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Top cop position advertised
7 December 2024
Police need numbers and bigger budget
9 December 2024
Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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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
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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
Challenging ‘rape culture’
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National
Leaders call for stronger measures amidst drug trafficking concerns
Transnational crime continues to be a growing concern for Cook Islands’ borders.
Court briefs
Justice of the Peace John Whitta presided over several court matters at the Criminal Court in Avarua yesterday.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bringing in the outer islands
The Edgewater Resort and Spa has looked to its surroundings for a new concept launched at the property this month, which has taken inspiration from the pa enua. Last Friday the resort officially opened its new culture initiative Te Pae Tai Nui, or Your Village by the Sea. The aim is to provide guests of […]
Finding a follow-up to Guildford
Given the worldwide exposure the Cook Islands has gained from an All Blacks indecent exposure last month, onlookers at the Kia Orana Cook Islands forum have discussed the possibility of tailoring similar occurrences in the future. The crowd suggested the Cook Islands could help spread its name and raise awareness of itself in the United […]
Put the social in social media
It doesnt matter how many friends you have, what is important is that theyre talking to you. No, this isnt some skewed, modern version of a life lesson for the school playground this piece of advice is going out to businesses using social media, of course. Sarah Moore, from New Zealand public relations company Goode […]
Distance no trouble for Euro travellers
With more awareness of the Cook Islands in the European markets, the local tourism industry could expect more patronage from the continent. Though the distance is immense for travellers coming from the continent, the time needed to get to the Pacific should not be a major hurdle for the Cook Islands in attracting tourism from […]
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 […]
50-tonne crane tips over
Cook Islands General Transports 50-tonne Kobelco crane tipped over onto Kwai at about 11 oclock yesterday morning, causing damage to the ships steel hull. The crane was loading a standard 20-foot container into the ships cargo hold when it tipped over, its boom landing across the deck of Kwai. Eyewitnesses report the crane showed signs […]
Rocky Avatiu here until January
Rocks being stockpiled at the Avatiu harbour wont stay above ground long theyll soon be in the water as part of the $25 million redevelopment works being undertaken at the harbour. A new rock wall will be constructed at the harbours southern wharf in January as part of the Avatiu port development works. The retaining […]
Tonnes of value in Cook Islands
A significant amount of oil and petroleum is likely to be found in the Cook Islands exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters says. In parliament yesterday, Marsters told fellow members he has received unconfirmed reports that Cook Islands waters contain tonnes of valuable minerals including more than 20 billion tonnes of a […]
The Vital Voices of the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands Vital Voices delegation hand-picked by worldwide non-profit Vital Voices Global Partnership is in Vanuatu discussing with its regional counterparts the Emerging Pacific Women Leaders Programme about to be rolled out. The programme aims to empower women and increase the profile of women leaders across the Pacific.
February start for pawpaw export
Export of Cook Islands pawpaw is due to begin in February or March next year, agriculture minister Nandi Glassie says. More seedlings are also being planted on Rarotonga, to ensure the islands pawpaw crop continues to be sustained for future export, he says. Glassie was asked to explain the status of pawpaw cultivation and export […]
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