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.
The Australian High Commission has announced the opening of the Australia – Cook Islands Community Grants Program.
It might seem like a tough enough task as it is, but one runner from New Zealand wont just be running around Rarotonga once in the Round Rarotonga Road Race this month, hell be doing it twice. Long distance runner Perry Newburn will complete two full laps of Rarotonga during the September 23 Round Rarotonga […]
The performing arts students of Tereora College are staging their first-ever performance on Thursday night. The college launched its drama programme last year. Teacher Claire Waldron says its proven successful and is really growing, as young natural performers gain the confidence they need to shine onstage. Thursday nights performance will comprise a series of skits […]
Cook Islands Police have had another relatively quiet weekend in patrolling Rarotongas roads and responding to incidents. Police caught a 26-year-old Vaimaanga man, who was allegedly seen peeping around a Titikaveka tourist accommodation on Saturday night. The man has curfew conditions that bar him from being abroad at night time and he is due to […]
Volunteers collected over 15,000 litres of rubbish about 150 bags of it from roads, beaches and rivers in the Cook Islands during Fridays Clean Up the World campaign. The National Environment Service (NES) sorted the rubbish at the weekend and sent recyclables to the recovery centre. Over 30 groups registered to be a part of […]
Government should use its opportunity as next years Pacific Leaders Forum host to bring into the political arena controversial issues about Fiji and French Polynesia, deputy opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen says. He says it is time Pacific nations further considered bringing Fiji back into the forum and making French Polynesia an observing participant. Its not […]
Cook Islands non-government organisation representative Kairangi Samuela hopes government will take on board matters discussed at this years Pacific Leaders Forum in New Zealand. Samuela was one of about 20 official Cook Islands delegates to the Auckland forum, which finished last week. She says there needs to be further analysis of data disaggregated by age […]
Its that time again! We are in kitten season and already have 12 kittens in our care. We have limited space, and accordingly we encourage everyone to get their cats spayed and neutered! The Esther Honey Foundation offers this service free of charge. Donations make this treatment and other clinic services possible but we dont […]
The National Environment Service (NES) is urging all Cook Islanders to do their bit to preserve the ozone layer. The government departments national ozone unit is offering a free refrigerator de-gassing and gas check service to those in Rarotonga, in line with international ozone layer protection day which is annually observed on September 16. International […]
The students of Avarua Primary School went touring the world last week, all within the walls of their library. The schools library was decorated in various themes in celebration of World Literacy Day. The students can now sit in a jungle, the deep sea or outer space to read books of the theme. There are […]
The beachfront at the Rarotonga Sailing Club facilities has undergone a facelift of sorts, after wild swells a fortnight ago swept out some of the sand into the Muri lagoon. Sun-seekers had to make way for a bobcat on Friday, there to remodel the beach in front of the Sails Restaurant. High swells and a […]
The Cook Islands is bucking a Pacific trend in terms of financial management, finance minister Mark Brown says. Speaking at a Lowy Institute conference while in Auckland for the 2011 Pacific Leaders Forum, Brown explained the ways in which the Cook Islands is different from other small island states in the Pacific region. Brown was […]
The Cook Islands is set to receive significant assistance from Pacific region governments and organisations in its hosting of the 43rd Pacific Leaders Forum next year. A Cook Islands bid to host the annual series of meetings, in which hundreds of top-level delegates participate, was unanimously accepted by leaders at this years forum in New […]
Young men and women will get an equal chance to learn public speaking skills and self-belief in a revamped Mire Tama competition this year. The 2011 competition will split from the structure of previous years to include two categories this year the Tama Aito grouping for young men and the Maine Tiare class for young […]
Mauke field athlete Tereapii Tapoki has used the Noumea Pacific Games as a springboard to build up to the London 2012 Olympics. The specialist discus thrower competed in the open womens shot put on the final day of the games and placed 5th overall with her best throw being 13.12m. Her first put reached 12.56m […]
On average, two people commit suicide in the Cook Islands every year. Mereana Taikoko of Te Kainga Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre has been collecting data since she started working with mentally ill patients in 1997. Twenty-four people have committed suicide on Rarotonga since then 17 males and seven females. The majority were between the […]
The Cook Islands breathed a collective sigh of relief this week when news came through that the team would be coming home with at least one gold medal from the 2011 Pacific Games. Sailors Helema Williams and Teau McKenzie secured two gold medals for Team Cook Islands in New Caledonia this week, ensuring that the […]
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning is urging all Cook Islanders to conserve water as reservoirs are low and there is little or no forecast of rain. People are also asked to stop lighting fires because of the impact the use of water to extinguish out of control fires will have on already depleted supplies. […]
Water infrastructure improvements on Rarotonga should be completed by the end of this month, infrastructure minister Teariki Heather says. Speaking in parliament recently, Heather said water works are taking longer than initially anticipated and accordingly the commencement of road development is being delayed. His comments came in response to a question, posed by deputy opposition […]
A Cook Islands Government trip to Beijing next week is up in the air because there may be no money left in the Civil List to fund it. Prime Minister Henry Puna planned to lead a delegation to Chinas capital involving cabinet ministers Teariki Heather and Teina Bishop. At the moment Im not sure whether […]
Literacy week Roimata Karika, Nicole Marurai, Isabelle Mana, Manamea Koteka and Ronnie Teio enjoying themselves in the Avarua Primary School library yesterday. The schools library has been decorated in various themes in celebration of World Literacy Day. 11090914
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