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Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
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CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
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Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
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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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Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
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Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
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Challenging ‘rape culture’
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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.
Needlefish fish a poor mans marlin
Cook Islands angler Ria Emile has spent 20 years fishing off Rarotonga. Twice he has pulled in a needlefish, remembering both as fighting like they were mini marlin. The needlefish/longtom family has a reputation for being mean and those living in the sea off the Cook Islands are living up to that name. Emile said […]
Four needlefish varieties in the Cooks
Keeled needlefish The keeled needlefish is the one commonly seen in the lagoon swimming with the half-beaks. They grow to about 40 centimetres in total length. Their most distinctive feature is the long keels on each side of the tail-base. Local names include miro vaa-roroa and miromiro on Rarotonga; akuaku and kakukaku on the Makatea […]
Myna almost gone
Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust director Gerald McCormack is moderately confident that Enuamanu will be rid of the common myna by early next year. He has recruited three new bounty hunters locals with hunting and shooting experience to be part of the myna eradication programme. Dan OBrien, former manager of CITC Food Group, recently returned […]
Cricket awards 40 players and officials
Forty awards were handed out during the Cook Islands Cricket Associations award night on Friday, recognising the efforts of the players and supporters in the local fraternity. The accomplishments of players on the pitch went awarded on the night, the players with the most wickets and runs in the junior category, womens competitions and mens […]
Heavyweight hopes dashed
The medal hopes of local boxer Osolai Agai were squashed on Wednesday (NC time) when he was convincingly defeated by his New Caledonian opponent in the ring. The look on the faces of the boxer, his coach Tom Marsters and manager Taoro Brown said it all. Brown struggled to find the words to explain the […]
Thanks, Dad!
Fathers Day is a day that is set aside to thank the men in our lives to acknowledge the hard work they do as a parent every day and often without thanks. It begins in a time we cant even remember as adults; when we are carried in our fathers arms and grow a sense […]
New CI noni juice sales to China
Next month 36,000 litres of Cook Islands noni juice will be shipped to China via New Zealand in the first of what is hoped will be a regular operation. The juice is being blended with fruit juice in China and sold as a beverage, which will be marketed with reference to the Cook Islands. It […]
Allsworth responds to Ivaiti vendetta
A report by the Public Expenditure Review Committee (PERC) states audit director Paul Allsworth has obtained more than $6176.75 to which he was not entitled. The report, executed following complaints about Allsworth by former financial secretary Sholan Ivaiti, is itself condemned by Allsworth, former finance minister Wilkie Rasmussen and lawyer Tim Arnold. They each say […]
Mataiapo title returns to Mama Ngametua
Mama Ngametua Enuake Kaota celebrated her 76th birthday yesterday with a peaceful, uncontested investiture ceremony at Marae Patai in Rutaki. She was invested with the Kaimarama Mataiapo title following the death of her late nephew Tuariki the former titleholder earlier this year. Taunga Tangianau Tuaputa cleared kuru trees to construct the 17 by 14 metre […]
Qualify for Zumba
Zumba continues to grow in popularity throughout the Cook Islands and for the first time local class teachers are being given the opportunity to become officially licensed instructors on home turf. Top Australian instructor Maria Teresa Stone will be taking a Zumba Fitness Basic 1 training session at the Top Shape Fitness gymnasium in Rarotonga […]
Poor results in fishing comp
A disappointing catch did not stop Gary Parlour competitors from celebrating on Saturday night, when a final weigh-in and prizegiving was held at the Cook Islands Game Fishing Club at Kiikii. Over two days of competition, just 197.6kg of fish was caught one of the lowest catch rates per boat entered ever recorded in the […]
Peace in song and music
Rarotonga students are preparing to sing their hearts out at a Peace Song Quest tomorrow night. Students from all primary and secondary schools were invited to take part in a Peace Songquest, and about 16 groups and individuals have registered in a bid to win trophies and cash prizes. Tereora Colleges Princess Anne Hall will […]
Cabinet to decide on junket
Cabinet members are today expected to decide how many Cook Islanders will travel for the Pacific Leaders Forum in New Zealand, for how long, at what cost, and on whose dime. A proposed delegation to the early September forum, which this year coincides with the 2011 Rugby World Cup also being held in New Zealand, […]
Investigation extends
Police are investigating the movements of certain individuals in the hope of progressing their search for Aitutakis bank burglar. Public details on the burglary of Aitutakis Bank of the Cook Islands branch earlier this month are still vague. To date it has not been confirmed whether as much as $200,000 has been stolen, what security […]
Fire warning issued
The Rescue Fire Service has responded to 14 calls in the past 10 days. Deputy fire chief Willie Hagai says all pertained to rubbish fires that had spread uncontrollably in strong winds. He asks the public to consider wind speed and direction before lighting a rubbish heap on fire. Hagai adds that during this time […]
Finance minister to address Lowry Institute
Finance minister Mark Brown is preparing to speak at a conference prior to the 2011 Pacific Leaders Forum in Auckland. He has been invited by the Lowy Institute for International Policy to be part of a panel speaking on the topic of leadership within a financial management context. The institute is hosting the conference, at […]
Weekend sea swells like hurricane
Coastal areas and businesses from the southwest of Rarotonga to the islands east have been inundated with water from the rough seas experienced last week. Businesses from Vaimaanga to Muri experienced saturation and some damage from the irregularly high seas, which battered the area from late on Friday and through the weekend. Tata Crocombe, managing […]
Opposition MPs all voted against tax bill
Dear Editor, I wrote you last Friday correcting what I saw to be an error by your newspaper in reporting the Oppositions vote during the withholding tax second amendment Parliament sitting. I note that there was partial correction in yesterdays paper and thanks for that. However your correction article went on to say no opposition […]
Can we afford 2012 leaders forum?
The planned hosting of the leaders forum next year by the Cook Islands will cost the taxpayers big time; where do all the $$$s come from? a smoke signaller asks. So Prime Minister Puna is negotiating to host the annual Pacific Islands Forum meeting in 2012; is this a good idea? Why is no other […]
Police commissioner at regional talks
Cook Islands Police commissioner Maara Tetava has travelled to the Federated States of Micronesia to help develop a Pacific-wide response to reduce transnational crime and increase cyber safety in the region. Tetava represented the Cook Islands at the 40th Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) annual conference in Pohnpei, the Federated States of Micronesias capital […]
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