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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.
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.
Cooks joins cyclone risk insurance scheme
The Cook Islands has signed on for a disaster risk insurance scheme. The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Pilot was recently renewed for its second season, with the Cooks newly joining five other participating Pacific island countries – Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu – to gain insurance coverage against earthquake, tsunami and tropical […]
December start date for parliament proposed
An official with the Cook Islands parliament is proposing December 9 as a start date for the house’s next sitting. Recently-hired parliament clerk John Tangi – who began the job in September – announced the proposed date this week. “Given the nature of the bills, we are looking at perhaps five days,” he said. “That […]
Te Mato Vai work continues despite BTIB warning
The company tasked with managing the $60 million Te Mato Vai water infrastructure project is continuing with its work despite a warning from a government agency to cease operations. KEW Consult Limited – the company selected through government tender to manage Te Mato Vai – is continuing with ‘planning’ work, despite being warned last week […]
Hospital runs short on water
Rarotonga Hospital ran low on water this week and three tank-loads had to be trucked in to avoid sending patients home. Hospital staff noticed water pressure weakening late Monday night and alerted management the next morning. Director of hospital services Dr Henry Tikaka Henry said low pressure in the mains system meant water was not […]
Water drainage jobs in the pipeline
Work is being planned to tackle the problem of drainage water flowing out of streams and onto nearby property in some parts of Rarotonga. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) is currently inviting contractors to tender for four separate jobs. Joseph Akaruru, acting director of policy planning and asset management services, said the ministry […]
Airline selected as possible long haul flights candidate
An airline has been selected by a government group as a possible candidate to provide long haul aviation services between the Cook Islands and destinations in the United States and Australia. A total of eight commercial airlines were approached to provide aviation services from the Cook Islands to the United States and Australia. Four responses […]
Southern group consulted on tax review
People on the islands of Mauke and Mitiaro will over the next week be hearing first-hand about the finance ministry’s proposed tax review. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) has recently been carrying out consultations in the southern group to explain the planned changes. MFEM economic advisor James Webb has already visited Aitutaki, […]
Prime Minister speaks out on fires
Prime Minister Henry Puna has offered his sympathies to those affected by the weekend fire in Titikaveka, and accused the opposition of using the disaster for political purposes. “The Prime Minister says he shares the concerns of everyone on Rarotonga in sympathising with the families, who lost their property, belongings, and livelihoods in the recent […]
Police commend public for good behaviour at 7s
With ‘Sevens in Heaven,’ in full swing, the police were praising the public for maintaining decorum over the weekend at the BCI Stadium. They were, however, kept busy with two motor vehicle crashes, one burglary, one theft and four complaints of excessive noise due to alcohol consumption. A house fire in Turoa was also reported […]
Door closes on tenders for hospital warehouse
Tender submissions closed yesterday for contractors wishing to design and build a new pharmacy warehouse at Rarotonga Hospital. The Cook Islands Investment Corporation has been inviting tenders for the build – which involves the supply of all professional services, materials, labour, machinery and equipment. Shona Tekorona, property officer for the corporation, said tenders had to […]
Complaint gets no response from prisoner
Prisoner Roger Tai Blake said he has no comment on complaints from a Cook Islander named in his bail conditions, who says he had nothing to do with the case. Aumareva Aumareva, who has lived in New Zealand since 2008, said he was shocked to find he had been named in the court case of […]
Westpac boosts annual earnings to $8.2 billion
Westpac has raked in cash earnings of $8.2 billion in the past year, with the bank’s Pacific business boosting its profit by more than a third. Australia’s second-largest lender today released its financial results for the year to September, showing cash earnings rose by 8 per cent. Chief executive Gail Kelly said the result was […]
Sausage sizzle raises $370 for breast cancer
More than $300 has been raised by Westpac for the Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation (CIBCF) The bank held a sausage sizzle yesterday, managing to pull together $370. This is the first time that the bank has provided financial support to the foundation in the Cooks. “Internationally, Westpac supports the foundation. So it is really […]
BTIB chair files complaint against Financial Secretary
The chairman of the Business Trade Investment Board has filed an official complaint against the Ministry of Finance secretary with the Office of the Ombudsman. Yesterday, Ombudsman Tearoa Tini confirmed he received a letter of complaint from George Pitt on Monday afternoon, saying he is currently considering the “line of action to take” and will […]
Dance fundraiser for Avatea School
When a fire blazed through six classrooms and the library at Avatea School, it strengthened the school’s fighting spirit. Now Apii Avatea is getting back on its feet after the October 20 tragedy and the community is doing everything in its power to help. A dance fitness fundraiser is being held at the Tupapa Centre […]
Cook Islands women tell their stories
Cook Islands women in leadership roles are profiled in a new publication called ‘Herstories.’ The Cook Islands National Council of Women has partnered with the Gender and Development division of government to create the one off publication. President of the National Council of Women Vaine Wichman says that Cook Islands women have important stories to […]
Cooks broadband discussed at forum
The Cook Islands was one of the case studies raised in an international internet forum recently. The session about the broadband dilemma for Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) from the Pacific, the Caribbean and the African regions, was part of the programme of the Internet Governance Forum, held in Bali. Maureen Hilyard, from the Pacific […]
Women encouraged to stand for parliament by internet publication
Encouraging more women to stand for parliament in the Cooks is one focus of an international internet publication that was launched last week in Indonesia. The Global Information Society Watch 2013 was launched at the Internet Governance Forum in Bali, with Maureen Hilyard from the Pacific Islands chapter of the Internet Society in attendance. An […]
More women needed in council
There are over 50 island council seats throughout the islands of the Cooks – but the numbers and per cent of women in these seats is only 6 per cent.
Paruparu te numero vaine i roto i te ngai akaterereranga
Pati i te 50 tangata e nooanga i roto i te au konitara enua, e toru vaine me kore e 6 paieneti rai vaine i roto i te akateretereanga o te pa enua. E numero maromaroa teia, no te mea kua pupu vaa to tatou kavamani ki teia nei ao e ka tauta pakari tatou […]
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