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Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
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21 September 2024
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7 September 2024
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National
Pauro Arnold lands giant marlin
In an epic battle between man and beast, local fisherman Pauro Arnold on Thursday captured a giant 506kg blue marlin (1115.54 pounds) – a “grander” weighing over 1000 pounds after playing it for two ana half hours.
Cook Islands and Australia strengthen ties
Senior officials from the Cook Islands and Australia gathered in Canberra late last month to advance shared priorities in the second annual Senior Officials Roundtable (SORT) with discussions focusing on strengthening cooperation under the 2022 ‘Oa Tumanava Partnership Agreement.
Shelf extension before UN
An article in yesterdays Cook Islands News confused two topics from last weeks deputy prime ministers conference. The issues of the Cook Islands-Kiribati border and the extension of the Cook Islands northern continental shelf are not related as it was written yesterday. The Cook Islands and Kiribati are looking to agree on a common border […]
Plane service returns to normal
Air services at Rarotonga have returned to normal after suffering through a weekend of irritations from cancelled flights to lost luggage due to volcanic ash passing through New Zealand airspace. Pacific Blue cancelled three days of flights in and out of Rarotonga International Airport between Friday and Sunday, with its services returning to normal from […]
ADB delegates learn of CI challenges
Before coming to the Cook Islands Maurin Sitorus could not understand why it would be difficult to maintain infrastructure in, and govern, a country of about 20,000 people. The Indonesian is an executive director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Armenia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga. He arrived […]
Young crowd gets Turtles story
More than 70 people filled an Avarua cafe last week to hear the story behind Cook Islands surf wear company Turtles Tees. Chris McKinley, one half of the Turtles Tees managing team, featured at the Business Trade Investment Boards monthly After5 business talk event at Cafe Salsa. McKinley spent an hour talking and taking questions […]
Mentor programme workshop run
A one-day training workshop is being held in Rarotonga for those involved or interested in the Pacific Business Mentor Programme, facilitated by the Chamber of Commerce. The programme workshop is for all business owners, managers and staff who are already part of the initiative as well as those wanting to apply for the next intake. […]
Aitutaki picture-perfect location
The Aitutaki lagoon was yesterday the picture-perfect backdrop for the Cook Islands first-ever kitesurfing competition and festival. It sparkled turquoise under a gray-blue sky as a few boatloads of kitesurfers and supporters unloaded gear and chilly bins onto the sandspit at Maina Iti following a 7.30am turou. At about 10am the wind started to pick […]
New flag
Two Cook Islanders left last week for Hawaii to join the crew of vaka Marumaru Atua. Jason Tuara and Lorna Nicholas took with them a new Cook Islands flag to replace the vakas battered banner. Both the new flag and the old were donated by Maritime Cook Islands (MCI). The old flag has been flying […]
Early start to kitesurfing comp
Light winds at Muri made for a slow start to the international kitesurfing competition, but winds gusting to 20 knots yesterday in Aitutaki convinced some of the worlds best riders that the Cook Islands is one of the best places in the world. Cook Islands Kitesurfing Association president Teanaroa Worthington reported yesterday from Aitutaki that […]
First kids born
The first Boer-cross goats bred in the Cook Islands have been born on Mauke, six months after resident Hugh Graham imported six male Boer goats from New Zealand for a breeding programme. The two kids, both males, were born on June 17 after more than five years of research and planning by Graham to reduce […]
CI maritime law graduate a first
Paula Manarangi is the first Cook Islander to graduate with her masters in maritime law. Manarangi, a quality manager and legal adviser at Maritime Cook Islands, graduated from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) International Maritime Law Institute in Malta last month. She was stationed there for eight months doing what was essentially two-and-a-half years worth […]
Free business risk workshops
Business training manager Stephen Caunter will be delivering a series of free workshops for Rarotongas business community this week. Organised by ANZ Bank and the 2011 Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards, his first seminar will cover the risks inherent in owning a business. Being in business is inherently risky, but by taking action […]
Call to add value to food exports
An impromptu workshop for those involved in the development of Cook Islands produce is inspiring a resurgence of locally grown and made goods for the domestic and international markets. New Zealand food development professional David Curtis is in the Cook Islands having taken part in last weeks Cook Islands Trading Corporation (CITC) food expo. Curtis […]
She feared a heart attack
Cook Islands Police Commissioner Maara Tetava is investigating the overnight lock-up of a 62-year-old woman with a heart condition. Antonina Browne, of Tupapa, was apprehended by a police officer on the evening of Saturday May 28 as she drove towards the Tupapa clubhouse after watching her son play in the rugby league final at Nikao. […]
Susis in Muri
The worlds leading female kitesurfer, Susi Mai, will be showing her fine form at Muri today, then competing next week in the inaugural Manureva International Competition and Festival in Aitutaki.Story and photos, page16. 11062446
Utuutu ia te reo Maori
Te karanga nei te reo o teia metua tane. Takai koe kite papa enua. Akamou ite pito enua. Atu I toou rangi. Tangike toku ingoa ko Nay Chi Myo Min. Ngaki ia mai i te enua Mangaia, kai i te potonga mamio e te koka. Tara i te reo Mangaia, riro mai ei tamaine Mangaia. […]
Lady Hillary takes on the Cooks
He conquered the tests of Everest and together they have helped build schools in Nepal. This week, Lady June Hillary, wife of explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, took on the Cook Islands. Though the hiking gear associated with her late husband was left at home for this trip, Lady Hillary took on the slopes of Rarotonga […]
Job for jetty manager
The Ports Authority has set up a selection panel to help find a manager for the Arorangi jetty project. The authority received an unspecified number of applicants for the position, which were being accepted until last week. Advertisements sought a project manager or management firm to be responsible for the overall administration and completion of […]
Much-needed crutches arrive
A New Zealand-based Cook Islander is taking the initiative to provide medical equipment to those who desperately need it within Rarotonga and pa enua communities. Angai Rima works at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, having previously worked for the Cook Islands Ministry of Health. He last visited the Cook Islands in October, when he became aware […]
More flights grounded by ash
Passengers flying on Pacific Blue flights between the Cook Islands and New Zealand face a weekend of headaches as the airline announces more flight cancellations due to volcanic ash. A third day of flights in and out of Rarotonga International Airport have been impacted by the ash being sent out by a Chilean volcano. Pacific […]
Opposition cautions govt
The Democratic Party has cautioned the government not to assume it has the oppositions support for plans on deep sea mining. In a media release to Cook Islands News yesterday, deputy opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen said the Democratic Party remained committed to keeping the government honest and challenging its decisions, including those on deep sea […]
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