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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
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RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
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Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
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Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
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Challenging ‘rape culture’
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National
Annual water safety training offers key skills for marine operators
Cook Islands Tourism (CIT) will host its upcoming Annual Water Safety Training, a programme aimed at enhancing the safety skills of water-based operators.
PM Brown confident in Pacific Islands Forum leadership despite political change in Tonga
The sudden resignation of Tonga’s former prime minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni had left a temporary gap in the leadership of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown remains confident that the situation will soon stabilise.
Liquor lock-up rule laid down
The Liquor Licensing Authority is giving alcohol retailers until May 1 to ensure their liquor cabinets are lockable. Following a meeting of the authority on March 23, secretary Harriet Williams sent a letter to all alcohol retailers to advise them of stricter enforcement of the terms and conditions on which their licences are contingent. “You […]
Samoa vessel completes first voyage to north
The MV Samoa Express’s first voyage to the northern group islands has now finished, providing organisers and the islands’ inhabitants with a few headaches and plenty of useful knowledge along the way. The ship stopped by Nassau on Saturday as the final destination in its five-island shipping route that looped around all of the Cook […]
Departure tax changes floated
The days of standing in line to pay your departure tax before leaving Rarotonga could soon be numbered as the government aims to have the tariff embedded in airfares by December this year. But once that happens, air passengers could also be asked to pay more in departure tax if government plans to increase it […]
RSA wants photos
The Cook Islands Returned Services Association (RSA) is seeking to expand its photographic collection and is inviting people with historic photos of servicemen and women to bring them along to commemorations this Anzac Day. Photographs of service members from World War I are particularly important to the RSA, which is hoping to gather together as […]
Mangaia's war effort not for Hitler!
The island is almost as far away from continental Europe as you can get, but Mangaia played its part in supporting the Allied Armed Forces as they fought to overturn Germany and oust its leader Adolf Hitler. The people of Mangaia decided that one way they could help the war effort was through its produce […]
Call to share Anzac memories
People seeking to join 97th Anzac Day commemorations from dawn tomorrow should gather at the Cenotaph in front of the Avarua courthouse from 5.30am at the latest. The Cook Islands Returned Services Association (RSA) will hold a dawn parade and fall-in from 5.35am at the eastern side of the Ministry of Justice and march to […]
By-election in Manihiki
The people of Tukao will go to the polls this Thursday to elect a new member to the Manihiki Island Council. Three people have so far nominated themselves for election to the council in a position left open by the resignation of now former deputy mayor Tarau Kaina. Kaina resigned from his duties last month […]
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 […]
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 […]
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