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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.
Culture show a big act to beat
Rarotonga school children are still swinging their hips and singing songs after the highly successful Rarotonga Schools Cultural Festival last Thursday night drawing possibly the biggest ever crowd to the national auditorium. In fact, parents are still gushing over the outstanding performances by all the schools from the wee babes to the college students. Stunning […]
Pukapuka welcomes PM despite food shortages
Despite facing worrying shortages of fuel and food, the people of Pukapuka were in celebration mode yesterday in anti- cipation of their first visit from Prime Minister Henry Puna who travelled to the island to officially open the new cyclone shelter. The $3 million Pukapuka cyclone shelter, which has been rebranded as a community centre […]
Alcohol and accidents annoy police
Motor vehicle accidents and alcohol-fuelled misbehaviour kept Cook Islands Police busy over the Easter long weekend, though police are reporting it as a relatively uneventful period. Police attended the scenes of three crashes during the weekend, but no serious injuries were reported as occurring as a result. On Friday, a motorcyclist suffered minor injuries after […]
Business mentors seeking new clients
Struggling businesses in need of direction, take heart. The Pacific Business Mentors Programme continues to service Rarotonga and Aitutaki, and is sending another group of business mentors to the Cook Islands on the week of April 30. The Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce, the in-country administrator of the programme, is seeking a new intake of […]
Cooks seen as seabed minerals leader
The Cook Islands’ development of seabed mining legislation is leading the region and the world, according to Deep Sea Minerals Project managers from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). Half-way into a series of meetings across 15 Pacific countries and territories, team leader Akuila Tawake and legal adviser Hannah Lilly says there is a […]
Growth to accelerate and then slow
Economic growth in the Pacific region is expected to slow to six percent in 2012, decelerating further to four percent in 2013, while inflation is expected to hold at moderate levels in much of the Pacific, according to the Asian Development Outlook 2012, a report released yesterday by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Economic uncertainty […]
Marching for Maui
Tehani Ngapare Buchanan and Kayley Ngawati both had their bodies painted to make a bold statement at the march for Maui on Parliament earlier this month (Tuesday NZ). Tehani was interviewed by TV3 and the photos of her and Kayley went viral on Facebook. “She is a brave, passionate girl who has made her family […]
All ball and no net in Aitutaki
Aitutaki’s spikers, diggers, bumpers, dumpers and killers were in action at the Araura College sports field yesterday for the annual Cook Islands News Easter 4×4 Volleyball Tournament. Fifty-eight teams and hundreds of volleyball-diehards joined the annual tournament in the five different categories for mamas, men, women, teens and tweens. At lunch time, the competitions had […]
Milky moustaches all the go at Rutaki and Avatea
Milky moustaches and smiles were all the rage at Rutaki and Avatea Primary School yesterday with every child at both schools receiving an assortment of Anchor flavoured milk for their outstanding efforts in the recent CITC and Anchor promotion. Rutaki was declared the winner of the first Anchor competition which involved primary school children collecting […]
Health team back from Aitutaki, Pukapuka
A health team returned this week “exhausted but satisfied” after two weeks of screening and counselling residents in Aitutaki and Pukapuka. The team, led by Dr May Aung in Aitutaki and Dr Lin Aung in Pukapuka, provided special gynaecology services for women, screened blood donor recruits in Aitutaki, and tested for HIV and STIs in […]
High hopes for Mitiaro's home-stay project
Anticipation is high on Mitiaro as the formal launch of the island’s home-stay programme looms near. Most of the population relies on subsistence farming and fishing or works on a rotational basis for the government. A few people make a profit picking and plaiting maire. But tourism is a spotty and generally unprofitable business – […]
Pukapuka ready to open cyclone centre
After five years of planning and 10 months of construction, the Pukapuka cyclone shelter will officially be opened to the public today. Prime Minister Henry Puna will lead a small delegation of government and European Union officials for the opening in Pukapuka, which will take place today. Construction is all but finished at the centre, […]
Professor's students tackle 'thorny subjects'
Professor Tania Ka’ai applauds USP Cook Islands students for going the extra mile and developing their research capacity so as to widen the country’s skill base. Back by popular demand, the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) professor of Maori innovation and development is presently teaching two courses at USP Cook Islands. The first is a […]
Government drops airline tax idea
The Cook Islands government has decided not to pursue foreign airlines for income tax after this year losing their exemption, seeking not to sour the relationships built over the last 30 years. Minister for Finance and Economic Management Mark Brown said that the government had decided it would not begin collecting income tax from the […]
Delays to ship trouble northern islands
Administrations from the five northern group islands have been busy trying to make sure invoices and freight charges are paid up to get the long-promised and oft-delayed Samoan shipping vessel in the water and on its way to the Cook Islands. Organisers in Rarotonga on Thursday said they hoped the ship would be able to […]
A helping hand for Fiji
Thinking of their colleagues and friends being hurt by deadly flooding at Fiji, the people of Westpac Cook Islands have decided to open up a fund for those looking to help out from the Cooks. The team at Rarotonga held a mufti day on Thursday to collect a gold coin donation for their Fijian friends […]
QR sends his condolences
Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin has asked Fiji High Commissioner Litia Mawi to pass on condolences to Fiji’s leaders and its people from the Cook Islands in the wake of the devastating and fatal flooding that has afflicted the country over the last week. While meeting Mawi on Wednesday, Goodwin said that the people of […]
Fiji's link to Cooks for good of region
Fiji’s regional roving ambassador says her country will continue to engage in international discussions with its Pacific neighbours despite remaining on the fringe of the Pacific Islands Forum. High Commissioner to the Cook Islands Litia Mawi, who has the position of being Fiji’s ‘roving’ ambassador to 11 nations in the Pacific, officially handed in her […]
Double wedding at Edgewater
The Edgewater Resort & Spa’s weddings have such a great reputation that best friends Nicola Viscoe and Julia Finlay decided they both wanted their wedding here – and on the same day! Although the actual ceremonies were two hours apart, they all celebrated together with a joint reception, held at the resort’s Umu Hut. Julia […]
USP meeting on Easter Monday
USP students are being urged to attend an important meeting next Monday. The USP Students Association held a special general meeting on March 30, but the turnout was dismal and a quorum was not reached. The meeting has been re-scheduled accordingly. The aim of the March 30 meeting was to establish a governing executive committee […]
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