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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
Tatiana Kautai, a Cook Islander Muslim, has shared her personal journey into Islam and her experiences living as a Muslim in the Cook Islands. Talaia Mika reports.
TAU board appoints engineering professional
Te Aponga Uira (TAU) has gained an expert described strong new asset with the appointment of Barbara Elliston, an experienced electrical engineer and corporate governance professional, by the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) Board of Directors.
Media association to be revived
Media workers met yesterday to discuss re-establishing the Cook Islands Media Association, which has for years lain dormant. At present the Cook Islands is one of the only Pacific nations without a national media association. The impetus to re-form the association was a collective opinion on the part of Cook Islands journalists that the Official […]
WSBC lessons applied in new law
The postscript to the long-running WSBC Bank case finally closed with the enactment of the Banking Act 2011 by parliament early last week. Although the bank had its licence formally revoked back in July 2011, the lessons learnt in fighting that case provided the impetus for the newly enacted legislation. Much of the significant cost […]
Bad timing for Westpac failure
Christmas spending ground to a halt for Westpac Cook Islands customers yesterday when the company experienced a mainframe meltdown. All the banks automatic teller machines (ATMs) were out of service, as well as all its eftpos machines and internet banking. In most cases Westpac customers could not even withdraw money in person from the main […]
New Years party time!
The party-going demographic has a few options come the eve of December 31. Rarotonga can ring in 2012 on the beach at Sails which has declared its intent to turn Muri into the Vegas strip right on the beach or dressed in safari garb, jungle juice in hand, at popular nightclub Rehab. Sails Restaurant is […]
New boulders better than old at harbour
While it was enviable to have the wharf front extended all the way around the Avatiu harbour as part of upgrades currently being carried out at the site, budgetary constraints on the project meant that could not happen, Ports Authority general manager Nooroa Bim Tou said. Tou said that the harbours design meant that boats […]
Compliance unit formally established
After completing a training programme with the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries, the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has now formally established a compliance unit to enforce fisheries laws in the Cook Islands. The Marine Resources Act 2005 provides broad powers for authorised officers to search premises, vehicles or vessels and to question and arrest […]
Online registry goes live
Christmas came early for the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) this year on December 12, the online registry system it had been working for 12 months to implement went live. This system will provide a modern and efficient mechanism in which to conduct registry activity, which can only serve to improve the potential for growth in […]
Te Maeva Nui locked in for 2012
Te Maeva Nui cultural celebrations will be held from Thursday, July 26 next year, the government has announced. Major organisers from this years festival will again take control of next years festival, bringing together the efforts of the Ministry of Cultural Development and the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation to refine and improve on the celebrations […]
Teen's death not suspicious
Police do not consider the death of a teenager over the weekend to be suspicious and officials have cleared his body to be released. The teen was found dead at an Arorangi property about 2am on Saturday. Cook Islands Police attended the scene and the teens body was taken to Rarotonga Hospital for examination. The […]
$6000 for Te Vaerua
The Cook Islands Disability Societys housie group has made a very generous donation of $6000 to the Te Vaerua Community Rehabilitation Service. The money will be used by Te Vaerua to continue to provide physical therapy, care giving services and therapeutic equipment to people with serious injuries and disabilities in the Cook Islands. With no […]
No suspicious circumstances
Police confirm there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding an elderly mans death on an Air New Zealand flight between Rarotonga and New Zealand on Saturday. Tavai Puia a Cook Islander who had been living in Porirua travelled to Rarotonga for a holiday recently. He was returning home to New Zealand with his daughter and three […]
Elder abuse comes in many guises
Elder abuse can be committed by anyone, including family, friends and caretakers, and more community awareness is needed on the topic, the Returned Services Association (RSA) has said. While they believe the Cook Islands people and culture is providing adequate care for its elders in the large majority of cases, RSA president Denis Dwane and […]
Holiday to honour ui ariki
The Cook Islands three pillars of society will be recognised with public holidays for the first time next year, finally bringing the ariki in from the wilderness according to Cook Islands Party minister Teariki Heather. Heather yesterday confirmed that a new public holiday commemorating the ariki will be held on July 6 each year. The […]
Choir welcoming carollers
The Hospital Comforts choir is ready to take its carolling ways to the Rarotonga wards and has put out a call to anyone who wants to lend their voice to the cause. The group is planning to head to the Rarotonga Hospital this afternoon with Christmas cheer at full gear and would welcome anyone wanting […]
War stories include Cook Islanders
The Cook Islands Library & Museum at Takamoa is a goldmine when it comes to books on military history and the most recent acquisition is a book that has close links to the Cook Islands. A Soldiers View of the Vietnam War: The Story of Victor 4: V Coy, 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion was only […]
Graduation ceremony being planned
The Department of National Human Resource Development (DNHRD) is organising a graduation ceremony to be held on Friday January 27 next year. It will acknowledge graduates of the DNHRDs various scholarship schemes, and include the announcement of scholarship recipients for 2012. In addition, the DNHRD is extending an invitation to all Cook Islanders who have […]
Soldiers get a taste of the Cook Islands
A group of 25 New Zealand soldiers recently spent a week getting to know Rarotonga as part of a self-funded cultural awareness and leadership training programme. Their trip borne out of encouragement from a colleague with Cook Islands connections, most of the group had never before been to Rarotonga. They were motivated by the prospect […]
Violence reports to police almost daily
Cook Islands Police are responding to an average of five domestic violence calls a week, according to figures reported to a national workshop yesterday. Police have recorded an increase in the incidents of domestic violence reported to them over recent years, and it is a trend they are happy to see despite the drift having […]
Men must cope with their feelings
Men must learn how to cope with their feelings if they intend to stop carrying out acts of domestic violence, a national workshop has been told. John Robinson, the Cook Islands mentor under the Pacific Prevention of Domestic Violence Programme, said the perpetrators of domestic violence had no one and nothing to blame their actions […]
Short takes place beside ui rangatira
Walking into the Mata Enua palace grounds on Thursday with the ui rangatira of Pa Ariki was a special experience for Eric Short, who was just this week invested with the Takau Rangatira title. Previously held by Shorts uncle Sir Apenera who passed away in June of this year the title has been vacant for […]
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