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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.
Change in venue
The venue for the live music festival ‘Beach Day Out’ this Friday has been changed. Originally the event was scheduled to be held at the beach in front of a private residence opposite D Vent Sheet Metal. It will now be held at the Safari Tours beach 300 metres closer to town in Nikao. The […]
Cows shaping up
Cows are taking shape in 13 different schools around Rarotonga, for the CITC and Anchor Cow Art Sculpture competition, which was launched last month. As part of CITC’s Go Green initiatives for 2012 and promoting the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rethink message throughout schools, CITC invited Rarotonga schools to take part in a competition sponsored […]
Creative minds meet to plan future
The Cook Islands’ creative minds are gathering at Aotearoa Centre this afternoon, and inviting any artists – from taunga to writers to tattooists – to come along. An interim council has called a meeting of all artists – including writers, painters, weavers, carvers, composers of songs and pe’e, singers, musicians, photographers, filmmakers, tattooists and sculptors […]
NZ Youthline to get CI training
New Zealand-based Youthline workers will next week receive training and briefings on issues affecting young people in the Cook Islands. Counsellors who speak Cook Islands Maori will also be made available if requested by young people calling from Rarotonga and the outer islands. Representatives of the steering committee that was tasked with running last month’s […]
Publishing group gets green light
Australian printing company John Batman Group has been given the green light to produce a tourism industry compendium intended for distribution in the Cook Islands, Business Trade Investment Board chief executive officer Terri Rangi has announced. But BTIB has decided it would give companies who have already signed up to join the compendium but are […]
New PE gear at Tereora
Tereora College students are standing out at inter-college sports events in their brand new physical education uniforms launched at the start of the year. The uniforms branded with the college logo have been seen all over the island and not just on the backs of students. The sportswear, designed by college guidance counsellor Thomas Wynne […]
Squall burst speeds up vaka
Marumaru Atua vaka crew Numangatini Mackenzie and Alexander Teariki Olah continue sharing the adventures of the crew as they sail from Galapgos to the Tuamotus in French Polynesia. This is from their most recent blog posting: It is Day 8 and we’re still journeying from Galapagos to Tuamotus. I continue where I left off from […]
Bishop on tour
Minister for Marine Resources Teina Bishop remains in Guam this week following on from last week’s Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission conference. Bishop will stay in US territory until next week, when he travels on to Auckland to meet with members of the Ministry of Education to join a tour of universities and technical […]
Tourism 'webinars' popular
The popular tourism webinars are back for 2012-13 and Cook Islands Tourism Corporation is looking for businesses to fill five timeslots for North America. The webinars will tackle topics including budget travellers, romantic getaways, adventure and catering for groups over the year, as well as having one session set aside to talk all about Aitutaki. […]
Tax deal signed with Germany
The Cook Islands and the Federal Republic of Germany this week signed a tax information exchange agreement in Wellington, New Zealand. Cook Islands High Commissioner Tekaotiki Matapo, who signed the agreement alongside German Ambassador Thomas Meister at the German Embassy in Wellington on Monday, said the government was aiming to strengthen its co-operation with Germany. […]
Galapagos wildlife entertains crew
Marumaru Atua vaka crew Numangatini Mackenzie and Alexander Teariki Olah share the adventures of the crew as they explore the Galapagos from Santa Cruz Island to Isbaela Island. The crew encounter new and exciting wildlife and stumble across some familiar foods from home. This is from their most recent blog posting: Kia Orana Tatou! Our […]
Vaka sailor recruits wanted
Ever wanted to retrace the steps of your ancestors along the great Moana Nui o Kiva? This is your chance to be part of a vaka crew and experience voyaging on the ocean in the traditional double hulled canoes. The Cook Islands Voyaging Society are recruiting new crew members for future voyages and are encouraging […]
Heading towards the Tuamotus
It is a humid and overcast Wednesday evening here on Marumaru Atua and we greet you on day 5 of our sail towards the Tuamotus! It has been a slow few days since our last update, predominantly cloudless skies where we have seldom had wind and what little we have gotten has only stayed for […]
Cruise ship stops by Aitutaki and Palmerston
The Hanseatic is one of four Hapagg Lloyd line ships that visit the Cook Islands regularly. She is a true expedition ship and as such visits places that most large cruise ships cannot. On this visit she will call into Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Palmerston Island. For the people of Palmerston this is a life saver, […]
Four-legged kids enrolled
Senior students of Vaitau Primary School in Aitutaki were engaged in designing and building their first ‘goat house’ last week. This came about due to heavy rain and the principal’s concern for two kid goats born in the school garden. Principal Ingrid Stewart suggested some form of shelter be erected for the baby goats as […]
Thieves take bike parts
Police are again reminding people to properly secure motorcycles, remove keys and keep them in sight to deter thieves from stealing them. Last week a motorcycle was stolen from a home in Ruatonga and another at a home in Atupa. Unlawful taking remains a problem for police, with motorcycles going missing on a weekly basis. […]
Police reports changing direction
Cook Islands Police are introducing changes to their media relations that are intended to bring more information on targeted issues to the public. The changes will narrow down the topics of reporting to issues considered in the public interest and those at the heart of police targets on weekly, monthly and annual scales. Commissioner Maara […]
'Telemedicine' network under construction
Cook Islanders can expect better and quicker access to specialised health care when a telemedicine network is complete. Facilities to introduce a new online health network that will link New Zealand with the Cook Islands is currently under construction in Rarotonga. Once it is complete, the network will be extended in the Cook Islands to […]
Education ministry 'on track'
An independent evaluation has concluded the Ministry of Education is on track to achieving its goals. Undertaken by evaluator Christine Scott and local counterpart Christina Newport, the evaluation was conducted last year and a subsequent 76-page report was released on March 21. The duo interviewed over 100 people, met with focus groups, reviewed policy and […]
Reward offered for important footage
An international film crew is offering a reward for a misplaced camera, which contains vitally important images. Earlier this month a film crew visited Rarotonga and Aitutaki to shoot footage for a documentary that will catapult the proposed Cook Islands marine park onto the international stage. Renowned cameraman Richard Wollocombe, who has worked for the […]
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