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Cook Islands voyagers share skills, strengthen ties in Hawai’i

Cook Islands Voyaging Society crew members are visiting Hawai’i to enhance, teach and explore their navigational skills and seafaring techniques, as well as to strengthen ties with the Polynesian voyaging community.

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Crown Law Office on track for record number of lawyers

The Crown Law Office is on course to have its highest number of lawyers ever, a significant improvement from just five lawyers in August last year.

$79k footpath near completion

A $79,000 construction project of a footpath between Raro Fried Chicken and the Empire Bridge is due for completion this week.

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MOU on turtle tours

Two turtle tour operators have declined to sign an ongoing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation.

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Gone but not forgotten: France acknowledges Cook Islands WWI soldiers

The Cook Islands soldiers who worked in the tunnels of Arras, France during World War I have not been forgotten.

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Weather always an obstacle for cruise ships, says Tourism

Weather will always be a significant impediment for realising the full potential of a cruise ship, says Cook Islands Tourism Corporation.

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Rain expected to ease today

Rain is expected to ease this morning, says Cook Islands Meteorological Service.

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Cook Islands and China talk forward co-operation

Cook Island Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration the Hon. Mark Brown met with the Ambassador for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to New Zealand and the Cook Islands, His Excellency, Wang Xiaolong in Rarotonga yesterday.

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Paul Gauguin unable to call to Rarotonga due to bad weather

Cruise ship Paul Gauguin was unable to call into Avatiu Port, Rarotonga yesterday due to adverse weather conditions, chief executive officer at Cook Islands Ports Authority Okesene Moananu confirmed.

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Marine tourism rules imminent for Cook Islands

New marine tourism rules and guidelines are imminent as Cook Islands Tourism Corporation finalises the details.

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Internal affairs inundated with employment related complaints

The Labour and Consumer Services unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (INTAFF) has received more than 100 various queries and complaints from workers and employers for multiple matters for the first three months of 2023.

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Atiu’s first kids fishing competition a success

More than 30 kids joined the first Atiu Fishing Club youth competition last Friday when boat owners and skippers took time to teach youths the art of traditional and modern techniques of bottom fishing, and using a rod and reel.

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Atui'anga Ki Te Tango school holiday programme popular

The teeming rain hasn’t dampened the enthusiasm of over 100 students who are attending Te Kōrero o te 'Ōrau's Junior 'Ātui'anga Ki Te Tango 2023 (AKTT) school holiday programme.

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Cook Islanders join event to honour Māori Pioneer Battalion tunnellers

Cook Islands was represented at the hosting of Arras mayor Frédéric Leturque and his delegation at Te Papaiouru Marae in Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand this week.

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New seabed map – first of its kind for Cook Islands

Seabed Minerals Authority senior technical officer Rima Browne has led the creation of a new seabed map – the first of its kind for the Cook Islands.

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‘Machine is for the people, people vote me in, so it is for them’

Corrective Services Minister George “Maggie” Angene says the machine that was brought up during Question and Answer session in Parliament last week was earlier discussed in 2018.

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Diversify travel offerings and invest in infrastructure: ANZ

Cook Islands along with other Pacific nations require not only hard but soft infrastructure investment such as telecommunications according to an economic outlook report into sustainable tourism.

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Man to pay $17k, court orders

A man charged with careless driving will pay $17,000 in reparation following an appearance in court.

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12 months probation for drink driving

A man caught drink driving while disqualified has been ordered to serve 12 months of probation and disqualified from driving for a year.

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Amiri case adjourned

A man facing an excess breath alcohol charge was due to be sentenced on other matters when his case was adjourned in the Criminal Court.

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‘Save Nukupure Park’ gets majority support

Majority of landowners who attended the ‘Save Nukupure Park’ public meeting this week want the Park kept for the community.

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Flash flood warning for Rarotonga and Mangaia

Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI) has urged public to be cautious of localised flash flooding following the heavy rain yesterday.

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