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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.
Dr Oxana's frustration grows
Dr Oxana Makhno was hoping her latest trip to the police station would be the end of a two-year ordeal. Instead, it opened up more frustration about items stolen over two years ago. Makhno was born in Russia but has worked in the Cook Islands for 12 years. The majority of that time has been […]
Rito – health and beauty from the tree of life
Producing coconut oil at its finest, is all part of a day’s work at Rito Cook Islands. Rito is a relatively new business, owned and operated by Robert and Susan Wyllie, and the only business on the island to produce cold pressed coconut oil. They are hard at work producing the oil three to five […]
Auckland University MOU comes alive
The memorandum of understanding signed earlier this year between Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and the Cook Islands government, providing opportunities for Cook Islands students to study part-time and full-time in the Cook Islands through AUT, came to life last week with the arrival of a group of Cook Islands postgraduate students for their initial […]
Suicide psychobabble?
Self-esteem. The term evokes stuffy, politically correct and packaged approaches to childhood education. It reeks of psychobabble and clinical textbooks and international declarations, but we need to perceive it through a new lens. If we want to keep a rising tide of suicide at bay, we have to focus on building the self-esteem of every […]
DPM takes minerals story to Brussels
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters is representing the Cook Islands at the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States in Brussels. The JPA meets twice a year in plenary, once in Brussels and once in an ACP state. European Union (EU) funds are provided to enable parliamentarians to attend […]
21 students off to Japan on Kizuna project
Twenty-one students from Aitutaki, Mitiaro, Mangaia and Rarotonga depart for a two-week trip to Japan today, at the invitation of the Japanese government. The students – one from Araura College, one from Mitiaro School, four from Mangaia School, 12 from Tereora College, one from Nukutere College and two from Titikaveka College – are going to […]
Investiture protest was over bloodline
The Kamana family are disputing the recent investiture of Tauepa Vainemoeroa Last Parade Tutakiao Tupa with the Mokare Mataiapo. Tupa was invested with the title on Wednesday – a title transferred to her by her grandfather Metuakore Teremoana Kora (Papa Kora) who had held the title for 50-years. The investiture of the title was protested […]
Power hitting with NZ legend
Legendary New Zealand cricketer and former New Zealand national coach Mark Greatbatch is on the rock and ready to coach local cricketers. A New Zealand icon, Greatbatch scored over 2000 runs for New Zealand and was the highly successfully coach for the Black Caps in 2010. In 1992 Greatbatch changed the face of 50 over […]
NZ visas go direct
Foreign travellers to New Zealand will no longer be able to apply for and obtain visas locally from September 18. People in the Cook Islands applying for New Zealand visas will need to submit their applications direct to the Immigration New Zealand Northern Region Documentation Branch in Auckland, rather than to the New Zealand High […]
Seabed authority opens doors
A Crown agency set up to manage an industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars formally opened its doors yesterday. The Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority, headed by recently-appointed seabed minerals commissioner Paul Lynch, formally opened yesterday. Minerals minister Tom Marsters addressed the audience – comprised of cabinet ministers, traditional leaders and distinguished guests – […]
Mokare Mataiapo investiture protested
Despite ferocious opposition – the traditional chief title investiture of Tauepa Vainemoeroa Last Parade Tutakiao Tupa with the Mokare Mataiapo title went ahead on Wednesday morning. Held at the ‘Tiki vaine i te maeata’ Marae in Matavera, the investiture of Tupa with the title was a unique event although the vocal protest by a faction […]
Rewards still up for grabs
A number of rewards offered in recent weeks through this newspaper do not seem to have any effect on spurring the public to come forward with information. A local builder who offered $200 for information leading to the return of his tools and the thief apprehended is surprised he has not had one bite. Mann […]
Vaka Eiva Festival 2 months away
In just over two months, Rarotonga will become paddling heaven for around 700 paddlers from across the globe and island who will gather for the fun and energetic week-long Vaka Eiva Festival. The hugely popular paddling festival is in its ninth year of running and long before final confirmation of numbers for this year’s competition […]
Toursim reps push top 10 cultural attractions
Ten Cook Islands hotel operators and tourism industry representatives are in the USA and Canada for a two-week tourism roadshow, which started with a show in Edmonton attended by around 70 travel agents and wholesalers. With temperatures hitting single digits on the day of the first show, the operators are hoping the colder weather will […]
O3B in top 100
The company contracted by Telecom to provide the Cook Islands with internet four times faster than it is now by April next year has been listed as one of the world’s top infrastructure companies. The KPMG Infrastructure 100: World Cities Edition 2012 is a glossy publication that aims to embody the spirit of innovation and […]
New waterslide highly popular
A power outage caused the island’s newest attraction – the big red waterslide opposite The Rarotongan – to deflate when a tourist was riding it last week. Resort owner Tata Crocombe is confident electrical upgrades made immediately afterward are sufficient to prevent a repeat of the incident. Every night staff deflate the three-story inflatable slide, […]
More 'oscars' won by Pacific Resorts
Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) properties have won recognition in several categories at the HM Travel Awards, and Pacific Resort Aitutaki general manager Julian Moore has been named South Pacific general manager of the year. PRHG did well in all categories at the HM Awards for Hotel and Accommodation Excellence at the Sydney Town Hall […]
Quest for 'Miss Thunda Hips'
Seven queenies are taking the stage tomorrow night to challenge reigning champion Geneva, who remains Miss Thunda Hips after last year’s Kura Kapa Anuanua. Tatryana, Geneva, Moana, Briannah, Kendra, Blossom, Robyn and young Neiomi say they are “ready to rumble” and have been working with their respective chaperones to prepare crowd-pleasing numbers for tomorrow night’s […]
Congress continues to build
Progress is continuing to happen at the world’s biggest conservation event in Jeju, South Korea. Local representative Ana Tiraa, who was recently elected to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) council as an Oceania councillor, described the event as “unique” in its approach to major international issues. “IUCN’s World Conservation Congress is […]
Sea Shepherd helps police shark fishing
In the first enforcement collaboration of its kind in the South Pacific, Sea Shepherd has partnered with Kiribati to combat illegal shark fishing. After spending nearly two months in the South Pacific on its latest shark campaign, Operation Requiem, working in several island nations on marine protection, outreach, education and partnerships, Sea Shepherd concluded the […]
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