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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
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5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
Tapaitau and Charlie-Puna released to ‘family jobs’
21 September 2024
Police apprehend four juveniles in connection with motorcycle thefts
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
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13 August 2024
ICI explains road works delay in front of old Sheraton site
10 August 2024
Diaspora dismayed over lack of Te Maeva Nui livestream
8 August 2024
Everyone is a winner, says Culture
7 August 2024
Local women outshine global peers in business leadership
8 August 2024
Housing crisis hits tourism industry
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
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National
Shared Cook Islands and France legacy honoured
Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) Secretary, Tepaeru Herrmann, met with Her Excellency Laurence Beau, Ambassador of the French Republic to the Cook Islands, at MFAI offices yesterday.
Cooks to receive $500k for Pa Enua projects
Prime Minister Mark Brown hit the ground running on Monday upon arrival at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, COP29 signing an agreement for pilot projects in the Pa Enua.
Leaders agree
To avoid future delays calling parliament when a government has a clear majority, prime minister Henry Puna and opposition leader Robert Wigmore agree on one thing – a constitutional change needs to be made. Puna and Wigmore both feel a new sub-clause should be added allowing parliament to be called by a secure government irrespective […]
Pukapuka election result void
Justice Nicholson has declared the election result for the Pukapuka-Nassau constituency void. After four days of hearing proceedings, Nicholson granted independent candidate Vai Peua’s petition challenging the November election results. Yesterday he announced his decision in the Rarotonga High Court, but indicated he will give his reasons at a later date. On November 26 of […]
Tourism supports Buy Local
Cook Islands Tourism has come to the support of the BTIB plan to open an airport outlet dedicated to local products. The Buy Local shop was to be positioned inside the departure terminal to capture some of the 100,000 visitors who leave Rarotonga each year. But plans have stalled following what the Airport Authority says […]
New seats means 'Buy Local' misses out
The Buy Local initiative missed out on getting an outlet in the departure area for small suppliers of local products because the Airport Authority identified an “operational need” for space. Commercial operations manager Mark Vaikai says they needed to accommodate extra passenger seating, understood to be an extra column of four seats. This ruled out […]
Pleased to be accredited pearl graders
Three Cook Islanders have passed examinations which now recognise them as accredited pearl graders under a programme driven by the Pearl Authority to standardise grading in the country. They are Christine Newnham and siblings Tamuela Karaponga and Mehau Johnson all from Manihiki. Karaponga, who topped the exams, and Johnson are farmers and pearl seeding technicians. […]
MMR starts bonefishing meetings
About 40 villagers attended the bonefish awareness community campaign meeting at Araura College in Aitutaki on Monday. There were a lot of concerns from the general public as to whether they were allowed to gillnet, to fish in the lagoon for kiokio, whether they had to buy a fish permit and where the fees for […]
Cash for clothes vs good causes
“This clothing allowance rhetoric should be taken notice of by the prime minister,” writes a smoke signaller as he joins the debate over whether the government should bring back the $5000 clothing allowance for each parliamentarian, at a cost of $120,000. “I see colourful Norman George has now thrown his hat in the ring. For […]
ANZ's top brass visit Rarotonga
ANZ Asia Pacific, Europe and America (APE&A) chief executive officer Alex Thursby arrived on Rarotonga last night – ticking off one more stop on his Pacific tour. Accompanying him on his tour are South and South East Asia chief executive officer and APE&A chief operation officer Mark Robinson, APE&A general manager of human resources Anouk […]
Decision due today on Pukapuka
Justice Nicholson heard evidence and submissions pertaining to the Pukapuka electoral petition in the Rarotonga High Court yesterday, following a court sitting in Pukapuka earlier in the week. Nicholson is expected to have a decision ready to deliver this morning. His decision will determine whether CIP Member of Parliament for Tekii Lazaro will retain the […]
Ways for sea cucumber aquaculture to deliver real benefits to rural communities
NOUMEA, Feb 17 – Stocks of high-value sea cucumber species have been chronically over-exploited throughout the Asia-Pacific region, as elsewhere in the world. They are in great demand, not only for food but also for their reported medicinal and supposed aphrodisiac qualities, particularly among the Chinese. Collected by divers in deep water and by women […]
Sea cucumber: nerves not required
It looks like a slimy worm – but it lives in the sea. The common sea cucumber is a sluggish creature, brown and blotchy, designed to blend in with its habitat: rocky reefs and sandy bottoms. It is sub tidal and can be found at depths up to 100 metres, all around the coast of […]
PM launches Aussie fundraiser
Prime Minister Henry Puna and the Cook Islands government have donated $10,000 to go towards the flood and cyclone relief efforts in Australia. The initial $10,000 is the start of a much bigger nationwide fundraising effort for Australia which has been planned for March 24. In early January flooding from heavy rains was followed by […]
Mama Tokoa's akura!
As a young girl Marie Tereapii Moeroa used to go fishing with her father in a little canoe off Avatiu reef. Now fondly known as Mama Tokoa, the 84-year old again recently went fishing over the reef, but this time on board Akura as a treat from son-in-law Alex Sword. While on rod duty Mama […]
Manea Foods expands to O'oa
Tupapa can look forward to greater grocery variety as the Manea Foods chain extends farther east. Work crews are in the process of renovating the interior of the O’oa Petrol Station, which should be open for business as the newest Manea Foods shop within about four weeks. James Beer, who owns Manea Foods, said he […]
Audit investigates missing fertiliser
The suspected disappearance of a container load of fertiliser from the Ministry of Agriculture is being investigated by Audit at the request of secretary Anthony Brown. A bag of fertiliser retails for about $80 and the value of the missing consignment is estimated at over $30,000. Brown says he discovered anomalies with records, existing stock […]
Call to support school committees
Get involved and become part of the solution to improving your child’s education and learning environment. Parent Teacher Associations are seen as the backbone of schools with teachers and parents joining forces to improve not only the standard of education delivered at school but also to secure more resources to help children learn better. School […]
5 Scout leaders trained
Eight Pacific scouting leaders – five Cook Islands Boy Scouts leaders and three Samoan leaders – attended the scouting Wood Badge programme last month with a vision to advance their leadership skills. Maara Vaiimene, Tuakana Makara, Basilio Kaokao, Ben Maxwell, John Paul Wilson and three Samoan leaders attended the course, which was run by a […]
CI scouts make mark at Jamboree
Twenty-four boy scouts and nine leaders from the Cook Islands attended the 19th annual New Zealand Scout Jamboree in Hamilton earlier this year. Eight scouts and two leaders from the St Joseph’s troop, four scouts and two leaders from the Matavera troop, four scouts and one leader from Mauke, one scout from Nassau and seven […]
Mauke couple submit ideas to Taskforce
A Mauke submission to the Economic Taskforce wants the issue of 100% portability of NZ superannuation taken up with the New Zealand government so eligible Cook Islanders living here don’t have to return for the compulsory five years to qualify. A number of locals who are eligible to collect NZ super have long lobbied both […]
HIV message taken out to community
Cook Islands Red Cross (CIRC) is scaling up its public awareness and education programme on Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI). The early morning sessions that were conducted by the National Council of Women, Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation and Red Cross, members of the National HIV, STI and TB Committee (NHSTC), at […]
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