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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.
Departure tax leaves a lasting impression
Air New Zealand will re-consider including departure tax into airfares from the Cook Islands, as a means of encouraging visitors to return. The airline’s Cook Islands manager, David Bridge was a panellist during yesterday’s tourism session of the national economic development summit. Questions from the floor arose in respect of departure tax during the session, […]
Setting realistic and essential targets
A balanced framework for the future is what the Economic Task Force has tried to deliver, said chairman John Tierney in a welcome address at yesterday’s Economic Summit opening. He said the Cook Islands needs a stable, open, competitive, globally connected economy – while modernising attitudes in favour of educated, healthy, skilled, competitive Cook Islanders […]
Swiss envoy visits Cooks
Her Excellency Marion Krupski (above) will visit the Cook Islands from April 13 to 16 to present her credentials to the Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin. Ambassador Krupski is head of mission at the Swiss Embassy in Wellington and is concurrently accredited to New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu and Samoa. The Cook Islands and Switzerland […]
Ocean Sun preparing to sail
Shipping company operator Tapi Taio hopes his new vessel Ocean Sun will make its voyage to the Cook Islands from Norway in a few months, although an exact arrival date is not known. At present the ship’s captain Nubono Tebano and engineer Tevita Vakasavi are living on the ship while they get it ready to […]
Two Bears to face judiciary
The rugby league judiciary panel will meet again today to decide the fate of Arorangi Bears captain Augustine Heather and club president Pare Rongokea who last week pleaded guilty to allegations of ‘harassment’ of a referee. On Saturday, April 2, Rongokea was cited for assaulting referee Simiona Teiotu and Heather for assaulting assistant referee Arthur […]
New interest in Te Aito
As the Pacific catches the Aito fever, Rarotonga prepares to host its second-ever Te Aito competition. New Caledonia and New Zealand join the Cook Islands this year in hosting qualifier races, winners of which will win tickets to compete in the iconic Te Aito Tahiti race on July 15-16. Te Aito Cook Islands, which falls […]
Eseta wins Optimist title
The Cook Islands National Championships Sailing in Optimist sailboats were held in Aitutaki from Thursday April 7 to Saturday April 9. The 22 sailors from Rarotonga, Manihiki and Aitutaki raced in two groups – 14 sailors in the Gold fleet and 8 sailors in the Green fleet. All the sailors, officials and catering staff spent […]
Cooks finish 3rd
After a sluggish start to the tournament, the Telecom Cook Islands national cricket squad recovered to finish in third place by defeating Tonga in the 3rd and 4th playoff of the ICC EAP Division 2 tournament in Samoa. Despite the win, Cook Islands captain Glenn Miller says his side was a little disappointed with their […]
Low bids were rejected
Rarotonga Resort Management director Rohan Ellis says he sympathises with the sentiments expressed by the local real estate industry but business is business. RRM was managing Manuia Boutique Beach Hotel and Castaway Beach Villas when the properties were listed with local real estate agents. Ellis says bids came through for the properties, but Price Waterhouse […]
Automatic door donated by BCI
The surgical ward at the Rarotonga Hospital has a new automatic door, thanks to a donation from the Bank of the Cook Islands. Hospital staff and former staff, including director of hospital services Dr Tikaka Henry and former director Heather Webber-Aitu, were on hand to watch Orometua Tereora Tereora bless the ceremony last week. Together, […]
Pacific politics 'shifty' says political scientist
Pacific politics has a tendency to be ‘shifty’ and the Cook Islands is no exception, says political scientist Dr Steven Ratuva. After studying Pacific island electoral systems, government processes and noting political changes, Dr Ratuva notes there has been ‘considerable movement’ between the two main political parties here – a trend he says is unlikely […]
PMG money still unaccounted for
Accounts relating to the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) and Pacific Mini Games Ltd (PMG) cannot be finalised until further financial statements have been completed. At CISNOC’s annual general meeting last Thursday night, treasurer and financial controller Helen O’Meara said the committee was waiting for all PMG and relevant government accounts to […]
Code flawed
The country’s Foreign Investment Code is considered to be flawed and should be reviewed to make sure that the right investments are attracted to bring new money into the country, states the Economic Task Force. The Task Force recommends that trade links that would be to the country’s advantage should be pursued and a robust […]
Mentors get down to business
About 70 local business stand to benefit from consultation sessions with Business Mentors New Zealand mentors this week. Five mentors and team leader Stuart Rowe, BMNZ’s Pacific support manager, will be busy consulting with business owners on both Rarotonga and Aitutaki before they fly back to New Zealand on Saturday morning. The mentors will be […]
Fiji Times misreports CI case
The Fiji Times national newspaper yesterday reported a linkage between the brutal assault of two Fijian men by a group of Cook Islanders and the deportation of a Fijian national who tested positive for HIV at Rarotonga Hospital. The headline of the article published on the newspaper’s online edition read ‘HIV Fijian deported’ and explained […]
Police concerned at number of thefts
Police are concerned at the number of thefts and people being unlawfully found in homes and tourist accommodation. Police are seeking information concerning a ‘peeping tom’ who was watching a female tourist take a shower in her Muri accommodation. According to the police report, the man wearing a yellow t-shirt ran away when he was […]
Homes wanted
By Gregg Young With the amount of homeless adult cats and kittens currently at the Esther Honey Foundation looking for homes, we cannot stress enough that we need to try and control the population of cats on Rarotonga. In order to control the population of cats we not only need to de-sex them but also […]
Nukutere runs for Christchurch
Nukutere College students worked up a sweat on the running tracks on Friday to raise funds for victims of the Christchurch earthquake. Through the week leading up to the run – students went out into the community seeking pledges by people to sponsor them for the 10km (25 times around the running track) distance around […]
Activist claims dodgy land agents claiming thousands
An act introduced to protect the public from unscrupulous land agents doesn’t seem to be working, according to human rights and land activist Lynnsay Francis. She says there are still cases of people losing thousands of dollars and something must be done about it now. “People have complained to me about it and I am […]
Vaka makes Raiatea
After nine days of sailing – voyaging vaka Marumaru Atua and her crew arrived in Raiatea on Friday night, anchoring outside motu Mirimiri. Vaka skipper Peia Patai reported back to Rarotonga that because the vaka had arrived at 7pm on Friday – they had to sail to Uturoa at first light on Saturday for clearance. […]
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