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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.
Top athletes face pressure cooker
Former league international Kevin Iro has seen more than most of what the pressures of being an international athlete at the highest level can do to a young man. Iro, the Cook Islands Rugby League international director, was asked by Cook Islands News to comment on the pressures of being a top athlete, following All […]
Tourism thriving and expanding: Bishop
Tourism minister Teina Bishop acknowledged the marketing efforts of each tourism operator in the room on Friday night, but stressed that in the end, the most tried-and-true, effective marketing tool is the good old word of mouth. Each individual (visitor) has the potential to be a marketing ambassador for the Cook Islands, he said. He […]
Jake Numanga most outstanding
When it was announced that Papa Jake Numanga had earned the ANZ-sponsored Most Outstanding Contribution to Tourism award, the National Auditorium was silent. No Papa Jake. A minute or two later, John Kenning took the microphone: Yes, it appears Papa Jake has gone to meet the aircraft. Jake Numanga. On time, every time, he said, […]
Zac Guildford defended by Corey Jane
All Black Cory Jane has leapt to Zac Guildfords defence, saying he does not have a drinking problem but needs to get smart about where and when he parties. Guildford has been accused of assaulting two people after entering a bar in the Cook Islands on Thursday night reportedly drunk, naked and bleeding. The All […]
Leave him alone
The media need to leave All Black Zac Guildford and his family alone, to aid his recovery from alcohol addiction, the head of the New Zealand Drug Foundation says. The Crusaders wingers drunk and naked escapades at Trader Jacks bar where he assaulted two men before being detained by police has attracted widespread media attention. […]
Avatea gala a fundraiser banquet
Funds raised during the all day Avatea School gala on Friday will go towards much needed school supplies including books and furniture. The one off fundraiser on Friday drew a steady crowd of school supporters through the grounds where a huge array of tasty island favourites was on sale. Apart from the ready to eat […]
May is our top maths brain
It doesnt take much of a maths whiz to figure out that coming in the top 0.2 percent of the country in a competition is a good feat. So when 15-year-old Tereora College student May Myo Min found out she had done just that in the 2011 Westpac Australian Mathematics Competition, she was pretty pleased […]
High praise for the Cook Islands
The guest speakers at Friday nights Air New Zealand Tourism Awards come from different backgrounds, but share two relevant passions for tourism and for the Cook Islands. Jeff McDowall, Air New Zealands sales and operations manager for the Pacific region, called the Cook Islands the biggest destination in the Pacific, and one hes proud to […]
Pukapuka calls her home
As Amelia Borofsky anticipates her voyage to Pukapuka aboard Kwai, she tries to remember the island as it was when she left it in 1981. She spent her formative years in Pukapuka, picking up habits she wouldnt unlearn she says her close mates still tease her when she eats with her fingers and treating the […]
Snedden believes in word of mouth
The Rugby World Cup was the ultimate test in tourism, as it attracted nearly 100,000 rugby-lovers from all over the world to New Zealands shores. Chief executive Martin Snedden says with confidence that New Zealand passed with flying colours. Snedden was one of two keynote speakers at last nights 2011 Air New Zealand Tourism Awards. […]
1 Cook Islander born on 11-11-11
The Cook Islands has its very own 11-11-11 baby. Maternity ward staff helped deliver a baby at Rarotongas hospital yesterday the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011. Details of the newborn and proud parents were difficult to obtain yesterday as staff at the maternity ward which has just opened were too busy to […]
500 war vets remembered
About 500 Cook Islands men enlisted to fight for the Commonwealth in World War One, the biggest contingency of Cook Islanders to fight in any modern war. Of those men, 313 saw active service with the Anzac forces in Europe and the Middle East, fighting at various times from 1915 to the end of the […]
You're the one one one one one one!
Kiwi couple Tania and Michael Dale exchange I dos on the beach at Little Polynesian yesterday. There were a record number of weddings over 25, infact yesterday, as it was 11-11-11 (November 11, 2011). Either an easy date to remember for future anniversaries or a lucky number, depending on who you talk to. This photo […]
Police investigations continue into 2 incidents
Police are still investigating two incidents in which a 10-year-old Takuvaine girl has died and a 16-year-old Arorangi girl has received injuries serious enough to prompt her transferral to New Zealand. The cases are not related. On Sunday the 10-year-old died at Rarotonga Hospital, one day shy of her 11th birthday. Police commissioner Maara Tetava […]
Ministers return from China
Cabinet ministers Teina Bishop and Teariki Heather are back in the Cook Islands, having spent time in China. Bishop has been away three weeks and Heather just over one week. Marine resources secretary Ben Ponia has also returned from China, where he was involved in fisheries discussions alongside Bishop. Heather, as cultural development minister, travelled […]
Puna meets US officials at East-West Center
Prime Minister Henry Puna is participating in high-level meetings with United States officials in Hawaii at present. Puna is part of a wider Pacific leaders gathering, co-organised by the East-West Center. The center is an independent, public, nonprofit organisation with funding from the US government and additional support provided by private agencies, individuals, foundations, corporations, […]
Spike in weddings on 11-11-11
On any given day, the Births, Deaths and Marriages department of the Ministry of Justice prepares five or six marriage licences. But for today, it has prepared 20. The spike in the number of weddings being held in the Cook Islands relates to todays date November 11, 2011, or 11-11-11 and its significance for numbers-minded […]
Remembering veterans
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 2011, the Cook Islands will mark the 93rd anniversary of the end of the First World War. Its a time and date history students love and one that the Commonwealth has vowed to remember forever so not to forget the horrors of […]
Donations stolen
Jess Cramp gave up everything she knew her friends, her home, her job to promote conservation and environmental awareness in Rarotonga. She volunteers for Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative (PICI), a charitable trust registered in the Cook Islands in August, and spends her days writing proposals and seeking support for conservation initiatives in the Cook Islands. […]
CI presentation at mining conference
A newly penned research paper on deep sea mining in the Cook Islands will be presented at an international conference on mining in the Pacific at New Caledonia later this month. Paul Lynch, environmental lawyer and adviser to the minister for minerals and natural resources Tom Marsters, will present his paper titled Towards the Development […]
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