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23 September 2024
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3 August 2024
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Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
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Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
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Challenging ‘rape culture’
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Articles by Utopia Support
Time to take a look at ourselves
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Opinion
No sooner have the celebrations of Christmas and New Years passed, the Christmas tree packed away and remnants of time together cleaned up and we are faced as a community with manslaughter and reported thefts of livelihood and crops all around the island.
Exciting year in store for our country
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Opinion
A friend of mine told me with a smile that “a New Year resolution is meant to be broken.” That is quite true given our ill-discipline and general tendency not to stick with our resolutions in life.
Take a summer photo and win!
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Local
Enter this year’s fabulous CI News Memories of Summer photo competition and you could win one of two Samsung Galaxy J5 Pro smartphones, proudly sponsored by the Bank of the Cook Islands.
Paradise found - in the Tasman Sea
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Local
Jolene Bosanquet visit to Lord Howe Island fulfilled a dream she has had since the 1970s.
NZ vaka modelled on Te Au O Tonga
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Local
A newly launched New Zealand waka (vaka) is based on the same design as those of the late Sir Thomas Davis of Rarotonga.
Married on the island he loves...
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Local
New Zealand MP Shane Jones yesterday celebrated his marriage to Dorothy Pumipi and he says he wanted to get married on Rarotonga because he loves the place.
Have a clear vision for your future
Friday 5 January 2018 | Published in Church Talk
If you are going to make a difference with your life in 2018, it is important that you have a clear picture of what your expectations are for the year.
Facing the challenges of a new year
Friday 5 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
To all the marvellous, supportive, knowledgeable and loyal readers and contributors, who together with the hard-working, dedicated and super-efficient staff of the newspaper, collectively make up the “CINews family”
Thumbs down for Jetstar
Friday 5 January 2018 | Published in Smoke Signals
Where else in the world but the Cook Islands would a jet loaded with passengers arrive in the middle of the night minus all of their luggage? A big thumbs-down to Jetstar for failing to explain anywhere near adequately why this appalling incident happened – or how it is that the other few airlines seem able to get here with everyone’s bags aboard.
New Year fireworks cause dogs to go missing
Friday 5 January 2018 | Published in Local
A large number of dogs have strayed from home after Rarotonga’s New Year’s fireworks celebrations, particularly in the Muri area.
School in strife over island visit
Friday 5 January 2018 | Published in Local
A Dannevirke, New Zealand school paying the lion’s share of a trip to Rarotonga and five schools in financial strife are among Manawatu institutions facing the gaze of officials probing educational spending and financial practices.
Lunch with Winston Peters draws a crowd
Friday 5 January 2018 | Published in Local
New Zealand deputy prime minister and Foreign Affairs minister Winston Peters was guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon for 2018, at Tamarind House Restaurant and Bar on Thursday.
Visitors ignore warnings on helmet law
Thursday 4 January 2018 | Published in Local
Tourists are continuing to play Russian roulette with the country’s motorcycle helmet laws despite continued warnings from the Cook Islands Police Service and from motorcycle rental outlets.
Some Christmas cheer for our women in India
Thursday 4 January 2018 | Published in Local
While many Cook Islanders living overseas have returned home to celebrate the festive season with family and friends, three of our women are braving the cold in Tilonia, India, to complete their training on independent solar systems for lighting and desalination.
Explorer remembered in silver coin issue
Thursday 4 January 2018 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands in cooperation with Downies Coins, has issued a set of three one-ounce silver $5 coins honouring English explorer Captain James Cook. The 2018 coins commemorate the 250th anniversary of the voyage that placed Cook in the history books. James Cook’s first notable efforts were the detailed maps he created of Newfoundland (part of modern-day Canada). Following that triumph, Cook made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook was largely unknown when appointed to command the HMS Bark Endeavour on an expedition to the Pacific in 1768, the first of those three voyages. The stated objective of the first mission was to sail to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus, but that was only part of the story. Cook also received some additional, secret orders: find the fabled “Great South Land”. With Cook’s astronomical observations complete in 1769, he set sail for home. His ship needed repairs, so he stayed close to the coastline — Australia’s coastline. Cook and his party subsequently claimed the east coast for Britain, charting 2,000 miles of the continent i
Police clarify official rules on truck rides
Thursday 4 January 2018 | Published in Local
Comments posted on social media following an accident in which a child was injured just before Christmas show many people are unsure what the law says about passengers riding on the back of trucks.
Success at last for plant scientists
Thursday 4 January 2018 | Published in Environment
After multiple frustrating attempts, Ministry of Agriculture staff believe that they may finally have the infamous mile a minute vine under control.
Intruders add sour note to island holiday
Wednesday 3 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
We stayed at Vaimaanga for two weeks recently and had the discomfort of two lots of intruders.
Pastor's a master at making ei
Wednesday 3 January 2018 | Published in Local
Pastor Ngarima George is one of a rare breed of men who make flower ei.
Help your pets to beat the heat
Wednesday 3 January 2018 | Published in Local
In the heat of Rarotonga’s summer, pets need water and shade.
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