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National
Youngsters learn from the best at Junior Rugby League Clinic
More than 100 children gathered at the National Stadium in Nikao yesterday to learn from the best of Cook Islands Rugby League international stars as part of the Cook Islands Athletic Development Junior Rugby League Clinic.
Tropical Cyclone Pita downgraded to a low pressure, strong winds and heavy rain continue
Cook Islands Meteorological Service has confirmed this morning that Tropical Cyclone Pita has now been downgraded to a low pressure.
Foul play ruled out
Police would like to reassure the public that the recent death of Laydown Marsters was not due to foul play.
Pacific police chiefs go green at meet
The Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) conference held last week took the ‘information management’ theme of the event to a different level by going green.
Govt hopes to revamp banking sector
The Cook Islands government has begun laying the groundwork in its efforts to overhaul the nation’s banking system.
Leaders Forum came under budget
The government managed to come in under budget for their allocated Pacific Leaders Forum spend.
USP assists Cook Islanders with scholarships USP Cook Islands is offering to assist Cook Islands students to apply for scholarships to study in Singapore and Hawaii.
The first scholarship on offer is for the Masters in Public Policy program at the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy, in Singapore. The school is a Graduate School of the National University of Singapore and is the premier school of public policy in the Asian region. Instruction is entirely in English allowing Cook […]
Double amputee radiates positivity
There are two kinds of people – people who dwell on the negatives in their lives and spend their days wallowing in self-pity, and people like Nadya Vessey. Vessey is a double amputee who, despite the loss of both her legs, teaches, travels, swims, studies and even has the good humour to joke about how […]
Long live Bishopgate!
Dear Editor, Last Saturday morning I sat on my usual park bench at the Punanga Nui Market and ate my freshly cooked maroro and arrowroot with coconut sauce and caught up with local gossip. Top of the agenda was “Bishopgate” and the leading question was how does Bishopgate, which brings revenue into government coffers and […]
Vanilla growing encouraged
A new scheme to jumpstart vanilla production in the Cooks is well underway. Atiuan vanilla grower Tutai Toru told media at a press conference in the Minister of Agriculture Nandi Glassie’s office that while vanilla used to be grown readily on Atiu, in recent years this product has been neglected. But two years ago, interest […]
Roof up on new stage at market
The new Punanga Nui Market stage being erected by John Short Construction is continuing at pace. The stage was one of six projects the Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) proposed to improve the market while they were the formal owners. It was formally handed back to the agriculture ministry in July. Despite this, BTIB […]
Club sevens kicking off
It’s time for local rugby players to lace up their boots and take to the field again for this weekend’s first round of the CITC Rarotonga Club Sevens competition. The four-week competition is geared towards preparing local players for the ‘big one’ – the International Sevens in Heaven tournament scheduled for November 1-3. The Avatiu […]
Moving forward, forgetting the past
For a number of people it would be better that they forgot certain events in their past and moved forward. Have you ever noticed that for many of us, some of the things we should remember we often forget and yet some of the things we should forget we seem to remember? For some of […]
Biblical blessings distributed
An email circulating inboxes throughout Rarotonga is looking to spread encouragement and Bible verses to as many people as possible. Each email contains the names and email addresses of two people and instructions for what is known as an online Bible verse exchange. People are instructed to email an encouraging Bible verse to the first […]
Anyone for eke fritters?
Cooking demonstrations from members of the Cook Islands Chefs Association (CICA) could add a new flavour to the Punanga Nui markets next month. The idea of market demonstrations to make eke fritters with local ingredients was floated about by the association with an eye to promoting the association and the Salon Culinaire in 2013. A […]
Plant protection organisation gathers
The Ministry of Agriculture’s biosecurity director Ngatoko Ngatoko recently attended his first meeting in his capacity as chairman of the Pacific Plant Protection Organisation. He attended a meeting of regional quarantine and plant protection officers to review draft standards for phytosanitary measures, and says his presence there put the Cook Islands “at the forefront” of […]
Big issues ahead for chamber
Gaining greater understanding of renewable energy and seabed minerals is high on the agenda for the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce, according to president Teresa Manarangi-Trott. Manarangi-Trott is in her second term as president after previously holding the seat at the top table from 2004 to 2008. The last year had been a particularly busy […]
Victims not told of arrest
The person who stole from two tourists in a burglary at Edgewater Resort and Spa during the forum week in August has been caught – but no one let the victims know. Brendan O’Connor and his partner were victims of a burglary on August 31 while staying in a villa at Arorangi resort. Two iPods, […]
ET takes out Parlour title
He has won some of the highest accolades in the sport of rugby league but now, New South Wales legend Andrew Ettingshausen can add the Gary Parlour Trophy to that list. The former Australia and New South Wales rugby league veteran, who represented the Aitutaki Game Fishing Club over the weekend, had his name etched […]
Home boys take it to Kiwi cousins
The home-based Cook Islands under 13 rugby league team yesterday dominated all facets of their first test match against their visiting counterparts from New Zealand to comfortably win the match 44-12. The local boys were out to prove themselves after suffering at the hands of a classy visiting Samoan under 13 side earlier in the […]
Spend more on child welfare, Pacific told
Early investments in children and the quality of social services that support families can reap the greatest economic benefit for Pacific countries. Government representatives learned this at a UNICEF conference in Vietnam on reducing poverty and disparities for children in East Asia and Pacific. Investing early in children’s nutrition, education, care and protection, will have […]
Investing in children the key
Government representatives from 16 countries across East Asia and the Pacific met in Vietnam recently to discuss how fiscal and social policies can halt growing disparities in an uncertain global economic environment. For the participating representatives the message is clear – investing in children is the key to reducing social and economic gaps. Economic growth […]
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