The Cook Islands Trade Policy Framework (TPF), last reviewed in 2015, is undergoing a revision to reflect the country’s evolving economic priorities.
During regional meetings in French Polynesia, Foreign Secretary Tepaeru Herrmann, accompanied by Senior Foreign Service Officer Eden Brown, met with their French Polynesian government counterparts to advance negotiations on a bilateral Air Services Agreement (ASA).
Over the next two weeks the Cook Islands will be undergoing a peer review with a specific focus on monitoring and evaluation of national development.
Te Mato Vai’s new project manager says the $60 million dollar project will be vital as the Cook Islands begins to feel the effects of climate change.
A few coats of solar paint will be helping the Esther Honey Foundation’s patients and volunteers keep their cool.
Atiu MP Nandi Glassie is keen to see a retiree scheme on his island become a reality.
Five cases of domestic violence over the weekend had alcohol as a contributing factor.
A ‘Virtues Taxi’ project in Korea has inspired Aitutaki’s Nane Purea to promote the virtues through her company Tropicool Tours & Transfers.
Women have rights – the right to work, get an education, and the right to be treated equally with their male counterparts.
The finance ministry held its final public consultation on the proposed tax review at Avarua’s Sinai Hall on Wednesday evening.
Since launching its tax review, the government has dug deeper and deeper into the trenches, defending its somewhat utopian vision of the Cook Islands if value added tax is raised (VAT).
The Cook Islands Albacore longline fishery is entering full assessment to be measured against the internationally recognised Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) standard for a well-managed and sustainable fishery.
In support of World Food Day, local fishers in Rarotonga are being invited by the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) to take part in the event by selling their fish at the Punanga Nui Market from 8am to 12pm on Friday.
Forty-seven entries have been received for the 2013 Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards, an increase of 25 per cent over the number of entries received for 2011.
Progress of national education goals was discussed with stakeholders across the country, at the Ministry of Education recently.
More specific information would further debates around seabed minerals, according to Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative’s (PICI) programme manager.
Cook Islands youth have played the vital role in the recent short-listing of projects that hope to receive funding from the government of India.
The arrival of two second-hand ambulances in Rarotonga is one step closer to providing another ambulance to one of the outer islands.
Westpac Cook Islands has seconded the Financial Intelligence Unit’s recent warning regarding the rise of online fraud and is encouraging customers to be aware of an increase in hoax emails, phone calls and SMS texts.
An email scammer claiming to be from ANZ Bank has been circulating a spam email ‘notification’.
The leaders of the Ui Ariki and Koutu Nui recently held informal discussions with Cook Islander Dr Takiora Ingram to seek her views on the development of the Cook Islands Marine Park and other marine resource policy issues.
ANZ Bank is giving more than $30,000 worth of sponsorship to Trade Pasifika 2014.
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