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National
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
Tatiana Kautai, a Cook Islander Muslim, has shared her personal journey into Islam and her experiences living as a Muslim in the Cook Islands. Talaia Mika reports.
TAU board appoints engineering professional
Te Aponga Uira (TAU) has gained an expert described strong new asset with the appointment of Barbara Elliston, an experienced electrical engineer and corporate governance professional, by the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) Board of Directors.
Aviation excites CI students
Just one Cook Islander is studying at the Nelson Aviation College at present but judging by the tertiary education providers success at yesterdays careers expo that is set to change. Husband and wife Giles and Katrina Witney run the college which qualifies students as commercial pilots in just two years. Both are pilots themselves. Their […]
History displayed
An exhibition of photos and stories on the history of Muri lagoon and beach will open at 4pm today at the Ngatangiia meeting house. Over the past few weeks, Muri residents have been sharing their stories and digging out old photos taken around the Muri area from as early as the 1930s for the exhibition. […]
Alcohol blamed for assault
The dreaded Jimmy is behind a mother daughter punch-up, for which 37-year-old Melanie Pare has admitted one charge of common assault, Justice of the Peace John Kenning says. Pare appeared before JP Kenning in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. She admitted slapping her 61-year-old mother three times across the face and head […]
Koutu Nui meeting
The Koutu Nui is combining its biannual conference and annual general meeting into a two-day function that began yesterday. The second half of the 37th biannual conference begins at 9am at the Ngatangiia Cook Islands Christian Church Sunday School building. The Koutu Nui members will be discussing things like traditional titles, immigration and permanent residency, […]
College pupils admit school crime
Two Tereora College students have admitted criminal charges relating to their breaking into and entering of the schools main office with intent to commit further crime. Ellis Solomona and Ammon Mitiau both appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice of the Peace John Kenning yesterday. Solomona faces two charges of breaking […]
Te Puni leaves Rarotonga
This is Linda Te Punis last day in the job as New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands. She is being replaced by former New Zealand minister of civil defence John Carter, having completed her post. Carters first day in the job is Monday August 1. Te Puni leaves the Cook Islands tomorrow. She […]
Ministry probes welfare of the elderly
Members of the ministry of internal affairs will travel with the Meals on Wheels crew tomorrow to see first-hand the living conditions of some of Rarotongas elderly population. Director of welfare Ngatuaine Mauri said internal affairs representatives wanted to join the food-delivery crew after learning that they recently found a man aged in his 80s […]
Science and technology captivate
Inspiring young local women to take up careers in science and technology was the aim of Tuesday nights Women in Science and Technology workshop hosted by the National Council of Women. Close to 40 female students from the outer islands and a handful from Rarotonga took part in the workshop where they spent time with […]
Boys challenged to test themselves
High-school boys from the outer islands converged on the USP centre at Tupapa for some inspiration this week the overriding message being that you can always change yourself if you want to. The Careers Expo taste-teaser Boy Zone night drew in every male student visiting Rarotonga from the outer islands on Tuesday night to hear […]
CINews work experience enjoyed
Kia orana, this is Gardenia Moetaua from Mauke School and Stephanie Piiti from Mangaia School. We are here for a good purpose, which is the annual Careers Expo and three days of work experience. When we arrived we were really excited to start our work experience here at Cook Islands News. When we began working […]
Crew shocked by oceans state
Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua is in the North Pacific, picking up plastic. From all seven vaka, blog reports are rolling in about the state of the ocean north of the equator, full of flotsam plastic, waste, netting. I have never seen anything like this in all my years on the ocean, captain Peia Patai […]
Rapper Tyree to perform tonight
Big-name rapper Tyree is performing at Princess Anne Hall from 7pm tonight. Tyree, the lead singer-songwriter of acclaimed New Zealand hip-hop group Smashproof, performed at Rehab in March of last year. He and his partner, Cook Islander Kerry-Ann Kaumoana, came back to Rarotonga this week for a friends wedding and Tyree agreed to put on […]
$20,000 fine for tax charges
For failing to pay income tax over ten years a Rarotonga company has been fined $20,000 and ordered to pay court costs of $300. Rarotonga Insurance Agency admitted ten charges of failing to furnish income tax from 2000 to 2009. In the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday company director Teremoana Ngatokorua said he […]
Details of WSBCs failures revealed
Following a long legal battle, the Cook Islands Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has formally revoked WSBC Banks international banking licence. WSBC Bank formerly known as Wall Street Banking Corporation was licensed to do business in the Cook Islands but exiled from the country in December 2009. It was involved in four years of litigation with […]
Marine park gets high level support
Takitumu chief Pa Marie Ariki has pledged her full support for the marine park that the government intends to establish in Cook Islands waters. I am very excited to hear about the future plans of a marine park in the Cook Islands and the impact this would have on our moana and its contents which […]
Taakoka Villas case charges dropped
A total of 41 charges have been withdrawn in a court case between the Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) and Taakoka Island Villas Ltd. The case was called in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday before New Zealand high court judge Justice Colin Nicholson. Crown prosecutor Catherine Evans sought leave to withdraw charges […]
Tax a hard choice: PM
Prime Minister Henry Puna told overseas and local media that negative reactions to the withholding tax are based on ill information. He was asked by an overseas reporter at a media conference on Thursday about the way the Cook Islands people have received the news of the tax on interest. I think its fair to […]
$14m for outer islands
All outer islands will be allocated a grader, digger and crane if the government can afford it. Infrastructure minister Teariki Heather disclosed his intentions in parliament last week, saying the ministry will ensure the proposal is implemented providing money is available. Heather says $14 million of Chinese funding is being earmarked for outer islands development. […]
Red Cross change
A bill amending the insignia of the Red Cross has been passed by parliament. The Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols Amendment Bill was tabled on Wednesday and unanimously adopted. Marsters says the bill allows an additional symbol to be incorporated within the international Red Cross emblem. The first part of the (Red Cross) emblem is […]
Government probes loan options
The government is trying to reduce loan interest rates as much as possible and is considering relationships with alternative partners including the European Investment Bank (EIB). Finance minister Mark Brown spoke in parliament last week in response to a question from former finance minister and deputy opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen, who asked whether there are […]
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