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Business contacts wanted

Monday 16 January 2017 | Published in Local

THE LABOUR and Consumer Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is creating a contact list for all businesses in Rarotonga and the pa enua, and it needs help with assembling the necessary information.


Puaikura FC prepares for OFC Champs

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Football

THE 2016 Cook Islands premier men’s Round Cup title holders Puaikura FC are aware of the challenges ahead of them as they prepare for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Champions League qualifier.


World Cup Finals will never be the same

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Football

FIFA'S decision to expand the World Cup Finals from 32 teams to 48 starting in 2026 means one of world sport's greatest events is likely to become a shadow of its former self.

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Tax amnesty sends the wrong message

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals

CAN THE GOVERNMENT afford to let big companies and failed businesses off the hook by introducing a tax amnesty, and at the same time say it has no money to provide doctors to any of the outer islands? Mangaia lost its doctor recently, replaced by a nurse practitioner.


Last year's problems won't go away

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I BELIEVE we are at a tipping point when it comes to a successful future for our country and our people.


Fundraiser well supported

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Local

COOK ISLANDS Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is very happy with the recent success of the Hat and Hound fundraising event.


Zechariah a top Bible favourite

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Church Talk

Zechariah 14:9 doesn’t show up often on lists of favourite Bible verses.

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Ko au te Alepha e te Omega

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Church Talk

Kia ORANA. Ko te rua teia o te tataanga no runga i te Manako Maata o te Pure Epetoma no teia mataiti 2017, tena te mea mua i roto i te pepa o te Varaire i topa. Kua tataia oki te au tumu tapura o te Pure Epetoma e te au Orometua CICC o Rarotonga nei.


Future of pa'ua in good hands

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Local

Down a sandy road on the back side of the Aitutaki Airport is the MMR Aitutaki Marine Research Center, home of the only pa’ua and coral hatchery in the Cook Islands.


Moana TV minus two channels

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Local

BLUESKY is working with content providers to restore delivery of two channels on Moana TV.


New posting for Kempkers

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Local

FORMER High Commissioner to the Cook Islands. Joanna Kempkers has been appointed New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to India.


Circus trick lessons keep young busy

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Local

Circus artist Elizabeth Jackson is visiting Rarotonga, teaching children circus tricks at the Le Rendez-Vous Restaurant in Avarua.

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'Amnesty' wrong term?

Friday 13 January 2017 | Published in Local

THE GOVERNMENT appears to have failed to clearly think through its announced tax “amnesty” and the description itself is clearly incorrect, say local chartered accountants.


Exciting season ahead in NRL

Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in League

WITH EVERY year of the Telstra Premiership old records fall and new markers are set and in 2017 there are a host of individual and club milestones that will be celebrated by the 16 NRL clubs. Here are the achievements likely to cause the most fanfare.

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MMR propaganda machine gets into overdrive

Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals

THE MARINE RESOURCES media propaganda machine is on a roll again.


Clarification from opposition leader

Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

IN RESPONSE to Mata McNair’s comments regarding a story in CI News headlined, “Opposition quiet on tax issue.”


Novel solution for country's depopulation problem

Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

AT THE rate things are going, the CIP government will soon be able to solve the depopulation problem by making Cook Islands the new haven for all of the world’s people who don’t want to obey the law.


Family reunions events to savour

Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

THE ANTICIPATION of seeing all the members of my extended Puna family is a feeling I really enjoy, especially around this time of the year.

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Alcohol major factor in weekend crime

Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in Local

ALCOHOL was a major contributing factor to the number of complaints and incidents the Cook Islands Police Service dealt with last weekend.


Chamber weighs in on amnesty idea

Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in Local

TAXATION is a requirement of any democratic state in order to provide the services expected of government by the people, and without which the existence of our country will be put in jeopardy, says Chamber of Commerce president, Steve Lyon.


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