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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).
Avaiki still finding its way
Three years after the Cook Islands Pearl Authority (CIPA) agreed to establish the Avaiki pearl brand, farmers and retailers are still at odds over whether it has benefitted the industry as a whole. Yesterday the industry convened for the first time since its 2008 forum at the AOG Hall in Takuvaine. Mike Hodge of New […]
Future looking bright for pearls
The Cook Islands Pearl Authority (CIPA) hopes to double the production capacity of Manihiki farmers by 2013. The New Zealand Aid Programme has pledged $3 million to the pearl industry between now and 2013, which CIPA hopes will be the impetus for a revitalisation of the once-mighty industry. CIPA chief executive George Ellis spoke about […]
Outer islands will benefit from sea mining
The pa enua will benefit from the introduction of deep sea mining, says the office of the Ministry of Minerals and Natural Resources. Paul Lynch, a legal adviser to the ministry, on Wednesday said that more jobs and greater wealth would come to the whole of the country outer islands included when large-scale seabed mining […]
Bounty hunter wanted in Atiu
The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust is looking for a person with a steady hand and a 12-gauge shotgun to continue its myna bird eradication programme on Atiu. Regular shooter Jason Tuara is away, sailing on Marumaru Atua down the California coast. Tuaras last visit to Atiu to shoot mynas was in May. He shot […]
Mining commission abandons job search
A less-than-expected budget appropriation means the Deep Sea Mining Commission has had to abandon some of its plans for the upcoming year, but organisers say the government is still on track to remain faithful to its previously announced timeframes. The commission has dropped plans to find a deep sea mining commissioner for the Cook Islands […]
No submissions on hospital EIA
Despite public concerns about the installation of a new septic system at the Rarotonga hospital in Arorangi, no submissions have been made to the National Environment Service (NES) on an environment impact assessment (EIA) report. The report is now to be considered for approval by the Rarotonga Environment Service. Work on site, which began in […]
Passengers to fill Lady Naomi
The MV Lady Naomi will return to the Cook Islands northern group with the same number of passengers it delivered to Rarotonga in the week before the Te Maeva Nui cultural celebrations, according to authorities. The vessel will leave Rarotonga on Tuesday, taking about 220 people back to the north. Some of the passengers making […]
Mass treatment or mass hysteria?
A smoke signaller asks: How often do we hear that the over-use of antibiotics is creating super-germs? So why are we mass treating our population with drugs just in case some of us have Chlamydia? Are we teaching our children to take drugs whether they need them or not? Are we too lazy to test […]
Stolen laptop recovered
Avarua businesswoman June Baudinet has been reunited with a laptop stolen from her office on July 31. The laptop contains all her business contact information, family documents and other important records. Baudinets Raina Trading store was broken into by a thief or thieves who smashed through an outside wall, using pallets to conceal the activity […]
Island hopes burglar not local
Aitutaki mayor John Baxter hopes the islands Bank of the Cook Islands (BCI) branch has been burgled by a visitor. Discovering a local has burgled the peoples bank would devastate the already shocked Aitutaki community, he says. Baxter personally believes the bank, which was burgled late Tuesday or early Wednesday, has been targeted by a […]
Title dispute continues
Dear Editor, It is interesting to read what people come up with, telling stories instead of checking whether it is the truth. Ewan, ko tooku tupuna vaine i apai mai ite Evangeria ki Tumu Te Varovaro Ill repeat it again. Ko Tepaeru Te Mata Purotu o Tangaroa the Atiuans and the people of Ngaputoru know […]
Victim innocent
Dear Editor, I have always been proud to be a Cook Islander, proud of the fact that the culture taught us by our elders was one of respect, love and giving. We live in changing times and we hear of problems with land and family. Still we hope that a glimmer of our heritage will […]
Growers off to Tahiti
Agriculture minister Nandi Glassie leads a delegation of Cook Islands growers to Tahiti this week, flying from Rarotonga today. The week-long trip is a growers initiative to learn methods for growing exotic crops including vanilla, and Glassie has been asked to attend as a government representative. His return airfare of $905, as well as that […]
New safari track
Raro Safari Tours is applying to the National Environment Service (NES) for a permit to develop an access road and construct a building platform through inland bush at Nukupure in Ngatangiia. The project involves excavation of mature vegetation along the slopes and top of a ridge to extend an existing access road which leads from […]
Land degradation decried
A professor from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation says that the Cook Islands government should intervene and stop people from cutting into hills to build their new homes. Dr Kebin Zhang, professor at the College of Soil and Water Conservation at Beijing Forestry University, said he was disappointed to see chunks of the […]
Judges praise show of pride
According to Te Maeva Nui cultural competition judges overall progress in the standard of performances as well as costumes by teams in the Te Maeva Nui continues to improve from year to year. Te Maeva Nui judging convener Tamarii Tutangata says that this years teams have continued that trend to the delight of the judges […]
USP holds alumni dinner
USP Cook Islands is holding its first-ever alumni dinner. The first 100 graduates to register with USP will get a Tamarind Restaurant meal at the universitys expense on the evening of August 18. USP Cook Islands director Rod Dixon says this is the inaugural alumni dinner, which he hopes will pave the way for the […]
Tyre fire investigated
National Environment Service (NES) staff and public health officials are investigating the burning of tyres behind Michigan Motors in Taputapuatea on Tuesday. It is illegal to intentionally burn rubber and plastic without authorisation. Ministry of Health chief health inspector Tangata Vaeau attended the fire and is conducting an investigation accordingly. Vaeau wants to determine how […]
US credit downgrade no alarm
Cook Islands financial thinkers say last weeks US credit downgrade should not have any direct impact on the local economy, at least in the short term. The international stock markets continued their unpredictable movements yesterday, with investors seemingly remaining unsure of how the USs downgrade from its prized AAA credit rating will influence share prices. […]
San Francisco celebrates Cooks culture
San Francisco celebrated Cook Islands culture yesterday at Pier 39, one of its most visited tourist attractions. From about 11am to 3pm San Francisco time, vaka Marumaru Atua and the Cook Islands occupied the centre of the wharfs attention. The Cook Islanders aboard Marumaru Atua pulled up to Pier 39 to be greeted by a […]
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