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‘Cooks need to tighten drug and alcohol rules’

Friday 11 January 2013 | Published in Economy

New Zealand has tightened rules to control drug and alcohol risks in adventure tourism and the Cook Islands tourism chief executive believes it is time the Cooks does the same.

New Zealand has tightened rules to control drug and alcohol risks in adventure tourism and the Cook Islands tourism chief executive believes it is time the Cooks does the same.

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