Cook Islands Tourism (CIT) will host its upcoming Annual Water Safety Training, a programme aimed at enhancing the safety skills of water-based operators.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Rarotonga and southern group island students will have the opportunity to explore their future career options through the annual Careers Expo scheduled for July 19. The one-day expo brings together employers and businesses in the public and private sectors as well as overseas tertiary local trades training providers under the one roof to give students […]
One of the most exciting outcomes of the recently launched tourism destination development project on Atiu has been the incredible support by the people of Atiu for the initiatives. Tourism Cook Islands acknowledges that the first phase projects would not have been completed without the cooperation, hard work and determination of Te Iti Tangata o […]
Connecting girls and inspiring futures is the focus of this year’s International Women’s Day on Thursday, March 8. International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. To commemorate the annual day for women – Internal Affairs will be highlighting the endeavours of young […]
Vaka Takitumu celebrated the induction of eight new prefects and two peace ambassadors at Takitumu Primary School on Friday. Proud parents, grandparents and wider members of the community gathered at the school in Matavera to support the young leaders of the school. The newly inducted prefects of Takitumu Primary School are – Jasmanda Tuaputa, Joseline […]
Already the new Cook Islands Red Cross headquarters building is filling up with evidence of its close relationships with sister organisations both within the Cook Islands and abroad. Following a ceremony marking the opening of the headquarters building on Thursday was a presentation of gifts, the most notable being the $1000 cheque presented by Swiss […]
Bonding for a smooth year of learning was the aim of the Nukutere College beach picnic in Nikao recently organised by the school prefects. Fun relays, beach volleyball and sandy Zumba were all part of the fun at the outing. Each class at the college dressed to their own theme with year eight students declared […]
Members of the 60 Plus ground gathered for a luncheon at Coco Putt on Wednesday where they showed their support for Mereana Taikoko and her Te Kainga Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre in Panama. At the gathering Taikoko shared some of the work Te Kainga does and she also spoke at length about the high […]
The Cook Islands government remains committed to senior citizen support centre Are Pa Metua and is maintaining its contribution to the service, says Ministry of Internal Affairs secretary Bredina Drollet. The ministry continues to give $15,000 annually to the service to help it maintain its work for the senior citizens of Rarotonga. Drollet said internal […]
Lack of community support and funding across Puaikura vaka for its neighbourhood watch programme may be part of the problem for a recent rise in burglary within the area. They are continuing running their normal programme of patrolling three nights a week, and are seeking increased involvement and funding from the community. This will be […]
Tereora College year 9 students will no doubt be poring over their new pictorial dictionaries donated to the national college by the Rotary Bay of Islands Club in New Zealand. Visiting Rotarian Frank Leadley visited the national college on Friday to deliver the dictionaries to appreciative students. Rotary Cook Islands and Bay of Islands have […]
Pa enua minister Teariki Heather and fellow Cabinet ministers Teina Bishop and Nandi Glassie have been credited with saving Atiu from its energy crisis. On Wednesday Heather, Glassie and Bishop arrived in Mangaia, together with Atiu mayor Taoro Brown and Mangaia public utilities manager Anthony Whyte, to ask the mayor and secretary to approve an […]
A good night’s sleep is one of the things Christchurch hero Hunter Coleman is enjoying most. The GIS mapping engineer is visiting the Cook Islands as part of the Heroes initiative which is bringing 82 people from quake stricken Christchurch to enjoy the local hospitality and summer on an all expenses paid trip provided by […]
All cabinet ministers will be in Rarotonga this coming week except for Teariki Heather. Heather was intending to leave for New Zealand on a private trip for four weeks last week but was detained by work in Rarotonga. He is now planning on leaving this weekend and will be back in Rarotonga by March 12.
Telecommunications Minister Mark Brown has his ear to the ground, and for that the telecommunications industry is grateful. Brown called an informal meeting of the industry on Tuesday afternoon to discuss Telecom Cook Islands’ plans for the coming year and to address any hang-ups stakeholders might have about the present telecommunications situation in the Cook […]
They lay low following a 2010 sting – but they’re back, much to the chagrin of Empire Theatre and Rarotonga’s law-abiding video shops. The pirates have already managed to sneak the much-anticipated action-adventure film Battleship into the Cook Islands, and Empire Theatre manager Harry Napa is scratching his head and wondering how. Empire Theatre was […]
Sixteen health inspectors from around the Cook Islands are meeting in Raratonga this week for a Tobacco Enforcement Training Workshop. Health promotion officer Maina Tairi Mataio organised the workshop with funding provided by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The aim of the workshop is to provide the 16 health inspectors and eight Ministry […]
The tourism industry is facing a shake up with the Tourism Industry Council holding a meeting to ratify a new accreditation scheme at Muri Beach Club Hotel today. Destination development director Metua Vaiimene said the scheme will ensure that visitors will get the same level of hospitality no matter where they are in the Cook […]
Ports Authority chairman Mike Henry says the Avatiu seawall will improve safety. “In that area we had rock and coral walls. What we will have there will be safer,” he said in a phone interview with CINews. He was responding to claims made by coastal engineer Don Dorrell in CINews on Tuesday that the seawall […]
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