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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.
Proud families show off their children
Baby shows are in full swing across the Cook Islands and yesterday, mums, dads and proud grandparents from Tutakimoa, Ruatonga, Takuvaine and Avatiu came out in force to show off their gorgeous babies and toddlers. But baby shows are not about finding the cutest babe, although there was certainly plenty of cooing involved. Ruatonga child […]
Vaka crosses equator
Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua crossed the equator at 2:19pm yesterday, and marked the occasion with a prayer service and a recitation of Papatua Papatuas Marumaru Atua pee. We celebrated with a peanut slab each and a photoshoot, terribly civilised, crew member Nick Henry wrote in an update to Cook Islands Voyaging Society email subscribers. […]
CI hosts PACE workshop
Cook Islands representatives from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MFEM) aid management division and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) have this week been participating in a Pacific Executive (PACE) Programme alumni workshop on Rarotonga. Daphne Ringi from MFEM and Walter Henry an FIU financial intelligence officer represented the country at the workshop which […]
Fire drill and evacuation practised
Those near the National Auditorium at midday tomorrow are asked to remain calm while a practise fire drill and emergency evacuation takes place. As part of its disaster risk management awareness programme, the Ministry of Cultural Development is staging the drill ahead of Te Maeva Nui celebrations and the corresponding arrival of teams from pa […]
Cross-country season begins on Thursday
Find those shoes, dust them off and jog over to the BCI Stadium for the start of the Rarotonga cross-country season on Thursday. Over the next few weeks participants have the opportunity of running over varied terrain around Rarotonga during the annual Athletics Cook Islands cross country season. The first race in the series will […]
Overseas paddlers to compete in Cook Islands for first time
For the first time in its short history, Te Aito Cook Islands is bringing in paddlers from overseas. Raiatea champion paddlers Tyrone Hart (open men), Steve Hart (master men), Mereani Marakai (junior women) and Titaua Hart (master women) arrive on Thursday afternoon, ahead of Saturdays race. A V1 world champion, Steve Hart took first at […]
Te Aito excites local paddlers
Theres plenty of excitement among local paddlers ahead of the second running of Te Aito Cook Islands this weekend. The announcement that a group of gun paddlers from Tahiti and one paddler from New Zealand will be on the Te Aito start line has really got the competitive juices running among local paddlers who have […]
Paddlers battle for slots
Individual paddlers are this week doing last-minute training ahead of this weekends Te Aito Cook Islands races, the winners of which will qualify for Tahitis Te Aito the Pacifics biggest V1 affair next month. Two juniors (one boy and one girl) and two open paddlers (one man and one woman) will win a ticket to […]
United Nations representative visits CI
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Apia office director and South Pacific states representative Dr Visesio Pongi is in the Cook Islands this week. Pongi arrived in Rarotonga on Saturday and enjoyed a couple of relaxing days before official meetings with representatives of various local organisations and government departments. Yesterday Pongi met with […]
Searching the world for good coffee
New Zealands top green coffee importer John Burton supplies local roaster Neil Dearlove with coffee, and he visited Rarotonga to sample the fruits of his product and to celebrate his companys 25th anniversary. He last visited the Cook Islands in 1990, and remembers that at the time, local coffee which he described as harsh and […]
Acts passing breached constitution
The passing of the Appropriation and Validation Act 2010 breached the Cook Islands Constitution, an audit review has found. Further review of the corresponding over-expenditure by government ministries is warranted, according to audit director Paul Allsworth. He completed a review of the act and its passing by cabinet. There are sufficient doubts over the movements […]
Paralympic athletes story inspires
Paraplegic New Zealand athlete Rory McSweeney has been an inspiration to those he has encountered on holiday in Rarotonga with his partner Sophia. McSweeney was hit by a truck at the age of three and became a below-the-knee amputee. The 25-year-old is a personal trainer, plays golf and cricket, and has represented clubs in junior […]
Prisoner gets more jail time
For breaking into the Computer Man retail outlet and stealing electrical equipment as well as more than $3500 in cash an Arorangi prisoner has received an additional six months in jail. Andrew Tonorio (22), unemployed, of Arorangi, will now not be released from prison until at least September 2014. He appeared in the Cook Islands […]
Booties and socks galore
Regular visitor to Rarotonga Charlotte Mueller (pictured) from Berlin displays some of the baby booties and socks she knits to support the Hospital Comforts newborn baby gift programme. Mueller has made Rarotonga her holiday destination for 30 years and pays for her island holiday by knitting and selling baby booties and socks at a market […]
Viking Spirit causes much excitement
The arrival of the Viking Spirit with the Mycon barge in tow, pictured, caused a lot of excitement at the Avatiu harbour yesterday. The barge and boat from the Pacific Marine and Civil Solutions Company in Fiji a marine construction and marine transport company, has been contracted by the Ministry of Infrastructure and planning to […]
Renowned Pacific artist dies in NZ
One of the Pacifics most internationally renowned artists and curators, Cook Islander Jim Vivieaere, passed away yesterday morning in Auckland. He was born to Cook Islands parents in 1947 and raised in Christchurch where he attended Canterbury University Ilam School of Fine Arts in the 1960s. He was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, and passed […]
Cook Islands, Korea sign agreement
The Cook Islands has signed a Tax Information and Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the Republic of Korea, to exchange information relevant to the administration and enforcement of domestic tax laws of both countries. Deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and immigration Tom Marsters and Republic of Korea foreign minister Kim Sung-hwan signed the […]
Girl enjoys Rarotonga holiday
Twelve-year-old Faith Hinano Edwards is enjoying some of the limited time she has left in Rarotonga. Faith was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour in 2008. She has undergone aggressive radiation treatment, chemotherapy and extensive surgery. But Faith had a relapse doctors found another tumour in April and removed it by surgery. She has been […]
Kitesurfers show off their moves
The Cook Islands Kitesurfing Association hosted a coaching clinic and live exhibition on Saturday at Muri, to generate hype in the weeks leading up to the international competition next month. Local kiters showed off some of their tricks and taught new kiters the ropes. Newcomers are urged to register for the competition which takes place […]
Rarest habitat needs protection
The Aroko saltwater marsh in Avana was the highlight of the Lagoon Day site visits. In the scheme of wetland conservation on Rarotonga, the saltwater marshes are often left in the shadow of its more common counterpart, the pai taro (taro patch). Environment officer Joseph Brider shared his knowledge on the diminishing saltwater marsh habitat […]
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