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The importance of Property Maintenance: Routine vs. Emergency Maintenance.
Maintaining your property, whether residential or commercial is essential for several reasons. Regular upkeep not only preserves the property’s value but also ensures tenant satisfaction and safety. There are benefits of both routine maintenance and emergency maintenance.
Cook Islands contribute to immigration regional governance discussions
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) participated in the 58th Pacific Immigration Development Community (PIDC) board meeting and strategic planning workshop held in Samoa from March 3 to 6.
Young crowd gets Turtles story
More than 70 people filled an Avarua cafe last week to hear the story behind Cook Islands surf wear company Turtles Tees. Chris McKinley, one half of the Turtles Tees managing team, featured at the Business Trade Investment Boards monthly After5 business talk event at Cafe Salsa. McKinley spent an hour talking and taking questions […]
Mentor programme workshop run
A one-day training workshop is being held in Rarotonga for those involved or interested in the Pacific Business Mentor Programme, facilitated by the Chamber of Commerce. The programme workshop is for all business owners, managers and staff who are already part of the initiative as well as those wanting to apply for the next intake. […]
Early start to kitesurfing comp
Light winds at Muri made for a slow start to the international kitesurfing competition, but winds gusting to 20 knots yesterday in Aitutaki convinced some of the worlds best riders that the Cook Islands is one of the best places in the world. Cook Islands Kitesurfing Association president Teanaroa Worthington reported yesterday from Aitutaki that […]
First kids born
The first Boer-cross goats bred in the Cook Islands have been born on Mauke, six months after resident Hugh Graham imported six male Boer goats from New Zealand for a breeding programme. The two kids, both males, were born on June 17 after more than five years of research and planning by Graham to reduce […]
CI maritime law graduate a first
Paula Manarangi is the first Cook Islander to graduate with her masters in maritime law. Manarangi, a quality manager and legal adviser at Maritime Cook Islands, graduated from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) International Maritime Law Institute in Malta last month. She was stationed there for eight months doing what was essentially two-and-a-half years worth […]
Free business risk workshops
Business training manager Stephen Caunter will be delivering a series of free workshops for Rarotongas business community this week. Organised by ANZ Bank and the 2011 Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards, his first seminar will cover the risks inherent in owning a business. Being in business is inherently risky, but by taking action […]
Call to add value to food exports
An impromptu workshop for those involved in the development of Cook Islands produce is inspiring a resurgence of locally grown and made goods for the domestic and international markets. New Zealand food development professional David Curtis is in the Cook Islands having taken part in last weeks Cook Islands Trading Corporation (CITC) food expo. Curtis […]
She feared a heart attack
Cook Islands Police Commissioner Maara Tetava is investigating the overnight lock-up of a 62-year-old woman with a heart condition. Antonina Browne, of Tupapa, was apprehended by a police officer on the evening of Saturday May 28 as she drove towards the Tupapa clubhouse after watching her son play in the rugby league final at Nikao. […]
New flag
Two Cook Islanders left last week for Hawaii to join the crew of vaka Marumaru Atua. Jason Tuara and Lorna Nicholas took with them a new Cook Islands flag to replace the vakas battered banner. Both the new flag and the old were donated by Maritime Cook Islands (MCI). The old flag has been flying […]
Susis in Muri
The worlds leading female kitesurfer, Susi Mai, will be showing her fine form at Muri today, then competing next week in the inaugural Manureva International Competition and Festival in Aitutaki.Story and photos, page16. 11062446
Utuutu ia te reo Maori
Te karanga nei te reo o teia metua tane. Takai koe kite papa enua. Akamou ite pito enua. Atu I toou rangi. Tangike toku ingoa ko Nay Chi Myo Min. Ngaki ia mai i te enua Mangaia, kai i te potonga mamio e te koka. Tara i te reo Mangaia, riro mai ei tamaine Mangaia. […]
Lady Hillary takes on the Cooks
He conquered the tests of Everest and together they have helped build schools in Nepal. This week, Lady June Hillary, wife of explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, took on the Cook Islands. Though the hiking gear associated with her late husband was left at home for this trip, Lady Hillary took on the slopes of Rarotonga […]
Job for jetty manager
The Ports Authority has set up a selection panel to help find a manager for the Arorangi jetty project. The authority received an unspecified number of applicants for the position, which were being accepted until last week. Advertisements sought a project manager or management firm to be responsible for the overall administration and completion of […]
Much-needed crutches arrive
A New Zealand-based Cook Islander is taking the initiative to provide medical equipment to those who desperately need it within Rarotonga and pa enua communities. Angai Rima works at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, having previously worked for the Cook Islands Ministry of Health. He last visited the Cook Islands in October, when he became aware […]
More flights grounded by ash
Passengers flying on Pacific Blue flights between the Cook Islands and New Zealand face a weekend of headaches as the airline announces more flight cancellations due to volcanic ash. A third day of flights in and out of Rarotonga International Airport have been impacted by the ash being sent out by a Chilean volcano. Pacific […]
Opposition cautions govt
The Democratic Party has cautioned the government not to assume it has the oppositions support for plans on deep sea mining. In a media release to Cook Islands News yesterday, deputy opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen said the Democratic Party remained committed to keeping the government honest and challenging its decisions, including those on deep sea […]
Eric and Tony join the CINews team
Rarotongas year-round warmth has drawn Victorian journalist Eric Parnis away from south Australia to the Cook Islands News. The 24-year-old was born and bred in Ballarat, a small city of about 95,000 to the west of Melbourne. When contemplating a move, the weather factored into Parnis decision and he arrived in the Cook Islands to […]
New store and takeaway almost finished
Construction on the newest branch of grocery chain Manea Foods is nearing completion. The shop formerly Ooa Petrol in Tupapa should open next week, owner James Beer said. On Thursday it had power installed, and staff are already running equipment tests and refrigerators. In past months work crews have been working hard to get Manea […]
Kids embrace kitesurfing competition
Schools on Aitutaki are getting into the kitesurfing spirit ahead of next weeks competition. Seventy-six students from grades five and six at all three of Aitutakis primary schools participated in a kite-making challenge this week. They spent yesterday flying their kites, which will be judged on Tuesday. Contest organiser Ianis Boaza, himself a competitor at […]
Thousands go local at night market
About 40 vendors and 4000 punters packed the Punanga Nui market on Wednesday night for the first annual Go Local Night Market. A mixture of Cook Islanders and tourists filled the market from 6pm to sample the countrys local produce, products and performance. Mana Etches of the Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) said crowd numbers […]
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