Saturday 4 April 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Hot on the Rock
With the tourists gone, local stores are reaching new customers by trading online.
Saturday 4 April 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weekend
The boy was riding home from work last month, late at night. He hadn’t been drinking. He wasn’t speeding. He came round the corner in Rutaki and – boom – he hit a branch across the road.
Saturday 4 April 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Cook Islands residents stranded in New Zealand can claim up to $650 a week government support.
Saturday 4 April 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
One of the leading tourism businesses in the country is running special deals on meals to clear their stock.
Friday 3 April 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
A Takuvaine church has opened a food pantry to help those affected by the coronavirus crisis.
Friday 3 April 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
Covid-19 is our ‘common enemy’, says Ambassador.
Thursday 2 April 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Four stranded Russian tourists have sent an SOS – by YouTube! The group on Rarotonga have found the lighter side of the coronavirus crisis in a bid to keep their spirits alive.
Tuesday 31 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in League
Expats contracted by local rugby league clubs are eligible to apply for unemployment benefit. Players from Fiji, Samoa and Papua New Guinea are left stranded on Rarotonga after the cancellation of the domestic league competition.
Tuesday 31 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
Government reveals the cost-cutting that is helping to pay for the coronavirus economic response package.
Monday 30 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
The select committee looking into the Immigration Bill 2020 has been given extended time to report back to Parliament, due to the coronavirus crisis.
Monday 30 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Government is promising financial support to stranded Cook Islanders after abandoning plans to isolate them in hotel near Auckland International Airport.
Saturday 28 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weekend
It’s been a bittersweet arrival for the first resident Australian High Commissioner to Cook Islands and his partner.
Saturday 28 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Cook Islanders are finding ways to help tourists and expat workers stranded penniless on these islands. A German couple were elated to be allowed to board a plane to Auckland yesterday, in the first leg of a long, long trip home.
Saturday 28 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Government is pleading with struggling businesses to keep their expat workers on the payroll.
Friday 27 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Desperate times call for innovation. Amidst the coronavirus crisis, Manny Okotai, 10, has come up with a brilliant invention to help people practise social distancing correctly.
Friday 27 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Politics
MP Albert Nicholas spent about three weeks at Rarotonga hospital after sustaining injuries in last month’s serious accident in Nikao.
Thursday 26 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
“Australians who are here on holiday, it’s time to go home.”
Thursday 26 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
Government threatens to legislate to force banks to give debt relief to those struggling to make repayments in economic downturn.
Wednesday 25 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Growers are calling on government support as the coronavirus crisis forces them to put a halt on agricultural production.
Wednesday 25 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
Freight shipping schedules for the Cook Islands in the coming month will not be affected by the coronavirus crisis.