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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.
New banking legislation adopted
Parliament has passed into legislation a new banking bill, which replaces the legal framework in place since 2003. Finance minister Mark Brown introduced the bill to fellow MPs about 4pm yesterday and half an hour later it was unanimously supported without amendment. The bill changes legislation in order to implement greater transparency and accountability within […]
Trochus harvest period extended
Aitutakis trochus harvest has been extended by a week to allow residents enough time to fill the 17 tonne quota one full shipping container. Cook Islands company Ora Moana Ltd successfully tendered for the trochus, which is the first harvested on Aitutaki since 2003. Ora Moana has the same owners and directors as fellow Rarotonga-based […]
Tourism industry best placed to get it right
The Cook Islands embodies the South Pacific region as a destination for tourism, but trying to brand it or a business here on the image of sun, sand and palm trees alone is not enough to stand out from the pack, according to a keynote speaker at the Kia Orana Cook Islands forum. Instead, businesses […]
Kia Orana Cook Islands forum wraps up
The Kia Orana Cook Islands tourism forum officially closed on Friday night, but the Cook Islands Tourism Corporations foreign representatives will stay on Rarotonga another week to join some in-house workshops and meetings. Tourism industry wholesalers and other representatives from New Zealand, North America and Europe gathered for a final get-together on Friday night for […]
Italian ambassador named
Government has formally agreed to the appointment of Dr Alessandro Levi Sandri as Italys ambassador to the Cook Islands. Deputy Prime Minister and foreign affairs and immigration minister Tom Marsters announced the decision last month. Dr Sandri is based in New Zealands capital Wellington and is also accredited to Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Niue, […]
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 […]
Cooks an option for UK newlyweds
United Kingdom honeymooners are looking to new and exotic places for their post-wedding travels and holidaying in the Cook Islands is increasingly climbing their to do lists. The UK wedding market plays a small but valuable part in the Cook Islands tourism industry, says England-based tourism wholesaler Petra Stringfellow. Stringfellow, a New Zealander living in […]
United States of travel coming back to life
The Cook Islands should soon begin seeing an increase in American visitors coming to its shores as the United States recovers from its financial turbulence, according to members of the North American tourism industry. Many Americans have been staying home in recent years due to the economic pressures of the global financial crisis, nicknamed the […]
Young appointed director
Dallas Young has been appointed as the new director of international affairs within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI). Young, who has been working at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) in its treasury division, starts work with MFAI on Monday, December 19. Her position at MFEM has been advertised and […]
Speed network at Fishing Club
Encouraged by a successful speed networking session aboard Southern Cross, the Cook Islands Business and Professional Womens Association is at it again this time at Cook Islands Game Fishing Club. The organisation has organised a social mixer for its members and potential members tonight, representing an opportunity for the professional and businesswomen of the Cook […]
Kwai repairs nearing completion
Cook Islands General Transports 50-tonne Kobelco crane was removed from Kwai soon after it fell across the vessels deck on Friday morning. The crane was moving a standard 20-foot shipping container from the Avatiu wharf to the ships cargo hold when it tipped over, its boom landing across the deck of Kwai. Cook Islands General […]
Cycling tribute emotional for friends
A moving tribute for the late Pauline Atera was held on Saturday afternoon when over 50 friends, family and fellow triathletes took their bikes for a memorial ride around the island. Atera, affectionately known to her friends as Granny was tragically killed over two weeks ago on the main road in Matavera while out on […]
Mangaia on the map during tourism forum
The Cook Islands largest tourism industry forum has ended with an emotional high for wholesalers from North America, who travelled to Mangaia on Saturday for a whirlwind tour of the islands tourism facilities. The people of Mangaia went to enormous lengths to make their guests feel welcome on the island and the effort left the […]
Youth empowerment on the agenda
Empowering youth is the focus behind an open meeting this evening to be held at the Avatea School hall starting at 6 oclock. This is an exciting opportunity for the community at large to get together and discuss the potential for implementing a social development programme aimed at the moral empowerment of adolescents between the […]
Smokehouse to export albacore, marlin
Smoked Cook Islands fish could soon appear on the shelves of supermarkets in Hawaii and California. Dave Rose, Shane Napa and Tom Zainey have for two years been building Smoke Pacific Seafoods Cook Islands Limited and its Panama factory, centring their operation around a computer-programmed smoker they purchased from Austria. This week, they are getting […]
First diversion case a success
The first case of criminal diversion has succeeded in the Cook Islands. Police commissioner Maara Tetava recently introduced two restorative justice programmes locally, including what is commonly referred to as diversion in other countries such as New Zealand. Muri resident Steven Kavana, widely known as Captain Moko, is the first person in the Cook Islands […]
Value vital for UK market
British travellers are pushing through their current economic troubles but tougher times mean they are looking for better value in their destinations, the Kia Orana Cook Islands tourism forum has heard. Cook Islands Tourism Corporations United Kingdom accounting director and sales manager Andrew Price said British people considered their holidays not as a luxury, but […]
It's in the giving that you share
By Vaine Wichman Development Economist A few weeks ago, the junior secondary schools had their maths quiz night at the auditorium. Students from Rarotonga and pa enua colleges/schools attended. It was an amazing night watching some of our future leaders focus over the questions and provide the team answers to be tallied. What was amazing […]
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