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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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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
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Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
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Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
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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.
Cook Islands elected as vice-chair
The Cook Islands has been elected as the vice-chair for the Asia and Pacific region at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The position of chair is held by Iran. This was a bit unexpected, said Louisa Karika of the Cook Islands delegation. Our chair was nominated however […]
Plenty planned for young entrepreneurs: BTIB
Entrepreneurs younger than 15 years old will have plenty of opportunities to take part in business opportunities run by the Business Trade Investment Board, says chief executive Terry Rangi. In a statement delivered to Cook Islands News yesterday Rangi said BTIB agreed that age is no barrier for business but said Wednesday nights youth market […]
Lost Tribe persisting with plea for portability
New Zealands government is taking its sweet time considering whether to allow superannuation portability, but time is the one thing expatriate New Zealanders living in Rarotonga do not have. Les Priest and his Lost Tribe colleagues have been lobbying New Zealands government for more than 18 years hoping to prompt a legislation change which allows […]
Govt to announce more statutory appointments
Government is planning to make further announcements about statutory appointments in coming weeks. Prime Minister Henry Puna says there will be an announcement about the police commissioners position next week following cabinets Tuesday meeting. At present Maara Tetava is police commissioner. Puna also says public service commissioner Navy Epati will stay in the job until […]
$546m earmarked for infrastructure
Government is strongly advocating infrastructure investment for the countrys continued prosperity and accordingly $546 million may be spent on infrastructure in the long term. The figure of $546,565,000 for infrastructure is included within the economic taskforces list of specific actions and programming to grow the economy. In total eight sectors for growth, including infrastructure, are […]
Hard to leave paradise
Dear Editor, Once again we had to leave paradise. As many of you know, Rarotonga is our favourite place to visit. Every year we talk about going somewhere different for our next holiday, yet every year before we leave your wonderful island we have booked another three week stay before we leave. And we did […]
Minister praises Games
Sport minister Mark Brown is hailing the recent Manea Games on Mangaia as a success. Brown, who travelled to Mangaia for the Games, says despite some difficulties and challenges the organisers were able to pull off a really successful tournament. They maintained what the spirit of the Games is all about. Sport is part of […]
Water treatment methods accurate
Dear Editor, I dont really have time to participate in debates to sell your paper; but what you print is very biased and not journalism. I am very easy to contact 24 hours a day by phone or in person. Nandi Glassie does not return phone calls, and if anyone has ever tried to contact […]
Aitutaki reigns at Manea Games
Aitutaki is the Manea Games champion again. The islands skilled athletes successfully defended their Manea Games title by taking out the 10-day sporting event again on the island of Mangaia. Aitutaki ended the games with a massive total of 57 gold medals over host island Mangaia who won 52. Mauke will be proud of their […]
Six-metre oe for Reef director
Master carver Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp is crafting a tribute to Takitumu in the form of a six-metre oe. The oe, which he is carving out of Tetini Pekepos workshop in Kavera, is of imported New Zealand Kauri. Pekepo contributed to the design, which traces Takitumus voyage. Nepia-Clamp is carving the masterpiece for Phillip McNicholl, the […]
Push for childs rights
Punanga Tauturu manager Kairangi Samuela will this week present a non-government organisation (NGO) report to a committee for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. She will delivered an oral report to the committee on Friday October 14 and gave time to answer any questions which arose from the presentation. This follows […]
Keeping score
By Vaine Wichman Development Economist My under-13-year-old son has been religiously keeping the scoreboard (thank you CINews/ANZ for the dropout scoreboard) since the kick off of the Rugby World Cup on September 9. During last weekends rugby quarterfinals, I observed the older viewers in our sitting room during the game intervals get up excitedly and […]
From High Commission to MFEM
Peter Tierney is hoping to make more of a difference in his new role as the senior policy and research officer at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) aid management division. Tierney has spent two weeks in the post, for which he applied while working as the New Zealand Aid Programme development programme […]
Landmark wharf building going
After 50 years of being a feature of the Avatiu harbour precinct, the domed Marine Resources building at the wharf is almost at the end of its slow demolition. The old Maritime Trading Centre, which was erected about 1960 and was originally used as a boat shed, has been torn down piece by piece over […]
Fiji Day celebrated by community
The Fiji national day of independence was celebrated on Rarotonga by the Cook Islands Fiji Community on Saturday October 8 at Te Atukura grounds. The first day of independence for Fiji was October 10, 1970, and the day is normally celebrated on October 10, however the Cook Islands Fiji community celebrated the day on October […]
Open day at clinic
Esther Honey is open from 8am to 5pm on weekdays but veterinary staff members are available 24 hours a day in the event of an emergency. Gregg Young urges people not to hesitate in ringing the clinic on 22336 if they have any queries. Today at Esther Honey there will be an open day. From […]
Age no barrier for business
Age is not important when it comes to entrepreneurship, it is all about ambition, persistence and staying positive, says Cook Islands businessman Steve Anderson. Andersons comments come after 12-year-old, self-professed entrepreneur Teherenui Koteka contacted Cook Islands News to share her disappointment in not being able to take part in this weeks Youth Night Market. The […]
Kopu ariki wants Tepuka back
The kopu ariki of Ngati Makea have filed an application with the high court in an effort to have land that was gifted by their ancestor Makea to the London Missionary Society (LMS) returned to them. The Tepuka section in Nikao, the family says, was given via vesting order to the LMS as a piece […]
No, God does not hate prawns
Dear Editor, I would like to help Bill Carruthers with his questions in God Hates Prawns. And Id like to treat his two questions as evidence of his desire to know more about God and His will concerning diet and hell, and his willingness to follow. Question 1: Why does God hate prawns? The truth […]
Singing PM gives choir the OK
Though they were hastily assembled, the choir singing in front of the Cook Islands Police headquarters last Friday won the support of the prime minister. PM Henry Puna was so impressed by the choirs rendition of Fifteen Stars the song he sang at Constitution Day celebrations this year that hes willing to admit he prefers […]
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