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Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
10 December 2024
DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
13 August 2024
ICI explains road works delay in front of old Sheraton site
10 August 2024
Housing crisis hits tourism industry
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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Challenging ‘rape culture’
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National
Roi appointed vice-chair of Asian Shipowners’ Association
The Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) has acknowledged the recent resignation of Eleanor Roi from the CIIC Board, effective December 1, 2024.
Three little miracles: Christmas babies born in Rarotonga
A rare and joyful occasion unfolded at the Rarotonga Hospital this Christmas as three babies were born on December 25, bringing extra cheer to the maternity ward.
Rights of disabled people advanced
The Cook Islands government has endorsed a report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to be presented to the United Nations as part of its obligation since ratification on May 8, 2009. The convention, which safeguards the worlds estimated 650 million people with disabilities from discrimination, was passed by the UN […]
Anti-smoking laws working
Businesses, community groups and government agencies are putting anti-smoking laws into effect in an overwhelmingly positive manner, according to the Ministry of Health. Smoking bans in workplaces are being met for the large part and regulations appear to have gained a good amount of support. One of the only ways in which tobacco legislation is […]
Dear Santa, fly me away!
Its the season of giving, and Air Rarotonga is prepared to give two round-trip tickets to any southern group island to the person who needs a holiday most. Marketing manager Sarah Moreland is for the first year ever running a Dear Santa contest, inviting all Rarotonga residents to write to the airline explaining why the […]
New digital tool
The tourism industry is being asked to throw its support behind a new occupancy forecasting and trending tool set to be launched in December. The Cook Islands Tourism Corporation is launching its new industry occupancy status report tool this month to help improve its forecasting abilities of visitor figures and budget allocations. The tool relies […]
1.3 million reached
About 1.3 million people considered coming to the Cook Islands during a four-day sale of childrens fares held last month. Australians using the direct Sydney to Rarotonga flight were offered a special discount on childrens fares for flights booked during a four-day window in early November. Under the deal, children aged between two and 11 […]
Cooks make 70 billion hits
It took a lot of repeating the Cook Islands name this year when trying to spread word of the destination in Australia. About 70 billion repetitions, in fact. With 91 percent of the Australian population unaware at the start of 2011 that the Cook Islands even existed, the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation needed to start […]
Fee confirmed
The Ministry of Marine Resources has confirmed that 17 Chinese fishing vessels will collectively pay annual licence fees of $810,000 not each as reported earlier. The ministrys initial press release about the licences, for Chinese vessels granted access to fish in Cook Islands waters through MMRs exploratory fishing programme, did not specify whether the fee […]
Exercise tests emergency response
Having tested emergency coordinators responses to crashes, sea rescues and attempted airplane hijackings in years gone by, this years annual emergency exercise focused on what would happen to passengers who survive a crash. Rarotonga Airport was transformed into an emergency zone this week for the annual exercise. Emergency Management Cook Islands officer William Tuivaga said […]
Police await results from coroner
Police are still waiting for directions from the coroner following their investigation into a ten-year-old Takuvaine girls death recently. The girl died just one day shy of her eleventh birthday at Rarotonga hospital on November 6. Police commissioner Maara Tetava has quashed suspicion that she died as a result of violence, saying there is no […]
Distracted drivers pose danger
Distracted drivers are dangerous drivers. Thats the message coming from Cook Islands Police after a young woman was taken to hospital this week with head injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident that occurred because she was not paying proper attention to the road. The woman, aged in her late teens, ran up the rear of […]
Time for a uniform change at Tereora
Tereora College sporters will pull on a new uniform for physical education classes next year in the first uniform change of many planned for the school. The current, white sports uniform will be dropped next year and replaced with a navy blue singlet and rugby shorts for Tereora students. The singlet will feature the schools […]
Students revamp bus stops
Teenage painters have taken to the bus stops in Arorangi and, no, they arent graffiti addicts wanted by the law. Instead, these year 9 and 10 Tereora College students have gone out with paint buckets and brushes in hand to help revamp the village bus stops and bring a bit of colour to the roadside. […]
Tiare Week winners named
The Ministry of Justice and the Tuarai Clinic have been named as the winners of the 2011 Tiare Week Decorated Properties Competition winners. The pair was named as the competition winners for their colourful and well thought out floral designs in line with this years theme te au akairo o toku matakeinanga or signs of […]
$750 generated
Aotearoa Society Rarotonga members are planning to hold an annual garage sale, following the success of last weekends inaugural fundraising event. The society offered vendors space for $20, staged a membership drive, and sold $10 plates of traditional Kiwi boil-up, soup, rewana bread, barbequed sausages and cups of tea and coffee. Members also sold hand-made […]
Busy week for prizegivings
Rarotonga schools are busy this week preparing for end of year prizegivings and parent days. Yesterday Arorangi School had its prizegiving at 9am at Aroa Nui Hall. Today Titikaveka College and four primary schools are set to hold their own achievement ceremonies. At 9am Avatea, Nikao Maori and Avarua prizegivings begin at the schools (Avatea […]
Hooray, the NCEA exams are over!
Secondary school students throughout the Cook Islands can breathe a sigh of relief now that their end-of-year examinations are over. The last National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) exam in the country was for level two economics and it took place at Princess Anne Hall in Nikao from 10.30am on Tuesday. All Cook Islands examination […]
Big fish on Manihiki!
A total of 200 kilograms of fish has been caught during a competition in Manihiki. Nehemia Kaina won the major prize for the heaviest wahoo caught a 15kg beauty however the $500 prize money was not claimed because no wahoo more than 30kg were caught. Benjamin Ravengakore captured the largest tuna, of 25.8kg, and the […]
Bug lady helps out in Mauke
When Ministry of Agriculture entomologist Maja Poeschko visited Mauke she was taken on a whirlwind tour of local pest issues. Three days wasnt enough time as she likes to really study one square metre at a time, looking for the many life forms that most are unaware of. Maja learned that the fruit piercing moth […]
Trochus tender won by local firm Ora Moana
Cook Islands company Ora Moana Ltd has successfully tendered for this years Aitutaki trochus, which is being harvested at present. Ora Moana has the same owners and directors as fellow Rarotonga-based firm Moana Gems. Owner/director Raymond Newnham is currently out of the country, but the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) confirms all 17 tonnes of […]
Memorial ride around island
A memorial ride will take place next weekend to mark the death of triathlete Pauline Atera and raise awareness of road safety. The Cook Islands Triathlon Association is organising the event, to be held on Saturday, December 10, or Sunday, December 11, in remembrance of Atera, who died on Sunday after being hit by a […]
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