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Police seek public cooperation for festive security
Cook Islands Police are launching a community policing initiative with volunteer support from each vaka in Rarotonga to enhance safety and security during the festive season.
Families navigate inflation, businesses stock up for festive season
As Christmas approaches, local families and businesses in Rarotonga are feeling the seasonal buzz. While the island’s shops are busy preparing for the influx of shoppers, families are making sure they have everything needed for the festive season.
Finsec tracks aid funding trends
Global funding patterns are changing, but the Cook Islands is relatively well-placed to continue receiving aid, financial secretary Richard Neves says. Neves has returned to the Cook Islands from a conference in London, at which the changing trends of aid application and criteria were analysed. It precedes a further international conference in November, at which […]
PM clocks up biggest travel costs
Prime Minister Henry Puna has proportionately spent the most from governments Civil List on international travel of any minister or member of parliament in this financial year. Since July 1 Punas official international travel to Samoa, New Caledonia, the United States, New Zealand and China has included about $47,000 from the Civil List. Government has […]
Audit job under wraps
Finance and audit minister Mark Brown is keeping tight-lipped about the appointment of an audit director. He says a media release is likely to be issued in the next two weeks and in the meantime he is not prepared to discuss the matter.
Parliament to resume soon
Parliament may resume in October, finance minister Mark Brown says. Following a lengthy session in July, parliament adjourned sine die and then an impromptu sitting was scheduled in late August for the passing of an amendment bill to governments withholding tax legislation. Brown says the resumption of parliament has not been confirmed, but government wants […]
Short stories on my favourite things
My home The nice breeze lets you hear the noise of the trees surrounding the house. The soft painted wall in the hallway of the house is just so soft that you would want to rub your cheeks on. You can hear the sounds of the ocean crashing against the rocks. When the sun sets […]
Dialling in a cover shot
Telecom Cook Islands is offering artists and photographers the chance to have their work reach every home, business place and hotel room in the country. The companys annual telephone and business directory cover competition is closing on Wednesday next week and organisers are seeking a photograph, painting, drawing or collage that reflects life in the […]
Caf culture lovers take over Jireh
Cafe Jireh has inherited two important things from Warkworths wildly popular Ginger Cafe its custard squares and its managers. The cafe, situated across from the airport, has come under the management of Brian and Rachael Aitken, a Kiwi couple with a passion for high-quality food and a love for the island of Rarotonga. They recently […]
Pacific Snapshots well received
Tereora College performers elicited a resounding applause from the crowd that filled Nikao Hall on Thursday night. They performed a number of skits adapted from scripts written by Pasifika writers and dance numbers in their home-grown production Pacific Snapshots. Performing arts teacher Claire Waldron has received a flood of positive feedback since Thursdays performance. Her […]
Rakahanga gets $1m for renewables
Rakahanga will receive more than US$1 million to pay for the islands conversion to renewable energy. The Cook Islands government announced this week that the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat had approved its funding allocation to help the northern group island move away from its reliance on diesel generators to solar power as the source of […]
Hot air and climates changing
Climate science is fascinating. Im taking it this semester on USP Moodle. No matter how much the opposition camp challenges the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the panel has convincing figures that show that in the last 50 years the upward swing in global heating is true and urgent and predicts that by the […]
Break the stigma around asking for help
Another suicide prevention week has come and gone, but the community should continue to think about suicide, which is now as a pertinent and pressing an issue as ever. Te Kainga director Mereana Taikoko says the Cook Islands needs to change its perceptions of mental health in general in order to stem the rising tide […]
Harbour works using 0.2% of Rarotongas water
Concrete mixed for use in the $25 million harbour upgrades at Avatiu wharf is accounting for less than one percent of Rarotongas daily water use, but people in the town area will be feeling the impact more than people who live in other areas. Rarotongas water storage levels are at about 50 percent of capacity […]
Georges travel in public eye
On the heel of his comment this week that government travel is obscenely excessive, lawyer and independent member of parliament Norman George has departed the country. He is in New Zealand as a spectator of the Rugby World Cup and is expected back in Rarotonga by the end of the month. This trip is at […]
Brown says travel pays dividends
The cost to government from its Civil List for international travel pales in comparison to the value of benefits for the country as a result, finance minister Mark Brown says. In the two and a half months of this financial year, the Civil List budget of $330,000 has been reduced by $200,512. Civil List money […]
Crackdown on truancy
Rarotongas schools will team up with Cook Islands Police and government agencies to crack down on school absenteeism on the island. Members from all three groups committed to increasing their efforts in reducing truancy levels at Rarotonga during a meeting held on Thursday. Representatives from the ministries of internal affairs and education met with members […]
$200,513 on travel in 2 months
Government ministers and members of parliament have spent $200,513 from the Civil List on international travel in the last two and a half months. The $200,000 taken from governments Civil List covers only a portion of the cost for that international travel, for which donor organisations and governments have also forked out. Government has not […]
Zumba hits Edgewater
The zumba craze has been sweeping through the Cooks in the last 12 months and The Edgewater Resort & Spa has been caught up in it. Mexican Maria Teresa Stone, who is one the few Zumba Education Specialists in the world, is being hosted by The Edgewater. She ran a free aqua Zumba session in […]
Muri speed limit reduced
The speed limit through Muri has been dropped to 30km/h from today. Prime Minister Henry Puna, who is also minister for police, announced a reduced speed zone to take effect immediately covering the main road between Avana Bridge in Ngatangiia and Parengaru Bridge in Titikaveka. Puna said the 30km/h speed zone restriction complemented a wider […]
Job conditions border slavery: lawyer
Some cases of Fijians being employed by Cook Islanders in Rarotonga resemble slavery, Fijian lawyer Lavenia Rokoika says. She adds to comments made by deputy opposition leader and fellow lawyer Wilkie Rasmussen, who is calling on government to review immigration and recruitment policies. Rokoika says she has had discussions recently with Fijians working in Rarotonga. […]
Rasmussen supports foreign workers
Government needs to seriously review its policy on the recruitment of foreign workers, particularly those from Fiji, deputy opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen says. Rasmussen says there are far too many instances where disputes arise because of poor contractual terms and conditions, or inadequate immigration rules, involving Cook Islands employers and foreign workers. Many such cases […]
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