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Book project makes progress at retreat

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Local

THE PACIFIC Literacy and School Leadership Project brought together a group of Education ministry advisors at a writer’s retreat at the Crown Beach Resort and Spa earlier this week.

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Noise complaints dominate callouts

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Local

POLICE attended 14 callouts last weekend, with complaints of excessive noise prompting seven of them.


Powerful message behind show of stars

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Local

Many hands stripped old magazines, newspaper, ribbon, coloured butcher paper, kikau, and lauhala to weave stars for a vibrant display of colour now on show at the Bergman Art Gallery.

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Help vote Natalia into top 20

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Local

MISS WORLD Cook Islands Natalia Short says she is looking forward to the 2016 Miss World pageants crowning night in Washington DC, this weekend.

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Tuna quota system first in Pacific

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Local

THE COOK ISLANDS has become the first Pacific Island nation to adopt a quota management system (QMS) for its longline fishery to control catches of albacore and bigeye tuna.

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China building industrial complex in PNG

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Regional

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – China has agreed to spend nearly $US4 billion to build a giant industrial park in Papua New Guinea.


Tillerson a 'friend of Papua New Guinea'

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Regional

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, has welcomed the nomination of the head of ExxonMobil to be the new US Secretary of State.


Nauru welcomes faster network

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Regional

NAURU – Nauru’s government says the introduction of a new 4G connectivity network will have far reaching and profound benefits to the nation.


Looks like my kind of Pacific

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Regional

PACIFIC VIEWPOINT


War declared on tribal fighting

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Regional

PNG sending troops to stop violence in Hela


Claims of a foreign land grab denied

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Regional

FIJI – A non-resident landowner is rejecting the Fiji government’s claims of a land grab by foreigners. Under changes to the Land Sales Act foreign landowners face hefty fines or imprisonment if they don’t build a US$120,000 house within two years.


Knockout finals set to kick off

Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Football

JUST 24 minutes and a potential penalty shoot-out separate Takuvaine and Titikaveka from taking out the Under-8 mixed division in the 2016 CIFA Knockout Finals competition tomorrow.

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Foreigners doing better job than our minister

Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals

THE ARTICLE IN CI News regarding someone who I think is a foreigner stimulating pineapple production on Rarotonga interests me.


Bishop verdict leaves room for discussion

Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

WITH THE resolution of the "Crown vs Bishop" court case now done and dusted, OCI leader Teina Bishop's sentence of six months' imprisonment, as passed by the Court of Appeal, and read out in the High Court by CJ Sir Hugh Williams, now sees Bishop as a six-month resident of "Hotel Arorangi".


Raro dogs star in fun fundraiser

Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Local

The MUCH-anticipated “Hat and Hound’’ fundraising event will be held at the Crown Beach Resort this New Year’s Eve.

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It's time to get real, Tim

Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

IF THERE is anyone in the country who should get a Christmas prize for been the biggest groveler in this country's history it has to be Tim Tepaki for yet again heaping undeserved praise on Henry Puna's prime ministership at every opportunity.


Vanuatu pays out in Illegal fishing case

Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Local

The COOK Islands has received a $259,400 financial settlement in relation to a Vanuatu longline fishing vessel that was operating illegally in our waters.


Fighting invasive species

Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Local

Commitments to empower and support Pacific islands in their battle against invasive species were announced by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme at the UN Biodiversity Conference earlier this month in Mexico.


Cook Islander wins top fellowship

Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Local

University of Otago Research Fellow Dr Jesse Kokaua has been awarded a prestigious Health Research Council (HRC) Pacific Health Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2017.

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Agribusiness progress workshop today

Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Local

A WORKSHOP to update participants and the public about the progress of agribusiness and business mentoring programmes being run through the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Red Cross rooms in Rarotonga today.


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