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Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
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Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
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Cook Islands has its first mosque
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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
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RAC to address mosque legality
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Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
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CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
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21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
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Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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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’
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National
Scientists explore coral heat tolerance in Rarotonga
A group from the University of California is working with Cook Islands marine biologist and chairperson for the environmental NGO, Kōrero o te `Ōrau, Dr Teina Rongo, to discover how corals around Rarotonga respond to high temperatures.
Vandals target fintech startup
Cook Islands tech entrepreneur Brett Baudinet is disappointed that his recently established business, Smartie, has become a target for vandals.
Book characters come to life
Book characters came to life yesterday at St Josephs Catholic hall in Tutakimoa where students from the Catholic primary school celebrated the end of the school year with a book week themed concert. The colourful gathering also had a festive feel as students put on items and skits for their parents and the wider Catholic […]
Last island in new book
Having returned this week from Mitiaro, Nikon photographer Harvie Allison has all the material he needs to finish his 100-page photo book on the southern Cook Islands. Featuring shots of Rarotonga, Atiu, Mauke, Aitutaki, Mangaia, Palmerston and Mitiaro, it will be a 96-page visual journey through the southern group islands. Publication has been pending a […]
Mitiaro opens homes
The long-awaited Mitiaro homestay programme is being launched this month. Representing an effort to boost tourism on Mitiaro and offer visitors an authentic Cook Islands home-stay experience, the programme is well on its way to launch. An opening ceremony for which Prime Minister Henry Puna will be on Mitiaro has been scheduled to coincide with […]
5 schools honour their stars
Yesterday five schools on Rarotonga acknowledged the hard work of their students throughout the 2011 school year with presentations of certificates and trophies. Titikaveka College, Apii Te Uki Ou, Apii Nikao Maori, Avatea and Avarua School all held colourful prizegiving ceremonies to honour their students. The prestigious dux award was of course the big one […]
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 […]
$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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fateful SPCA meeting
Members of the Cook Islands Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) are being urged to attend an annual general meeting of the organisation tonight. SPCA president Alistair Macquarie says the meeting will begin at 5pm at the RSA building in Nikao. On the agenda are the presidents report and treasurers report as […]
It's Tiare Week
The jungle has come into the town, with green displays popping up at the Avarua courthouse, Mareko Islands Creations and tourism centre as part of Tiare Week. In a subdued competition this year, the Avarua courthouse and Cook Islands Tourism offices have gone all out in their flower and plant decorations for the contest. The […]
Uirangis ready for the test
Months of training, practice and preparation is about to be put to the test for Cook Islands Miss South Pacific contestant Uirangi Bishop, who will leave for Samoa today. Maine Purotu Bishop will leave the Cook Islands for New Zealand this afternoon, on her way to the 2011 Miss South Pacific contest in Apia. Bishop, […]
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