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Rarotonga crime stats challenged

Cook Islands Police data shows no increasing crime trend, but the Opposition leader and a road safety advocate argue understaffing and passive policing conceal actual crime and safety issues in Rarotonga.

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Australian High Commission accepting applications for community grants

The Australian High Commission has announced the opening of the Australia – Cook Islands Community Grants Program.

Zumba hits Edgewater

The zumba craze has been sweeping through the Cooks in the last 12 months and The Edgewater Resort & Spa has been caught up in it. Mexican Maria Teresa Stone, who is one the few Zumba Education Specialists in the world, is being hosted by The Edgewater. She ran a free aqua Zumba session in […]

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Short stories on my favourite things

My home The nice breeze lets you hear the noise of the trees surrounding the house. The soft painted wall in the hallway of the house is just so soft that you would want to rub your cheeks on. You can hear the sounds of the ocean crashing against the rocks. When the sun sets […]

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Dialling in a cover shot

Telecom Cook Islands is offering artists and photographers the chance to have their work reach every home, business place and hotel room in the country. The companys annual telephone and business directory cover competition is closing on Wednesday next week and organisers are seeking a photograph, painting, drawing or collage that reflects life in the […]

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Caf culture lovers take over Jireh

Cafe Jireh has inherited two important things from Warkworths wildly popular Ginger Cafe its custard squares and its managers. The cafe, situated across from the airport, has come under the management of Brian and Rachael Aitken, a Kiwi couple with a passion for high-quality food and a love for the island of Rarotonga. They recently […]

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Pacific Snapshots well received

Tereora College performers elicited a resounding applause from the crowd that filled Nikao Hall on Thursday night. They performed a number of skits adapted from scripts written by Pasifika writers and dance numbers in their home-grown production Pacific Snapshots. Performing arts teacher Claire Waldron has received a flood of positive feedback since Thursdays performance. Her […]

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Rakahanga gets $1m for renewables

Rakahanga will receive more than US$1 million to pay for the islands conversion to renewable energy. The Cook Islands government announced this week that the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat had approved its funding allocation to help the northern group island move away from its reliance on diesel generators to solar power as the source of […]

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Cabinet minister travels to the Big Apple

Cabinet minister Nandi Glassie is in the Big Apple attending a World Health Organisation and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) conference. Glassie, the Cook Islands health and agriculture minister, departed Rarotonga for New York yesterday afternoon. He is due to return to the Cook Islands on Sunday, September 25. Glassies trip comes amidst […]

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Brown discloses civil list

Finance minister Mark Brown is expected to reveal the state of governments Civil List this morning. Brown has called a media conference at the Office of the Prime Minister, to start at 10am. Eagerly awaited by local media, and the wider public, is a breakdown of what government has spent this financial year to date […]

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Millions for workforce training

Millions of dollars in the pipeline to boost Cook Islands education will provide for further training of the local workforce, cabinet minister Teina Bishop says. The New Zealand and Australia governments have pledged $500 million over the next four years for education in 13 Pacific countries, including the Cook Islands. Bishop says he talked with […]

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Samoa ship to carry fish

Marine resources minister Teina Bishop says a new shipping service between the northern group and Apia will progress the Cook Islands commercial fishing industry. A Samoan Shipping Corporation cargo vessel is due to start servicing the northern islands in November and is likely to do so once every six or eight weeks. It is primarily […]

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New tech for teachers

Rutaki School students Eleysa Tepor-Kareroa, 6, Painu Tamarua, 8, Mereina Tamarua, 6, Meile Tuariki, 4, and Teupoko Tuariki, 5, testing out Rutaki Schools new IT lab. Story on p7. 11091513

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Muri speed limit reduced

The speed limit through Muri has been dropped to 30km/h from today. Prime Minister Henry Puna, who is also minister for police, announced a reduced speed zone to take effect immediately covering the main road between Avana Bridge in Ngatangiia and Parengaru Bridge in Titikaveka. Puna said the 30km/h speed zone restriction complemented a wider […]

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Job conditions border slavery: lawyer

Some cases of Fijians being employed by Cook Islanders in Rarotonga resemble slavery, Fijian lawyer Lavenia Rokoika says. She adds to comments made by deputy opposition leader and fellow lawyer Wilkie Rasmussen, who is calling on government to review immigration and recruitment policies. Rokoika says she has had discussions recently with Fijians working in Rarotonga. […]

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Rasmussen supports foreign workers

Government needs to seriously review its policy on the recruitment of foreign workers, particularly those from Fiji, deputy opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen says. Rasmussen says there are far too many instances where disputes arise because of poor contractual terms and conditions, or inadequate immigration rules, involving Cook Islands employers and foreign workers. Many such cases […]

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Watchmen have eye on strange behaviour

Fully trained and dressed to match, the Ngatangiia neighbourhood security patrol group has now completed its first week of watch on the villages streets. The nights have been incident-free for the most part since the Flying Dragons premiership players began carrying out the patrols, two at a time, this week. During their first night on […]

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Concept will grow in CI: resort owner

Unit titles will become an important and viable part of the hotel accommodation industry in the Cook Islands, but the concept will not lead to a cash windfall for investors, warns one resort owner. The Rarotongan Beach Resort and Spa is one property advertising beachfront villas for sale on its website. A variety of properties […]

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14 unit titles sold in six years

Just 14 unit titles have been sold since the controversial scheme was passed into Cook Islands law in 2005. The Unit Titles Act 2005 allows investors to purchase holiday units without taking ownership of the land the condominiums are built on. A building developer becomes the leaseholder of the entire property and can sell out […]

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School enters digital era

Classroom lessons at Rutaki School will enter the digital era today as the school officially opens its new information technology labs. The school has accepted a delivery of 13 new desktop computers and a number of laptops to help it lead the Cook Islands into modern teaching. Rutaki School teachers have been asked to bring […]

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Statistics office starts collecting data

The Cook Islands Statistics Office has started collecting its first round of data ahead of this years double-pronged census. This year the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management of which the Statistics Office is a division will be conducting its first headcount since 2006, and its first agricultural stock take since 2000. A pre-census will […]

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Mangaia ready to host Manea Games

The outer island of Mangaia is ready to host over 500 athletes and officials for the Manea Games which will run from October 3 to 13. The host island is expected to have around 130 athletes while competing islands Aitutaki, Atiu, Mauke and Mitiaro will have between 40 and 100 athletes taking part. Aitutaki will […]

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