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Articles by Rashneel Kumar
Boy's innovation that sticks out
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.
MP returns after three weeks injured in hospital
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.
Aussie visitors: leave on next available flight
Thursday 26 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
“Australians who are here on holiday, it’s time to go home.”
Foreign banks' behaviour is 'unacceptable'
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.
Growers call for support
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.
Cargo vessels 'remain on schedule'
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.
Tzar of the South Seas
Tuesday 24 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
Singer Tzar is back in Raro, and dreaming of putting together a family band. It is the one life experience about which musician Teuira Williams hasn’t been able to put the pen to the paper: his near-death experience out at sea.
Stores tighten coronavirus controls
Tuesday 24 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
Leading food outlets on Rarotonga have started putting in measures to restrict the spread of the coronavirus.
Authority is to hold big banks to account
Saturday 21 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
The Financial Supervisory Commission says they will ensure banks honour the commitment they have made to deliver government’s economic response package.
Golf postpones 2020 season a week after opener
Friday 20 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Other Sports
The Rarotonga Golf Club has postponed all its club and sponsored events from today, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Government solicits banks' agreement to loan holidays
Friday 20 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
ANZ holds out on government’s plea for three-month debt repayment holidays for struggling Cook Islanders.
Tough battle for top awards
Thursday 19 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Other Sports
Eleven awards will be given out at the annual Cook Islands Sports Awards to be held later in the year.
Netball comp postponed until May 1
Thursday 19 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Netball
The 2020 Rarotonga Netball Competition has been postponed. Mii Maui, Netball Cook Islands president, said the executives and its members/clubs have made a collective decision to postpone the competition until May 1.
'I could have caused headaches for the PM'
Thursday 19 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Politics
Sacked minister acknowledges ‘wheeling and dealing’ with government to fix flood problems that were inundating his home and his neighbours.
The $61m prescription: Cook Islands govt answer to Covid-19
Thursday 19 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
As New Zealand shuts downs its borders, Cook Islands government announces a rescue package to prop up struggling businesses and keep people in work.
Half-price internet, and they won't cut off the phones
Thursday 19 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Technology
Monopoly telco Vodafone is responding to the Covid-19 economic crisis by giving domestic customers free phone connections and half-price broadband.
Annual sports awards postponed
Tuesday 17 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Other Sports
Sporting federations are being asked to cancel or postponed their upcoming competitions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Marathon runner's dream on hold
Tuesday 17 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Other Sports
Lichu Sloan’s dream of running her first marathon in the Cook Islands will have to wait, atleast for a year.
International pressure for equal rights for gay men
Tuesday 17 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Call for all Cook Islanders to voice their support for same-sex law reform in select committee submission.
Tourism hoping for help
Tuesday 17 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
Government prepares to dip into cash reserves to pay for stimulus package. Resorts and tour companies are to start laying off staff as the coronavirus causes an unprecedented tourism drop-off.
