimed at creating revenue for our country and its people.


Editorials

Ruta Mave: ‘Silent steal’ is eating our country alive

Pink collar crime is small bills, big fraud. The silent steal, and it is eating our country alive, writes Ruta Mave.

Features

Features

Family honours loved one in Rarotonga

The family of Dr Thomas Brian Guy, who died in Rarotonga in 1977, travelled from Canada and Australia to unveil his plaque in the Nikao Cemetery, which they discovered thanks to the efforts of local volunteers.


Art

Hibiscus blooms for Cook Islands artist

A renowned Cook Islands artist is ready to showcase her love for her country through her hibiscus paintings in commemoration of her 100th career exhibition.


Church Talk

Church Talk: The difference between justice and charity

What is beyond justice is charity. We cannot have charity without justice. But we could have justice without charity, writes Bishop Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado msp of the Catholic Church.

Features

Chef turns humble pancake business into family lifeline

A former New Zealand chef with Cook Islands roots returned home over a decade ago to care for his aging parents.

Entertainment

Pasifika powerhouses set to take centre stage at annual opera concert

Excitement is building for the Bank of the Cook Islands (BCI) annual Opera in Rarotonga event, featuring Pasifika and Māori singers, this weekend.

Environment

Muri Environment Care Expo highlights ecological restoration progress

The inaugural Muri Environment Care Expo, concluding tonight, showcases the group’s efforts to preserve and protect their lagoon through ecological restoration activities.

Pacific

Kiribati

Kiribati increasingly in thegrip of ‘authoritarianism’

Kiribati is becoming a one-party state while the delivery of basic services is near collapse, according to the opposition leader in the last parliament, Tessie Lambourne.

Environment

Water conference opens door to solutions

Cook Islands, hosting the 15th Pacific Water and Wastewater Conference and Expo, has opened the door to various opportunities and solutions, which have proven timely given its current water crisis.

Pacific Islands

Transformational changes needed for Pacific resilience: PM Brown

Cook Islands Prime Minister and former Forum Chair Mark Brown has called for transformational changes to achieve a resilient Pacific, urging Pacific leaders and partners to go beyond incremental solutions and embrace bold reforms to address key regional challenges outlined in the 2050 Strategy.

Entertainment

Fijian staff celebrate Independence Day with Cook Islands colleagues

Thirty Fijian national staff of Club Raro Resort in Rarotonga celebrated the independence of their homeland with their Cook Islands colleagues, showcasing Fijian culture, on Thursday.


National

Pacific nations unite to combat cyber threats at regional meeting

The Pacific Cyber Security Operational Network (PaCSON) is an operational cyber security network that plays a vital role in enhancing cyber security in the Pacific region.


Fiji

Fiji coup leader George Speight seems unlikely to seek political role - academic

A Fiji politics watcher doubts the 2000 coup frontman George Speight will seek to involve himself in Fijian politics, after being released from prison last week.

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