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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.
Scheme to support female caregivers
Vital Voices and AusAID have approved a project proposal submitted by a contingent of Cook Islands women. Just in time for International Women’s Day, four women learned that their proposal to empower female caregivers had been accepted. Global non-government organisation Vital Voices last year selected Teina Mackenzie, Nukutau Pokura, Vaine Nooana-Arioka and Helen Maunga as […]
NZ and CI police working together
In a show of its partnership with Pacific countries, members of the New Zealand police force have been visiting the Cook Islands this week. Kim Perks, communications manager for central districts, is in the country to share her knowledge on media and communications with the Cook Islands police. Her visit is part of an advisory […]
Meeting endorses accreditation scheme
The tourism industry council is aiming to get its newly-introduced accreditation scheme off the ground within the next few weeks, ahead of its official launch in June. About 35 people met last Thursday to discuss the accreditation scheme, which will replace an outmoded system that has been labelled ‘toothless’. “People were concerned that the scheme […]
New system for emergency services
Emergency communications across Rarotonga are set to improve this week. On Friday morning, the official opening ceremony for the new radio communication system will be celebrated at the Cook Islands police station in Avarua, by local emergency services, members of parliament and also guests from the New Zealand police force. Deputy Commissioner of New Zealand […]
Cabinet talks tobacco with WHO reps
Tobacco control featured heavily in Cabinet discussions this week. A team from the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) secretariat is on Rarotonga at the request of the Ministry of Health, and has been in discussions about tobacco use and control with Cabinet ministers. Headed by convention secretariat Guangyuan Liu, the […]
Govt making over Rarotonga for Forum
Ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum, infrastructure and planning minister Teariki Heather is prioritising the beautification of Rarotonga. Out of the ministry’s capital expenditure funds will come handouts to Rarotonga members of parliament for cleaning streams and drains and trimming roadside trees. Last November, Heather convened a meeting of all Rarotonga members of parliament to […]
Trees chopped to protect hut
Responding to concerns about the chopping-down of two trees at the Punanga Nui marketplace, Terry Rangi says he made the decision in the interest of public safety. As chief executive of the Business Trade and Investment Board, Rangi is responsible for supervising marketplace operations. To protect vendor Kate Numanga’s hut – which Rangi says was […]
Cocos Island does conservation right
A log from the journey of Vaka Marumaru Atua, which as of this weekend is anchored at Cocos Island, south of Costa Rica in Central America. Crew member Alex Olah reports. We have only had short bursts of slight wind for only an hour or so since Wednesday! To make it worse the days have […]
New internet cafe on the rock
Panama’s new internet caf is an internet gamer’s delight. Annie’s Internet Caf, which opened three weeks ago, has been specifically designed to keep gamers happy from its large screen XP terminals to their brand new comfortable chairs. LAN internet gaming is just one of the range of facilities on offer – they provide internet access, […]
Nikao roadwork's causes profit loss
For the business located near the Rarotonga Airport, the Nikao road project is more than a minor inconvenience. The day the detour signs went up about a week ago, Cafe Jireh’s profits took a 50 percent hit. Cafe manager Brian Aitken says that as a result of the road project he is recording a loss […]
Welfare policy change recommended
The Cook Islands government strongly reiterates its commitment to ensuring the most vulnerable in the community such as the very elderly continue to receive appropriate support and assistance. “The Cook Islands has one of the most extensive social welfare systems in the Pacific region,” said internal affairs minister Mark Brown, “and it is an integral […]
Customer complaint prompts rate review
Recent media coverage of a Telecom customer’s complaint has re-opened a conversation between Telecom Cook Islands and its parent company about roaming rates in the Cook Islands. Telecom Cook Islands (TCI) chief executive Jules Maher says New Zealand media reports of disgruntled customer Magnus O’Neill’s experience using his mobile phone in the Cook Islands could […]
500 miles to go, excitement in the air
It has been an interesting couple of days since our last correspondence with a few changes and events on and around our vaka. We had a visit from our support vessel who brought two film crews to spend a day and night with us – Mike, the head honcho of the production, and Tim as […]
Dog to be destroyed
A dog attack, theft, assault and contempt were all crimes that police dealt with at the weekend. A young girl in Matavera was attacked by a dog on Saturday. The owner and the dog have been identified and the dog will be destroyed. One man has been charged with careless driving after he collided with […]
Farmy Army lady takes a break
Christchurch hero Helen Heddell has been blown away by her visit to the Cook Islands. “We’ve loved it. It is very special, generous and humbling. Every experience here has been amazing,” she said. Heddell is visiting the Cook Islands with her husband Peter as part of the Heroes initiative of the Cook Islands government. They […]
Slur campaign continues online
The purported chief executive of bogus online company TouristAdvisor continues to pester Cook Islands residents with emailed promises to cripple the country’s tourism industry. In January a man – Cook Islands News believes him to be American author Rick Johnston, who spent a number of months on Rarotonga last year – sent an email under […]
Pukapuka leads way in health
Pukapuka is leading the way in the fight against non-communicable disease. The island held a meeting about healthy living and diet at its school hall on March 2, following which an ‘NCD-friendly lunch’ of local food and fresh fruits and vegetables was served. The meeting, attended by hospital staff, the island council and government representatives […]
New call for rock ban
Former Ports Authority chairman Sam Crocombe is calling on the government to halt further work on the Avatiu sea wall. “It looks to me as though they have run out of money to do the job properly,” he told CINews yesterday. Crocombe was ports chairman from 2006 to 2010 and oversaw the project to redesign […]
Owners serve notice on Toa
Following a flawed arrangement with Toa Petroleum, the government is required by law to top-up the company’s annual income – provided it is open for business and operating. The petroleum depot’s lease expires next month, at midnight on April 30, and landowners have not made any arrangements to renew it. What that means for the […]
Wacky Wednesday for Leap Year
It was a wacky Wednesday at school for Apii Te Uki Ou students and teachers who all went loopy to celebrate Leap Year last week. Students were encouraged to ditch the uniforms and dress wack for the day. Being the obedient bunch they are at Apii Te Uki Ou, students rocked up to school wearing […]
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