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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.
Divas in Raro make TV in NZ
TVNZ’s top rated daytime programme The Good Morning Show is coming to Rarotonga for Divas in Paradise. Motone Productions has been working with TVNZ to showcase not only its event, which features international funk hip hop star Ladi6, rising star Iva Lamkum who is hot off her appearance at the Singapore Grand Prix, best female […]
Nukutere receives Rotary support
New equipment arrived at Nukutere College last week, thanks to a donation from the Rotary Club of Rarotonga. Rotary President John McElhinney presented the school with a brand new data projector during their school assembly. Donna Nahu, Principal of Nukutere, says the resource is an excellent interactive teaching and learning tool. It will be used […]
Fishing for cash in Aitutaki
The 16th Gary Parlour Wahoo contest gets underway this weekend on Aitutaki as they look to improve on last year’s miserable catch. In what really is a community event, the weekend is spent tirelessly reeling in fish while by sunset, the Aitutaki Sportfishing Club becomes a haven for fishermen. Wahoo is clearly the fish of […]
New Te Tika Mataiapo invested
Working for the betterment of youth in Titikaveka is one way Katuke Kopa plans to use her newly invested title of Te Tika Mataiapo. Kopa was invested with the title at Te Pou Toru Marae in Titikaveka in front of proud family and friends in a beautiful traditional ceremony that went ahead without a single […]
Cabinet at home
Prime Minister Henry Puna will arrive back from a nine-day trip to New York City tomorrow. He was in the Big Apple to attend the 67th United Nations General Assembly, where he co-chaired a meeting alongside the secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. The prime minister also met with newly-appointed UN under secretary-general Gyan […]
Study on airport upgrades
Airport authority chief executive Joe Ngamata said the feasibility study looking into the outer islands airports will help shape the future of the country. A feasibility study into the future of the Aitutaki, Atiu, Mauke and Mangaia airports was given $206,000 in the 2012 budget, and will be awarded to one consultant or company based […]
Aitutaki's new sludge tanker arrives
Residents and businesses on Aitutaki are now able to undertake the messy job of desludging their septic tanks with the delivery of a new sludge tanker and tractor on the island this week. Minister for Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) Teariki Heather and Aitutaki MP Teina Bishop travelled to Aitutaki on Wednesday to complete the handover […]
Peeping Tom confessed to police
A man has been found guilty of unlawfully entering the Royal Takitumu Villas property, after confessing to police he went to “peep” on tourists staying there. Justice of the Peace Carmen Temata found Taungamata Kataina guilty of being unlawfully found in the Titikaveka tourist accommodation grounds on April 27. He was identified by a witness […]
Lazaro must get a licence, say police
The policeman tasked with investigating Kevin Cook’s complaint about Pukapuka-Nassau MP Tekii Lazaro picking up tourists in an unlicensed taxi van says there are two types of licences available – but either way, Lazaro will have to get one. Inspector Strickland says under the Transport Licensing Act there are two different types of licences available […]
Hate mail to bus company owner
Cook’s Island Bus Passenger Transport company owner Kevin Cook had an anonymous piece of handwritten hate mail slipped into his mailbox yesterday morning. The heavily-underlined letter, written in capitals, claims that since Cook is not a Cook Islander he has no rights to the tourists that visit the country. “All tourists on this island belongs […]
Mud, sweat and cheers
Slips and slides were promised, and they were certainly delivered in the Nutters Cross Island race – the final event of the week-long running festival – on Wednesday. Rainfall from the previous three days meant the race was always going to be interesting to judge and of all the competitors only a remarkable few escaped […]
'Right to know' still just an ideal in Cooks
The “right to know” is something media relish talking about, as it forms the basis of the fourth estate. Often people forget that as taxpayers, they should be talking about it, too. Today is International Right to Know Day, and the world seems to be taking note – or at least paying lip service to […]
Gala day at Te Uki Ou today
Food and fun for all the family is on offer this afternoon at the Apii Te Uki Ou gala. All the fun you expect from a gala will be available including games with great prizes such as coconut shy and treasure hunt, and also a haunted house. There will be lots of different food available […]
Kata 'offensive' says Solomon Times
Solomon Islanders have taken to social media to express their feelings on the “offensive” cartoon in yesterday’s Cook Islands News. The CINews satirical cartoonist Kata, a.k.a. Tim Buchanan, drew a cartoon on Wednesday afternoon which neatly encapsulated the furore over the Duchess of Cambridge wearing a Cook Islands designed and made TAV dress to a […]
Too many whale watchers
NUKU’ALOFA – The president of a Tonga eco-tourism association is urging the government not to let commercialisation destroy the country’s whale-watching industry. The comment follows an announcement from the Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Labour that it has issued 24 licences, mainly to operators in the Vava’u group of islands, for this year’s June to […]
Five policemen facing charges
NUKU’Alofa – A total of five Tongan policemen have now been charged with the manslaughter of a New Zealand police officer who was fatally injured while in police custody last month. Three more policemen were arrested in connection with the death of Kali Fungavaka this week, including a supervising officer identified as Inspector Kelepi Hala’ufia, […]
$2m for destination development
Expressions of interest are being called to give the Cook Islands a spruce-up on a grand scale. A number of initiatives will be rolled out over the next couple of years to increase the overall attractiveness of destination Cook Islands, says the tourism corporation’s destination development director Metua Vaiimene. The country has received $2 million […]
Water woes could lead to disaster
Let’s deal with our water problems before they become a national disaster, says the country’s emergency management director after returning from a week-long Pacific conference on disaster reduction. Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI) director Charles Carlson and fire chief Nga Jessie represented the Cook Islands in New Caledonia at the Pacific Platform for managers of […]
A national remembrance for our police
The Cook Islands Police will hold a flag raising parade on Friday to commemorate National Police Remembrance Day. Police from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific celebrate the day on September 29 each year as they acknowledge and honour the supreme sacrifice made by officers who have died in the course of their duty. This […]
New pact with Fiji for volunteers
Education minister Teina Bishop has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Fiji foreign affairs minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola to support the Fiji Volunteer Service on a shared cost basis. Bishop presented the MOU to Cabinet on Tuesday, and told reporters that his fellow ministers were “really receptive of it, especially Minister Heather (who) thinks […]
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