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Cook Islands passport proposal
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Top cop position advertised
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Police need numbers and bigger budget
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Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
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Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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Cook Islands has its first mosque
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RAC to address mosque legality
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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National
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.
Australian High Commission accepting applications for community grants
The Australian High Commission has announced the opening of the Australia – Cook Islands Community Grants Program.
Disaster response fund valued
Three Cook Islanders represented the country at a disaster management conference in Auckland last week. Over 200 delegates from 22 Pacific countries and territories met at the third session of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management to discuss ways to mitigate the impact of disasters, including climate change, on regional development. Representing the Cook […]
Mystery fish is a crocodile longtom
The case of the mean-looking Avana mystery fish has been solved, with the unknown species being identified as a suitably-named crocodile longtom. Richard Story, Aitutaki-based fisheries officer at the Ministry of Marine Resources, contacted Cook Islands News yesterday with the information and said though the fish was common on the eastern coast of Rarotonga, it […]
Akaoas Wednesday night market revived
For years Akaoas night market has been dormant, but its back. The Arorangi village held its first night market in years on Wednesday night. About 30 vendors sold food, arts and crafts in the roadside space opposite the Akaoa meeting house. Kids enjoyed an instant photo booth and their own corner, where they watched movies […]
Use of trust fund deplored
Money from a 1985 Cook Islands Pacific Games trust fund is being used inappropriately to cover expenses for Team Cook Islands to go to Noumea, former CISNOC secretary general David Lobb says. The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) has hastily withdrawn about $98,000 from the trust fund this week. It has been […]
Waitakere arrives
The Waitakere United football team arrived in Rarotonga last night for the one off match against a Cook Islands selection side. Neil Emblen and his Waitakere United players have been handed a chance to escape the winter chills and head to Rarotonga for a friendly pre-season game against the Cooks. Cooks coach Maurice Tillotson is […]
Economic mission to US hits target
The Marumaru Atua economic mission to the US will bring more tourists to the Cook Islands shores, see more pearls leaving the countrys farms and foster a greater exchange of ideas and support in the future, says the mission participants. Through the trip, the Cook Islands has found a new black pearl agent in California, […]
Puna leads CI Day
Prime Minister Henry Puna and his delegation have returned from San Francisco, where they celebrated Cook Islands Day before hundreds of California passersby. Cook Islands Tourism chief executive Carmel Beattie said it was absolutely fabulous to be part of Cook Islands Day. Puna was the only Pacific prime minister to meet the vaka in San […]
Calm seas carry Lady Naomi north
The large swells and windy weather that beleaguered the MV Lady Naomi on its trip to Rarotonga have given way for calm seas and light breezes on its return journey. The Cook Islands Meteorological Service says forecasts show passengers aboard the Lady Naomi will be enjoying fine sailing weather as they return to their home […]
Ten new police trainees graduate today
Police recruits are today graduating from a ten-week training course. The graduation begins at 9am at the Avarua police headquarters. Each of the ten new recruits has completed a standard police training programme in the hope of becoming sworn officers. Three are women and seven are men, all from Rarotonga and aged between 18 and […]
Mr Mac writes his dream
Alistair McIntyre is living proof that dreams can come true if theyre built on courage and perseverance. When McIntyre left school to live every little boys dream to drive big trucks and operate heavy machinery he was semi-literate. Hes now an acclaimed author and publisher of two childrens books, and promotes reading for a living. […]
Paddy Walker writes new peace book for kids
Peace advocate Eleitino Paddy Walker has devoted her life to spreading peace within and beyond her community. Now shes delivering her message to children by way of a beautifully illustrated 15-page storybook entitled The Peace Bird, which is being launched at the Takamoa Peace Garden this morning. Illustrated by Samoan-Kiwi artist Nanette Lelaulu, the book […]
Yacht trashed on Palmerston reef
A 62-year-old man was lucky to escape injury early on Monday morning, after the yacht he was sleeping in snapped from its anchor and hit the reef off Palmerston Island. The man and a 42-year-old woman had stopped off at Palmerston as part of a trip from the United States to Australia in their yacht. […]
United effort to sell raffle tickets
Less than half of the 4000 Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) raffle tickets have been sold, putting the organisation in a precarious financial position. It needs proceeds from the sale of all tickets to cover remaining costs of Team Cook Islands participating in the Pacific Games at Noumea. To date CISNOC has […]
Government ministries overspend by $300,000
Government ministries have overspent their 2010-2011 allocations by almost $300,000 something the Public Expenditure Review Committee (PERC) is now investigating. Cabinet has also recently approved additional crown over-expenditure of $620,000. That is for payments on behalf of the crown (POBOC) to Air New Zealand to underwrite the Los Angeles-Rarotonga flights ($100,000), POBOC to Apex Agencies […]
Muri market idea up for discussion
The Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) and the Ngatangiia community are hoping to establish a weekly beach market at Muri. They will come together at a meeting at 7 oclock tonight at the Muri meeting house to discuss the logistics of setting up a weekly market at Nuku- pure Park. While the details are […]
No news on Sheraton front
Mirage Group property developers have not officially lodged a proposal or plan for redevelopment works for the old Sheraton Hotel site at Vaimaanga. The company obtained a lease to develop the abandoned accommodation complex earlier this year, but still has not applied for an environmental impact assessment report from the National Environment Service. Still, officials […]
Have you seen this fish?
Rarotonga fisherman Wayne Ralph received a surprise when he pulled up his line at Avana harbour late last week. What he pulled up was not a snapper, but it definitely looked like it could snap with the best of them. Ralph admits it sounds like a classic anglers story but thankfully for him his wife […]
Codes ponder proposal
National sports federation members are contemplating their positions on CISNOCs financial troubles, ahead of todays meeting. The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee faced a funding shortfall for the Pacific Games, which begin in New Caledonia in less than two weeks. CISNOC executive board members have called an emergency meeting of all federations, seeking […]
PMG per diems back for review
Government is planning a new review of all financial matters relating to the 2009 Pacific Mini Games (PMG) in light of fiscal incapability revealed by the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC). Finance and sport minister Mark Brown says a government team is looking into the event and all associated costs, payments and […]
December start for $10m road works
Workers will be out in force by December to begin the multi-million dollar road and water upgrades to the town area. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) is currently seeking tenders for the first stage of a $10 million upgrade to the water supply systems and road surfaces at Avarua. About 2.7 kilometres of […]
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