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National
Cook Islands eases import ban on NZ poultry following bird flu outbreak
Cook Islands temporarily suspended imports of poultry products from New Zealand following a bird flu outbreak on a single farm, but has resumed imports from unaffected regions with additional safety measures.
New Zealand High Commission Fund supports local communities
The New Zealand High Commission in Cook Islands held a signing ceremony earlier this month with the successful recipients of the 2024/2025 Round of the New Zealand High Commission Fund.
NZ speaker to join domestic violence workshop
A representative from the Pacific Prevention of Domestic Violence Programme will act as the keynote speaker at a national workshop on domestic violence in Avarua tomorrow. John Robinson, the programmes country mentor to the Cook Islands from New Zealand Police, will talk on how police forces in the Pacific can increase their capacity in responding […]
Takitumu celebrates with Pa Marie Ariki
Hundreds of people turned up for the grand opening ceremony of Pa Arikis Takitumu palace. Though 1500 people were invited, about 500 showed up, including all government ministers currently on Rarotonga and Queens Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin and Lady Goodwin. Under a blistering sun, Cook Islanders, New Zealand Maori and Tahitians celebrated their ancestral vaka […]
Rubbish attitude should be canned
Recycling and rubbish dumping remains a problem at the Punanga Nui Market and organisers are calling on the public to step up its efforts in keeping the area beautiful. Market manager Elmah McBirney said everyone in the community had a part to play in recycling and looking after the environment, especially in a community area […]
Pa shares her vision for the Are Ariki
I would like to introduce a project focusing on improving our health and ultimately our well-being as a people. This project will include small clinics where we can gather to re-learn and remember the way we ate and took care of ourselves in the past. The past is not long ago that past belongs to […]
Are Ariki opens today
Over 1000 people are this morning expected to attend a ceremony marking completion of the Are Ariki o Pa Ariki. Fifteen hundred invitations have been sent to people in the Cook Islands, Aotearoa and Tahiti. Even parliament has been adjourned to enable government to attend the ceremony. For Pa Marie Ariki and the village of […]
27 kittens need homes for Christmas
If you are stuck for ideas in the lead-up to Christmas, a solution may be found at the Esther Honey Foundation Animal Clinic in Nikao. The Nikao clinic has 27 kittens that need homes, although Esther Honey staff and volunteers remind people to think carefully before taking on the commitment of having (or giving) a […]
Relations with Philippines formalised
The Cook Islands and Republic of the Philippines have formally established diplomatic relations through the signing of a joint communique document. Cook Islands High Commissioner to New Zealand Tiki Matapo and Philippines ambassador Virginia Benavidez signed on behalf of their respective governments at the Philippines embassy in Wellington on December 12. The Cook Islands and […]
Minister's wives share Christmas cheer
The Cook Islands First Lady Akaiti Puna led a group of Cook Islands Party ministers wives to Rarotongas health support clinics on Tuesday to help spread some Christmas cheer. The women visited Te Kainga Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Are Pa Metua and the Rarotonga Hospital, sharing food, presents, carols and stories with their hosts. […]
Society schedules elections for January
An annual general meeting of the Pukapuka Community of New Zealand Inc has been scheduled for January, at which it is expected there will be elections for the positions of president and for the executive board. The elections have been called as a matter of urgency given that the societys two opposing camps have yet […]
Signed, sealed and delivered in town
Cook Islands Police have taken possession of a number of business signs that were collected up from various locations and dumped at others around Rarotonga by an unknown group overnight on Monday. Mischief-makers toured the main road on Monday night, collecting up unfastened signs left by the road. Some were found in the town area […]
Small steps to address womens plight
Honiara-based Cook Islands journalist Lisa Williams-Lahari, who is a founding member of the Pacific Freedom Forum and WAVE media networks, said the issues of abuse and pressure facing women journalists are not just a regional trend. I started at Cook Islands News when it was still a government paper in 1984. Up until the time […]
Pacific journalists must speak out against violence
As the global 16 days of activism campaign against violence against women for 2011 came to a close, Pacific journalists reporting on violence against women are called on to expose abuse of their own colleagues. Titi Gabi, chair of the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF), said newsrooms are more often majority staffed by women, so violence […]
Ministry considering tenders
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) is considering tenders for all leftover materials from the Aitutaki cyclone recovery programme. Surplus building materials are on sale by tender through the ministry, which may receive a recommendation from its tender committee by the end of the week. Items include fastenings (nails, brackets, washers, bolts, galvanised wire), […]
Let someone else do the Christmas cooking
Christmas is a time to celebrate be it Jesus birth, the end of a busy year, the beginning of a new one or the unofficial start of summer and Rarotonga restaurants and resorts are well aware that sometimes people want to do it the stress-free way. For those who want to gather around family, friends […]
Kick-start your Christmas tonight
People looking to kick-start their Christmas cheer should get to the BCI Stadium tonight for the annual Christmas in the Park festival. Gates open at 4.30pm this afternoon at the stadium, giving people access to a nights worth of activities and entertainment with plenty of food stalls to tempt the hungry and Christmas atmosphere for […]
Samoan ship due in new year
The first voyage of a Samoan shipping service between Apia and the northern Cook Islands will take place early in the new year, Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters says. He says the Samoa Shipping Corporation (SSC) chief executive has promised to bend over backwards to ensure the voyage goes ahead as planned. Marsters responded to […]
Parliament withdraws employment bill
Parliament has withdrawn from its order paper a bill regarding employment relations legislation. The bill, which is considered long outdated and redundant, will now be re-drafted by those in the Crown Law Office to reflect recommendations of a special select committee. The committee was established to review the old employment relations legislation and has made […]
Marlin on the menu
Usually at a staff Christmas party you come away with fond memories and perhaps a hangover, but the Whatever! Bar and Grill staff came away with a 70kg marlin. Pictured is the team with their prize catch. Its safe to say that marlin is on the Whatever! menu this Christmas.
Little things important to making Cooks great
Tourism representatives from Europe and the United Kingdom said the Cook Islands needed to work on the little things to make a stay here a well-rounded experience. Overall, panel members talking at the Kia Orana Cook Islands roundtable forum yesterday said the Cook Islands provided a positive, enjoyable and welcoming experience for visitors, but while […]
Wedding TV to showcase Cooks
Cook Islands wedding providers will feature in an online television channel that attracts about 800,000 viewers per month. Wedding TV, an online television channel based in the United Kingdom, dedicates itself to airing programmes on weddings, romance and honeymoons. Cook Islands Tourism Corporation UK office has organised for six Cook Islands tourism operators to feature […]
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