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Aitutaki supports plan to help lagoon

Tuesday 13 June 2017 | Published in Outer Islands

The Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) met with Aitutaki Island Government last week and received strong support for the development of the proposed Aitutaki Lagoon Management Plan.

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Love of her culture sees Salis really going places

Tuesday 13 June 2017 | Published in Local

Salis is a self-confessed “boring person” – or so she reckons! I beg to differ.

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Our Jacqui meets billionaire knight

Tuesday 13 June 2017 | Published in Local

UN Oceans Conference Cook Islands delegate Jacqui Evans not only experienced a high level environmental meeting in New York last week – she also had an unexpected opportunity to meet celebrity multi-billionaire Sir Richard Branson.

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Public servant honoured

Tuesday 13 June 2017 | Published in Local

Public servant Nga Teao-Papatua has received a prestigious British Empire Medal in recognition of her services to the community.

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Sopoaga raring to go against the Lions

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Rugby Union

Lima Sopoaga is desperate to emerge from a season in the shadows and impose his creative skills on the British and Irish Lions.

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Eels look sharp in Sevens

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Rugby Union

Despite being a team down, the opening round of the Steinlager Sevens series got off to a spirited start at the Happy Valley Field in Takuvaine on Saturday.

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India into top four

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Football

India crushed a shambolic South Africa by eight wickets at The Oval to reach the semifinals of the Champions Trophy.


Arise, Sir Michael Jones!

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Rugby Union

I can’t remember the last time a Samoan was knighted.

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Outer islanders seduced by aid

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Opinion

I am an outer islander, but live on Rarotonga. I live here because I cannot earn an income as a lawyer if I live on Tongareva (Penrhyn), my island of birth.

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Moana keen to develop youth

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Local

Moana is one of a growing number of Cook Islanders bucking the trend by returning to the Cook Islands after having studied, lived and worked in New Zealand and Australia.

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Australia boosts local water safety

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Local

Cook Islands Water Safety and Surf Life Saving Council received another huge boost to community water safety with the delivery of rescue boards and resuscitation masks from Australia.

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Researchers fight Pacific obesity and NCDs

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Local

Four young Pacific health researchers are working with Pacific teens and their communities to help break the intergenerational cycle of obesity and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

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Fun and games at annual triathlon

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Local

Apii Te Uki Ou pupils had a wonderful time at their annual school triathlon held yesterday at Ngatangiia Park.

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Failure a gift for those willing to learn

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Opinion

It was my birthday yesterday, so I thought it fitting that I should write about gifts.


No justice without govt support

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Opinion

For two weeks from May 15 the Land Division of the High Court sat in Aitutaki and in Rarotonga to hear various applications to do with land.


Dictatorship in disguise

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

It is good to know Robin Nair, the former ambassador and former Foreign Affairs permanent secretary in the Bainimarama regime in Fiji, has come to realise the civil servants in that country work in a climate of fear in a militarised democracy (CI News June 1, reproduced in Fijileaks).


Punishment too light

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I read in the newspaper this morning about some of the crime that happened last weekend and it really made me angry at how lightly these people are punished.


More insurance questions

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

On the subject of Employers Liability Insurance Scheme & Workers Compensation Fund, now that we have the financial details from ELI and as partly indicated in Internal Affairs acting secretary Paul Allsworth’s media release, can we please have a breakdown of how many work-related accidents have been recorded in the Cook Islands over the last decade or two and how much insurance cover was paid out?


What to do with leftover cooking oil

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Local

This weekly column is supplied by Te Ipukarea Society. It deals with conservation and environmental issues of concern to the Cook Islands.


Small shop with some big ideas

Monday 12 June 2017 | Published in Local

A Nikao resident has made turning the big “five-oh” an enjoyable event, giving herself a very different gift in the form of her own standalone shop.

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