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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
Tatiana Kautai, a Cook Islander Muslim, has shared her personal journey into Islam and her experiences living as a Muslim in the Cook Islands. Talaia Mika reports.
TAU board appoints engineering professional
Te Aponga Uira (TAU) has gained an expert described strong new asset with the appointment of Barbara Elliston, an experienced electrical engineer and corporate governance professional, by the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) Board of Directors.
Triad answers safety audit issues
Triad Pacific Petroleum claims it has made “significant upgrades” in response to a 2010 audit report highlighting its non-compliance with local dangerous goods legislation. Following the release of the damning audit last week, Cook Islands News ran a series of stories detailing its findings. Prepared by New Zealand inspector Kim Comben, the report revealed serious […]
Manuia Beach sold for $2.2m
About 13,000 investors will receive a share in $2.2 million raised from the sale of the Manuia Beach Boutique Hotel, which was included in investor Strategic Finance’s portfolio at the time of its collapse. The investors are owed about $400 million that was lost when New Zealand investment company Strategic Finance collapsed. Manuia Beach, which […]
Jetty design being tested
Even though the Arorangi jetty has yet to be built, the design and construction are being tested to determine how well they will stand up to sea swells. A virtual rendering of the jetty has been subject to a series of tests in New Zealand based on wave modelling simulations supplied by the National Institute […]
Calling all women
Members of the Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association want to inspire women to be proud of being women. That’s why they’ve organised a free screening of thought-provoking film Higher Ground for Monday evening. “It’s a movie for women, to show a model of how resilient and strong women are,” Alexis Napa Wolfgramm of […]
Mad rush into new Avatiu cafe
Since Mama’s Cafe opened its doors on Monday, the queue has been out the door from morning right through to evening. “We have just been swamped,” says Mamas manager Donna Russell, the likeness of whose face is printed on the cafe signage. “It’s good, I love it. I love the locals coming here, because that’s […]
How deep is your love?
One New Zealand man made quite a splash in Aitutaki during a recent visit when he got on bended knee and proposed to his girlfriend 20 metres below sea level. Jared Pyke decided to propose to his girlfriend Jenny while taking a dive class on the island during a trip in March. Having already seen […]
Ministers to outer islands
Cook Islands Party cabinet ministers will be focusing their attention on domestic issues this week, with four ministers expected to travel to two outer islands before the week’s close. Prime Minister Henry Puna remains on his constituency Manihiki and is expected to stay there until the middle of the week. Minister Mark Brown will join […]
What does China want from the Cook Islands?
China offers the Cook Islands investment, infrastructure, labour and expertise through the developmental partnership that is flourishing between the two countries. But what does the Cook Islands offer China in return? Professor Stewart Firth and assistant professor Kate Hannan offer some explanations. It’s clear what the Cook Islands is receiving out of its budding relationship […]
Pa Ariki makes plea to women
In an effort to steer the Cook Islands in a healthier direction, Takitumu chief Pa Marie Ariki is taking the initiative to set up a Wellness Clinic at her Mata Enua palace. She approached Cook Islands News about writing a weekly Thursday message to her people. This is the first of what promises to be […]
Vaka crew feeling the call of home
Kia Orana kotou katoatoa! We send our love and greetings from the sweltering hot deck of Marumaru Atua early on Sunday afternoon of April 15. There is a little breeze which is only allowing us to puff along at three to four knots, which has been the case for the last few days this week […]
WOF revamp underway
Draft legislation designed to lift the standards of motor vehicle fitness tests and documentation remains in the pipeline, with Cook Islands Police and Crown Law in consultation on the proposed laws. The legislation has been in the works since 2010, when police first convened a committee to explore the possibility of introducing updates to the […]
Eye care improves over a decade
Since eye care specialist Jo Simms started visiting Rarotonga a decade ago, eye care services at Rarotonga Hospital have “improved quite a lot”. Simms says that visiting specialists do still have to refer some cases to New Zealand, but that for the most part, surgeries, laser treatments and check-ups can be done here in the […]
Blackout for 3 hours
A mechanical fault at the Avatiu Valley power station is responsible for a three-hour blackout in Rarotonga’s northeast on Wednesday evening that affected homes and businesses from Ngatipa to Turangi. Motorists driving though the area from 3.30pm to about 7pm passed by shops and stores operating by candlelight as the sun set that evening, with […]
Blood donoring partnership formed
The Ministry of Health and the Cook Islands Red Cross signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) this week that aims to have a 100 percent voluntary blood donor system for the country by 2020. The agreement provides for Red Cross to manage a voluntary blood donors programme which the Ministry of Health will give $10,000 […]
Aotearoa links celebrated in new MOU
Ceremonies that began in New Zealand to mark the new relationship between the University of the South Pacific Cook Islands and the Auckland University of Technology have been completed in Rarotonga this week. Representatives from USP, AUT, the Cook Islands government and New Zealand High Commission officially signed off on the new tertiary link in […]
Prefects beautify national college
It may be the school holidays but Tereora College prefects think there is still work to be done at the college. As part of a beautification programme, the prefects this week, during the school holidays, organised and completed a working bee to re-paint the front part of the school facing the back road. The whole […]
New farmers market will be regular
Produce from across the southern group islands will feature at a farmers market in Rarotonga next month that will be the first of a regular feature on the markert calendar. The farmers market will be held on Wednesday, May 2, at Punanga Nui markets and organisers say it will return regularly thereafter. There are hopes […]
Free website offer for accommodators
Members of the Cook Islands tourism industry who don’t yet have an online presence are receiving a leg-up on to the web this month thanks to a collaboration between Pacific Islands Trade and Invest and South Pacific Tourism Organisation. The two bodies have come together, with organisational help from the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation, to […]
Century-old battle goes to Britain
Popular UK newspaper The Independent published this story about a Cook Islands land dispute currently before the Privy Council. Following a Court of Appeal decision in 2009, June Baudinet is taking her case to the top and battling it out with Ellena Tavioni and the Macquarie family before Supreme Court justices in London. A decision […]
Bonny storage must be paid for
The owner of a yacht that was found abandoned at sea in January with its skipper missing will be pursued for charges relating to its mooring and storage at Avatiu harbour, Cook Islands Police Inspector John Strickland said. The yacht Bonny has been stored at the harbour since January 3 when police patrol boat Te […]
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