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Cousins bring cool treats
Tiki Ice Cream Café, the new ice cream shop located near the airport in Nikao, is offering a refreshing addition to the area’s food scene.
Government partners with communities to improve safety shelters
Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) in collaboration with Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI), a division in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), has announced the commencement of the Rarotonga Safety Shelter Programme (RSSP).
Health scare leads to hospital upgrade
Public service commissioner Navy Epati is leading an initiative to improve Rarotonga Hospitals theatre procedures, following a prolonged surgery recovery and subsequent health scare. He is working in collaboration with health minister Nandi Glassie, health secretary Tupou Faireka and Rarotonga-based director of hospital services Dr Tikaka Henry. Epati says New Zealand medical specialists he has […]
Mystery fish is a crocodile longtom
The case of the mean-looking Avana mystery fish has been solved, with the unknown species being identified as a suitably-named crocodile longtom. Richard Story, Aitutaki-based fisheries officer at the Ministry of Marine Resources, contacted Cook Islands News yesterday with the information and said though the fish was common on the eastern coast of Rarotonga, it […]
Akaoas Wednesday night market revived
For years Akaoas night market has been dormant, but its back. The Arorangi village held its first night market in years on Wednesday night. About 30 vendors sold food, arts and crafts in the roadside space opposite the Akaoa meeting house. Kids enjoyed an instant photo booth and their own corner, where they watched movies […]
Use of trust fund deplored
Money from a 1985 Cook Islands Pacific Games trust fund is being used inappropriately to cover expenses for Team Cook Islands to go to Noumea, former CISNOC secretary general David Lobb says. The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) has hastily withdrawn about $98,000 from the trust fund this week. It has been […]
Te Kainga pushes mental illness awareness
Te Kainga o Pa Taunga staff believe that addressing mental illness as a problem of priority importance will go a long way toward reducing both crime and physical illness in the Cook Islands. Around the world mental health is a low priority but particularly so here (in the Cook Islands), registered nurse Mereana Taikoko said. […]
10 new officers honoured, challenged
Ten more Cook Islanders have officially joined the Cook Islands Police Service. They took the officers oath yesterday at a graduation ceremony, which represented the culmination of 11 weeks of intense physical and academic training. Police commissioner Maara Tetava says this group of recruits is the best-trained in the history of Cook Islands Police. Yesterday, […]
Harbour master to be replaced
The Ports Authority is advertising the harbour masters position, as the man in the job plans to leave. Current harbour master Esau Esau has given his intention to leave the job, saying he had become home-sick for his native Tonga. Esau replaced John Fallon as the authoritys harbour master in October last year, coming off […]
Mangaia carving gifted to Pacific Forum
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Pacific Islands Forum next month, the Cook Islands government has donated a carving to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Fiji. Presented by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Pacific division director Carl Hunter, the gift is a storyboard wall carving crafted by Tangi Vaipo. Hunter unveiled it […]
Disaster response fund valued
Three Cook Islanders represented the country at a disaster management conference in Auckland last week. Over 200 delegates from 22 Pacific countries and territories met at the third session of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management to discuss ways to mitigate the impact of disasters, including climate change, on regional development. Representing the Cook […]
Waitakere arrives
The Waitakere United football team arrived in Rarotonga last night for the one off match against a Cook Islands selection side. Neil Emblen and his Waitakere United players have been handed a chance to escape the winter chills and head to Rarotonga for a friendly pre-season game against the Cooks. Cooks coach Maurice Tillotson is […]
Economic mission to US hits target
The Marumaru Atua economic mission to the US will bring more tourists to the Cook Islands shores, see more pearls leaving the countrys farms and foster a greater exchange of ideas and support in the future, says the mission participants. Through the trip, the Cook Islands has found a new black pearl agent in California, […]
Puna leads CI Day
Prime Minister Henry Puna and his delegation have returned from San Francisco, where they celebrated Cook Islands Day before hundreds of California passersby. Cook Islands Tourism chief executive Carmel Beattie said it was absolutely fabulous to be part of Cook Islands Day. Puna was the only Pacific prime minister to meet the vaka in San […]
Calm seas carry Lady Naomi north
The large swells and windy weather that beleaguered the MV Lady Naomi on its trip to Rarotonga have given way for calm seas and light breezes on its return journey. The Cook Islands Meteorological Service says forecasts show passengers aboard the Lady Naomi will be enjoying fine sailing weather as they return to their home […]
Ten new police trainees graduate today
Police recruits are today graduating from a ten-week training course. The graduation begins at 9am at the Avarua police headquarters. Each of the ten new recruits has completed a standard police training programme in the hope of becoming sworn officers. Three are women and seven are men, all from Rarotonga and aged between 18 and […]
Mr Mac writes his dream
Alistair McIntyre is living proof that dreams can come true if theyre built on courage and perseverance. When McIntyre left school to live every little boys dream to drive big trucks and operate heavy machinery he was semi-literate. Hes now an acclaimed author and publisher of two childrens books, and promotes reading for a living. […]
Paddy Walker writes new peace book for kids
Peace advocate Eleitino Paddy Walker has devoted her life to spreading peace within and beyond her community. Now shes delivering her message to children by way of a beautifully illustrated 15-page storybook entitled The Peace Bird, which is being launched at the Takamoa Peace Garden this morning. Illustrated by Samoan-Kiwi artist Nanette Lelaulu, the book […]
Yacht trashed on Palmerston reef
A 62-year-old man was lucky to escape injury early on Monday morning, after the yacht he was sleeping in snapped from its anchor and hit the reef off Palmerston Island. The man and a 42-year-old woman had stopped off at Palmerston as part of a trip from the United States to Australia in their yacht. […]
United effort to sell raffle tickets
Less than half of the 4000 Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) raffle tickets have been sold, putting the organisation in a precarious financial position. It needs proceeds from the sale of all tickets to cover remaining costs of Team Cook Islands participating in the Pacific Games at Noumea. To date CISNOC has […]
Government ministries overspend by $300,000
Government ministries have overspent their 2010-2011 allocations by almost $300,000 something the Public Expenditure Review Committee (PERC) is now investigating. Cabinet has also recently approved additional crown over-expenditure of $620,000. That is for payments on behalf of the crown (POBOC) to Air New Zealand to underwrite the Los Angeles-Rarotonga flights ($100,000), POBOC to Apex Agencies […]
Muri market idea up for discussion
The Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) and the Ngatangiia community are hoping to establish a weekly beach market at Muri. They will come together at a meeting at 7 oclock tonight at the Muri meeting house to discuss the logistics of setting up a weekly market at Nuku- pure Park. While the details are […]
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