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National
Social Impact Fund awards $199,825 to 14 community projects
The Cook Islands Social Impact Fund approved 14 proposals totalling $199,825.20 from 21 applications, supporting community initiatives across Rarotonga and the Pa Enua, with a focus on sports, wellness and youth development.
Christmas in the Park brings festive cheer to Rarotonga
Hundreds of locals, visiting families, and tourists gathered at the National Auditorium and Domes on Thursday evening for the annual Christmas in the Park event, hosted by Rotaract Rarotonga.
Te Maeva Nui revamped
Nine days of cultural performances and singing are planned for this years Te Maeva Nui celebrations from July 29 to August 6. The annual Te Maeva Nui is a celebration of the nations self governance since the constitution on August 4, 1965, and involves the whole country. There is renewed energy in the organising of […]
Baby bonus will cost $360,000
The governments election promise to give all parents of newborns a $1000 allowance is this financial year expected to cost $360,000. A previous baby bonus of $300 cost the government an annual $90,000. The new allowance is part of a total welfare payments estimate of $12.5 million for the year ending June 30, 2010. That […]
PM wants 100% renewable energy by 2020
Prime Minister Henry Puna has set the Cook Islands the ambitious but not impossible target of becoming 100 per cent reliant on renewable energy within 10 years. Puna, the Minister of Environment, said the Cook Islands government was aiming to generate 50 per cent of the countrys electricity needs from renewable sources by 2015 and […]
100 meet for health
Mens health, non-communicable diseases, mental health, research and HIV are the themes for this years Cook Islands health conference, set to begin next week. More than 100 people are expected to attend the various conference sessions on Rarotonga between July 13 and 15, and on Aitutaki July 18 and 19. The sessions are open to […]
McCully aims to tap into views
New Zealand foreign affairs minister Murray McCully and his 75-strong delegation arrive on Wednesday at 8.20pm on a chartered New Zealand Air Force 757. The group leaves New Zealand this week for Tonga and Samoa, and from Apia heads to Rarotonga International Airport. McCullys media contact Stephen Parker says there will be two other members […]
Finance minister defends new tax
A 15 percent withholding tax on interest earned in Cook Islands bank accounts has been forced on the government at the last minute due to unexpected shortfalls in last years budget appropriations, finance minister Mark Brown says. Apex Agencies Ltd, operating as Toa Petroleum, has to be paid an extra $200,000 to cover losses, in […]
Banks seek more details on tax
Trading banks dont know enough about the proposed new tax on interest to be able to make informed comment on it. Cook Islands Bankers Association chairman Scott Howley said more contact with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management was needed to establish how banks and their customers will be affected by the governments proposed […]
Tax on savings a desperate move
The new tax proposal is a reversal of the earlier reasoning for bank interest to be free of tax. The earlier reasoning stood the test of time over 14 years throughout the eras of both political parties during their years in power. In the past, the objective had been to encourage retention of savings within […]
Layers of culture welcome visitors
Rarotonga International Airport hosted a range of celebrations for the first 2011 Australian passengers to fly in directly to the Cook Islands yesterday, welcoming them not just to the nation or island specifically, but even to Nikao at the village level. Singers, dancers and musicians lined the Rarotonga International Airport runway to greet passengers arriving […]
Biggest chop to police
Cook Islands police need more vehicles to effectively combat crime and Prime Minister Henry Puna is promising the government will deliver by the end of this year. During a parliamentary session yesterday, member of parliament and high court lawyer Norman George asked a question of Puna, who is also the minister for police and justice. […]
Port access assured
Access to cargo stored at Avatius harbour will not be compromised during the upgrade taking place at present, finance minister Mark Brown assures Cook Islanders. Brown says the Ports Authority intends to allow business as usual at the Avatiu harbour despite a major upgrade. Even despite this time that we are going through a major […]
Demo ceremonial opening cost $41,512.27
The 2007 Democratic Party ceremonial opening of parliament cost double the one staged by the Cook Islands Party Government last week, parliament was told yesterday. Prime Minister Henry Puna was prompted to ask a question of deputy opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen in the debating chamber following public debate about whether the $20,000 spent by government […]
Samoa ferry chartered for Maeva Nui
A Samoan ferry will be used to transport northern islands residents to Rarotonga for Te Maeva Nui celebrations at the end of the month. This financial year the Ministry of Cultural Development is allocated $800,000 to host Constitution Day celebrations which mark the 46th year of self government in the Cook Islands. During a parliamentary […]
US willing to pay top price for Kiwi beef
WELLINGTON, July 5 The beef industry is likely to enjoy high export prices for some time yet, Beef + Lamb market development manager Craig Finch says. Despite an eight per cent dip in beef prices in June, prices for hamburger beef on the United States market have lifted 30 per cent in the past two […]
New Rotary president full of ideas
Bob Solar Bob Riley has taken office as the president of the Rotary Club of Rarotonga. Outgoing president Maureen Hilyard officially handed over the reins at a Spaghetti House dinner function on Wednesday night. Riley was voted president-elect last year. After taking office this week, he will be president for a term of one year. […]
Mitiaro takes delivery of new barge
An island wide celebration was held on the southern group island of Mitiaro for the arrival and blessing of the islands new barge. Building of the barge was contracted through the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) to experienced boat builder Teokotai (Tango) Herman on Aitutaki. The barge is over 9.5 metres in length and […]
Financial industry will lag: FSDA
Recent budget appropriations indicate that the Cook Islands Financial Services Development Authority (FSDA) will receive the same level of funding it did last year, a total of $443,178. FSDA chief executive Jenner Davis says the flatlined budget will affect the growth of the industry, which is the second-biggest contributor to the Cook Islands economy. FSDA […]
Govt braces for potential $11m tourism loss
The Cook Islands government considers underpinning direct flights that link Rarotonga with Los Angeles and Sydney as its single biggest commercial risk for the upcoming financial year. In the 2011-12 Budget Appropriation, the government recognises it has committed to commercial liabilities worth a total $23 million, with $11 million of that being put towards covering […]
Tourism campaigns to continue
Cook Islands Tourism Corporation chief executive Carmel Beattie says the corporation will continue its marketing campaigns in Australia and North America to ensure direct flights from Los Angeles and Sydney are well supported. The first planeload of Australian passengers who flew directly from Sydney since last years trial period touched down at Rarotonga yesterday. Beattie […]
CI dancers immortalised in book
Cook Islands dancers feature in the first-ever photo book to commemorate a Festival of Pacific Arts. Writer and photographer Floyd Takeuchi has compiled a book of photos from the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts in American Samoa in 2008. The 186-page book, called Pasefika, features photos of Cook Islands dancers, who danced in the kickoff […]
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