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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.
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 […]
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 […]
Elderly advise priorities
Rarotonga’s population aged 60 and over have identified access to healthcare, financial security and being able to live with dignity as points worth protecting for the elderly people of the Cook Islands. The government is currently developing an official policy to help guide the future coordination and delivery of services to the elderly in the […]
Final call for Miss Cook Islands entrants
The Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association is issuing a final call to aspiring Miss Cook Islands contestants. All Cook Islands women between 18 and 26 years of age are invited to register for the June 7 pageant before April 27. “We are looking for our newest role model to represent our young women and our […]
'Star Wars moment' in health
Health services in the Cook Islands have had a ‘Star Wars moment’ with the addition of online, telecommunication equipment to its arsenal, according to secretary of health Tupou Faireka. The Rarotonga Hospital officially launched the new system at a special meeting on Wednesday, linking officials in Rarotonga with hospital trainers and medical professionals 3000 kilometres […]
Sports minister reports from Russia
Members of the Oceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC) have met with Minister of Sport Mark Brown to discuss the current standing and future plans of the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC). Brown is currently in Russia, attending the Second World Olympics Sports Convention alongside 171 sports ministers and 204 national Olympic committees […]
Australian police donate to Cooks police
The Cook Islands’transnational policing capabilities have been bolstered by a donation from the Australian Federal Police, who handed over the keys to a car and a store of surveillance equipment at a special ceremony yesterday. Superintendent Murray Taylor and Federal Agent Anthony Hall travelled from AFP’s Fiji hub to officially hand over the donations to […]
Cultural re-awakening for Atiuans
Their people have spread far and wide across the world but for the first time they will be celebrating their culture and history in their adopted home of Rotorua. More than 160 descendants, relatives and family members from the small island of Atiu in the Cook Islands will converge on Apumoana Marae in Rotorua from […]
Ministry releases dangerous goods report
The Ministry of Internal Affairs yesterday released the 2010 Audit of Dangerous Goods Installation report that was prepared and finalised in November 2010 with the assistance of the New Zealand Department of Labour’s technical leader of hazardous substances Kim Comben. Internal Affairs secretary Bredina Drollet noted that the report represents a snapshot of compliance to […]
Majority in breach of the law
A contentious report drafted by New Zealand dangerous goods inspector Kim Comben in 2010 has been made available for public viewing. Responding to advice from Chief Justice Tom Weston and a subsequent Cook Islands News request for information under the Official Information Act, the Ministry of Internal Affairs yesterday released the document. The report represents […]
Report damns Te Aponga Uira
An independent report reviewing the dangerous goods handling procedures of Cook Islands facilities calls state-owned enterprise Te Aponga Uira a “disappointment”. As a state-owned entity, Te Aponga Uira (TAU) is not subject to the same standards under the Dangerous Goods Act as independent operators. It has no dangerous goods licence, though it does not need […]
Dalai Lama in our ei!
The Dalai Lama arrived in Honolulu a short while ago, and was greeted by high school seniors from Kamehameha Schools. They chanted, sang and danced. The Dalai Lama cracked some jokes. He shook hands. Before anyone could give him ei, he grabbed an orchid and a maire ei and threw them over his own head […]
Details cloud vessel's journey
The MV Samoa Express has begun its long-pending voyage to the Cook Islands’ northern group, albeit under an unclear schedule for the five islands awaiting its arrival. The vessel made contact with Pukapuka yesterday, the first of its destinations in the northern group. But the remaining journey remains unclear, with Cook Islands News yesterday receiving […]
Market food huts are 'falling short'
Land extensions currently underway at the Punanga Nui market will give hut owners a chance to improve their facilities, market manager Elmah McBirney said. While the majority of hut owners are complying with regulations and restrictions being asked of them, McBirney said there were still two or three huts that were falling short of expectations. […]
Mutiny on the Bounty descendants meet
A chance meeting in Aitutaki has seen descendants of Commander William Bligh and mutineer Fletcher Christian, who are, of course, central to the mutiny on the Bounty, come face to face at a seaside bar. Though the pair are progeny of fierce enemies many generations removed, Aitutaki resident Steve Christian said he shared a short […]
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