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National
Jewels of the Cook Islands ready to shine at Dine and Dance event
A New Zealand-based Cook Islands entertainment group is on the island and is set to perform tonight in what they say will be a magical night of dining and dancing in Rarotonga.
Aitutaki community re-establishes traditional ra’ui to protect marine
The Aitutaki community has re-established a traditional ra’ui, a temporary fishing ban, in their lagoon to protect marine life and ensure sustainable resource management, with support from the National Environment Service.
Garden party in honour of women
The weather may not have been quite what one would have hoped for, but Selina Napa’s garden party was still a great success. The Democratic candidate in the Titikaveka by-election invited the ladies of her constituency for light refreshments at the Vai Villas in Vaimaanga on Thursday evening. Napa told CINews she was hosting the […]
Text vote for 'your' Miss Cook Islands
Let your fingers do the talking and vote for your favourite Miss Cook Islands contestants in the Miss SMS competition now open to the public. The contestant with the most votes will win the Miss SMS sash and voting will run right up until competition night on June 7. All pageant enthusiasts, friends and family […]
Port fees going up 4.5%
New port fees are set to come into action at the end of this week. The new fees, valid from Friday June 1, are to increase on average 4.5 per cent. Ports Authority general manager Bim Tou says the fee increase was not a revenue-gathering exercise, but is based on the annual Consumer Price Index […]
Visiting surgeons keep the tradition
Doctors visiting Rarotonga this week are continuing with a 20 year tradition of medical assistance from New Zealand. Dr Andrew MacDiarmid, an orthopaedic surgeon from Tauranga, has spent years providing care to patients in the Cook Islands – a task which he has now passed on to the current visiting doctors Dr Vaughan Poutawera and […]
Papa Tauira a NZ citizen
With his New Zealand citizenship certificate in hand – Papa Louis Tauira, originally from Tahiti, says he hopes to get across to New Zealand to visit his kids. Eighty-year-old papa Tauira received his New Zealand citizenship certificate at a special and intimate ceremony at the New Zealand High Commission residence in Ngatipa yesterday. While presenting […]
Jewellery course underway
A unique opportunity in community education is currently on offer at Tereora College. The evening class, open to those who already have some experience in jewellery making, is now in its second week. Frances Kirkham, graphics teacher at Tereora College and also a trained goldsmith, is taking the class. It is Kirkham’s aim that the […]
Tourism scaling back from Bula Fiji
Cook Islands tourism industry members are scaling back their presence at Fiji’s major tourism expo, Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange, thanks to the increased opportunities on offer at home. The Cook Islands Tourism Corporation and four Cook Islands properties travelled to Fiji last week for the meeting, but Tourism Corporation chief executive officer Carmel Beattie said […]
BCI reduces loan interest rates
The Peoples Bank – the Bank of the Cook Islands – has announced that it will reduce the interest rates on all its business loans by 0.5%pa, and on its home loans by 0.25%pa. The cut will become effective from July 1. BCI managing director Vaine Nooana-Arioka is pleased to make this announcement on behalf […]
Bankers welcome banking review
The Banking Association of Cook Islands (BACI) welcomes the independent review of the banking and financial services sector that started on May 28. Commissioned by the government of the Cook Islands as a result of the Economic Task Force submission in 2011, the review is being undertaken by independent advisor Sam Knowles. BACI chairman David […]
New website for regional crime fight
The Pacific Transnational Crime Network (PTCN) has launched its website in Apia, Samoa, to enhance understanding of transnational crime threats and increase awareness, of the PTCN to target transnational crime threats regionally and globally. The website – www.ptcn.ws – will assist in enhancing the partnership arrangements with law enforcement agencies throughout the Pacific and provide […]
Steering committee works hard behind the scenes
CORRECTION – Ngaria Stephenson was incorrectly named as Dr Deborah Perrott in a photo caption for the Youthline launch in yesterday’s CINews. Ngaria Stephenson, the inclusive education advisor at the Ministry of Education, was at Tuesday’s Youth Helpline Cook Islands launch as she was on the steering committee which helped get the new youth helpline […]
Reggae fans depart for Samoa
A group of local UB40 fans including some rockers departed for Samoa yesterday morning in their own chartered Air Rarotonga aircraft. UB40 staged a concert in Apia last night (Friday in Samoa) as part of Samoa’s 50th Independence celebrations. The flight stopped in Niue for fuel and will return with the group on Saturday night. […]
Powered by Gas!
Miss Gas Cook Islands Antonina Browne joined the Miss Cook Islands pageant to follow in the footsteps of other women in her family who’ve joined the pageant in the past. Browne was officially launched as Miss Gas Cook Islands yesterday – the 20-year-old donning a hard hat, safety gloves and glasses to join the boys […]
Minister says 'choose life'
Minister Mark Brown gave a moving personal address to the large crowd gathered at the Telecom Sports Arena for the launch of the call-free Youthline yesterday. He started his speech with a sombre note, by sharing a personal story about a friend of his that committed suicide in their second to last year of high […]
'Don't struggle alone any more'
Youthline ambassador Pieter T is no stranger to the struggles that youth go through. The young R’n’B singer from New Zealand, who was asked to be an ambassador by Youthline last year, had a tough upbringing and struggled with thoughts of suicide himself. His father is now an ex-gang member. But he was part of […]
Miss Pacific Divers pushes an environmental message
Miss Pacific Divers Mii Andrews plans to use the opportunity of being a Miss Cook Islands contestant to push her sponsor’s environmental messages and campaign. The 22-year-old secretary at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister says joining Miss Cook Islands has been a childhood dream and that she will be enjoying every minute of […]
Miss Vonnia's home to pursue independence
A desire to represent the Cook Islands people on a global scale is one of the reasons for 21-year-old Michelle Elia-Siloata joining this year’s Miss Cook Islands pageant. While Siloata is based in New Zealand, the young woman hopes to return home to live and work and after a short four month ‘trial’ stay recently, […]
New shipping group seeks vessel
A group of local importers is reportedly working to source a vessel to fill gaps in the Cook Islands shipping operation. At present only Reef Shipping is actively using its licence to operate a ship from New Zealand to the Cook Islands. Through an interim arrangement Pacific Direct Line (PDL) and Pacific Forum Line (PFL) […]
Minister releases 'capital initiatives'
The Cook Islands will for the first time present Budget Book 3 ”Capital Initiatives“. This outlines the national capital investment programme and provides the 2011-12 anticipated expenditure and three year capital budget for ministries and state-owned enterprises. These activities are financed through a mix of resources from international development partners, lenders, the Cook Islands government […]
8 new chiefs sworn in
The Koutu Nui Uipaanga Maata 2012 held in Aitutaki was a great success. On the opening day – Monday, May 21 – eight new tribal chiefs were sworn into the Koutu Nui. The new mataiapo are Kaimarama M, Kavakura M, Tiikura Mataiapo, Rae Mataiapo o Taravao and Tere’a Mataiapo as well as Tamakeu Mataiapo, Mama […]
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