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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.
Cook Islands diaspora embrace digital innovation to preserve Te Reo Māori
Two passionate Cook Islanders living in New Zealand have embarked on an ambitious project aimed at protecting and revitalising the Cook Islands language for future generations.
Big plans for creative industry
As the government examines the economic value of the cultural and creative industry, local artists and proponents of Cook Islands culture want to form an official committee to manage the industrys affairs. A group of about 25 people met on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the future of the cultural and creative industry in the Cook […]
Ministers visit historic
The Cook Islands government hosted the first-ever Joint Ministerial Forum (JMF) yesterday, which ministers are calling an historic occasion. New Zealand foreign affairs minister Murray McCully met with Prime Minister Henry Puna, finance minister Mark Brown, foreign affairs secretary Jim Gosselin and New Zealand High Commissioner Linda Te Puni, among other government representatives, to discuss […]
Katana a gift
Nine-year-old Katana (far right) is a precious gift to the Wichman family of Hamilton. The beautiful Cook Islander is the adopted daughter of Bernadette Wichman (in photo), also from the Cooks, and her husband Alan. Nine years ago, a Rarotonga woman gave birth to a baby girl she named Destiny Tai who was adopted by […]
Year 13 schooling offered in Aitutaki
Teenagers wanting to finish school in Aitutaki will be able to do so from next year, through a new joint initiative. The scheme has been developed by the Ministry of Education, Cook Islands Tourism Corporation, and the islands council along with is the Department of National Human Resources Development. The ultimate aim is to increase […]
CHIP graduates choose a healthy lifestyle
Choosing to be healthy by choice not chance kept 32 participants challenged and motivated in the 37-day Coronary Heart Improvement Project (CHIP) programme. The CHIP programme is not a diet fad or aimed at short-term weight-loss. Instead, it educates participants on making healthy lifestyle choices for overall wellbeing, including improved nutrition and physical exercise. More […]
Avatiu port entrance closed for work
Road users are being urged to take care while driving around the Avatiu harbour area today as Te Aponga Uira staff will be working on power supply to the Ports Authority office. The power supply upgrade works will also facilitate the temporary connections required for the relocated HPM and EXCIL shipping agents porta-com offices and […]
NZ reporter hits back at criticism
New Zealand journalist Michael Field is defending his reporting of the Cook Islands drug bust Operation Eagle, although police commissioner Maara Tetava says Fields article is based on pure speculation. Field has previously been banned from other Pacific nations including Fiji, Tonga and Kiribati for his reporting. Recently the New Zealand Press Council ruled that […]
Marsters off to trade meeting
Foreign affairs minister Tom Marsters leaves for Tonga this weekend to represent the Cook Islands at this years Forum Trade Ministers Meeting (FTMM). Marsters, who is the deputy prime minister as well as minister of foreign affairs and immigration, will attend the two-day meeting on May 18 and 19 in Vavau. Usually held annually, the […]
Tourism resignations puzzle opposition
Deputy leader of the opposition Wilkie Rasmussen says that his party interprets Tata Crocombes resignation as chairman of the tourism board to mean that the government does not support his plans for the Cook Islands tourism industry. We believe that Mr Crocombe has seen the writing on the wall and that his approach of leaving […]
Busy visit for New Zealand minister
Government has arranged a full schedule for New Zealand foreign minister Murray McCully, who arrived on Rarotonga yesterday afternoon. This morning the minister and his delegation of foreign affairs staff will join government officials at the inaugural Joint Ministerial Forum, which Prime Minister Henry Puna says will involve the discussion of a host of political […]
Air New Zealand supports CI sport
Air New Zealand has been the major sponsor of the annual International Triathlon race on Rarotonga since the inception of the event in 1995. The 17th running of the event was held last Saturday where the second largest field in the history of the event competed in wet, windy and wild conditions. We are really […]
Day to celebrate nurses
Today marks International Nurses Day a day to celebrate nurses and their achievements. The day is celebrated annually on May 12, commemorating the anniversary of Florence Nightingales birth. Nightingale laid the foundation of professional nursing with the 1860 establishment of her nursing school at St Thomas Hospital in London, the first secular nursing school in […]
No decision on contempt claim
The Parliamentary Privileges Select Committee has not decided whether Atiu MP Norman Georges was in contempt of a summons when he refused to attend the first sitting of parliament. Most of the committee speaker Sir Geoffrey Henry and of deputy speaker John Henry, leader of the house Mona Ioane, deputy leader of the opposition Wilkie […]
International firm to market Tepaki hotels
Property developer Tim Tepakis three Puaikura District hotels the subject of much court litigation are being marketed for sale internationally. Castaway Beach Villas, Manuia Boutique Beach Hotel, and Lagoon Lodges are for sale by private treaty either collectively or separately. Cook Islands Real Estate is working with worldwide realtor CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Hotels to […]
Ewan Smith new tourism chairman
The Cook Islands Tourism Corporation has a new board chairman after the sudden resignation of Tata Crocombe. Air Rarotonga managing director Ewan Smith is the new chairman, having been a member of the board for the past 18 months. Crocombes resignation took immediate effect following six hours of discussion this week, tourism minister Teina Bishop […]
Bill creates new government dept
A new division of the government will be established if the draft employment relations bill is passed into law. The draft bill is open to public submission at present, and includes the provision of a special employment relations division as well as all necessary staff. The bill has been drafted to create a regulatory framework […]
600 expected at careers expo
More than 600 students, the future workforce of the country, will flock to the Telecom Sports Arena on July 21 for the annual Careers Expo. This is an opportunity for government departments and private businesses to showcase the wide range of career opportunities within their organisation and attract some of the countrys brightest young minds. […]
Cost of road crashes too high
Police hope a 14-month break from fatal road accidents in the Cook Islands will continue, as a road safety programme gets underway. The 10-year safety campaign was officially launched at the Cook Islands police headquarters in Avarua at midday yesterday. It is an initiative of the Cook Islands Police, Road Safety Council, Ministry of Education […]
Worst weather delays Southern Express
Severe weather will delay the arrival of the Southern Express. Currently in the midst of Voyage 142N, the freighter is encountering some of the worst weather and sea conditions experienced by the ship in all the years we have been providing a shipping service between New Zealand and the Cook Islands, Reef Shippings trade manager […]
More fishing as ciguatera cases fall
As instances of ciguatera decrease, more local people are eating reef fish. Marine ecologist Teina Rongo says word is travelling through the coconut wireless that ciguatera is becoming less prevalent, and that people are eating more Rarotonga reef fish which is a good sign for us but a bad sign for the reef. There are […]
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