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23 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
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23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
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7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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Inflation eases but concerns remain
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Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
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7 August 2024
Local women outshine global peers in business leadership
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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.
Three thefts at weekend, annual licence checks
Over the weekend an Aro’a resident reported a wallet containing $800 stolen – later that day the thief withdrew $100 from the victim’s account at an Avarua ATM. Police have still not recovered the wallet. A woman reported her handbag missing after visiting an Arorangi pub and vendors selling produce at the Kavera meeting house […]
School's water and sanitation competition starts today
Starting today, Vaka Takitumu school students will be working on poems, essays and posters as part of the education and awareness competition organised by the European Union Muri Water and Sanitation Project in conjunction with the Muri Environment Care Group. The students will be required to research and write about the water and sanitation topic […]
Call for closer scrutiny of parliament funding
Deputy leader of the Democratic Party and former minister of finance Wilkie Rasmussen says that claims by parliament that it is cash strapped ‘does not make sense.” He says that the cuts made by the cabinet of the previous government were predominantly for travel and clothing allowances for members of parliament that fall under the […]
MP allowance and travel back on
Parliament is broke because of a massive payout to ministers and MPs who lost their seats after the general elections, prime minister Henry Puna has revealed. That payout is expected to be around $180,000. It’s estimated that former ministers will get approximately $15,000 in a lump sum and ordinary MPs about $11,500. Puna says parliament […]
CIP holds on to Vaipae-Tautu seat
The two-day electoral petition hearing in Aitutaki ended Thursday afternoon when Chief Justice Tom Weston delivered his decision. Weston upheld two elements of Demo candidate Kete Ioane’s petition, meaning the final vote count changes but Cook Islands Party MP Mona Ioane Kake retains the Vaipae-Tautu seat. In November Ioane won 159 votes, but Kake won […]
Petition Knock outs
Dear Editor, The CIP/Demo petition boxing matches are all on now in courts across our nation. Ding! Ding! The way I read the petition results in the paper so far, the seats are staying the same as when announced after the election. So after the Aitutaki petition decision on Thursday being lost by the Demo, […]
Cyclone damage reaches $4 million
NUKUALOFA, Feb 5 – The Tongan cabinet has allocated 1 million- pa’anga (NZ$702,000) from government’s national emergency fund to address immediate relief efforts to Ha’apai the island worst hit by tropical Cyclone Wilma on January 25. But the fund will cover only the basic necessities at this stage and rebuilding efforts will come later. Deputy […]
Media studies open new career doors
New Tereora College media studies teacher Phil Jones hopes that through his course students will become more aware of the opportunities available to them in the media industry. “I hope there’s more awareness around media and job opportunities and travel opportunities in the media (industry),” he said. Jones said that in the media industry he’s […]
Health lunch for graduates and scholars
At a Tupapa luncheon on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health honoured new graduates in the health disciplines, and eight new recipients of Ministry of Health-sponsored scholarships to study for careers in health. Minister of Health Nandi Glassie, secretary of health Tupou Faireka and hospital staff turned up to celebrate the success of the following people: […]
Bowl up!
The Rarotonga Bowling Club in Tutakimoa will open the 2011 season this Saturday with the club captain’s trophy tournament. The club captain’s trophy is a triples tournament and members are asked to bring a non-bowler as a member of your triples team. Interestingly enough, bringing a non-bowler to three greens is an old tradition to […]
Opening game loss to Wales
The Cook Islands suffered a 31-12 loss at the hands of Wales in their opening match of the Wellington Sevens yesterday. Wales wasted little time in establishing their dominance over the Cook Islands with two quick tries via Garth Davies and Ifan Evans to give Wales an early 12-0 lead. But the Cook Islands kept […]
Dan and Nan teaching US students
Fifteen American university students are wrapping up a two-week training course on Rarotonga that’s allowed them to more personally and tangibly experience the subjects they discuss in their classrooms and read about in their textbooks. They are part of a programme called Frontiers Abroad, a ‘study abroad’ experience that allows students to earn course credit […]
Akaoa raises funds for hall upgrade
The Akaoa community is in the process of rebuilding and renovating its meeting house and community hall – both buildings that are more than 60 years old. The Akaoa Murienua community hall was torn down and rebuilt in 2009 – a major $70,000 reconstruction that was funded by government assistance, tapere fundraising and donations. The […]
Waitangi Day celebrations
The traditional New Zealand Maori hangi will replace the Sunday roast this weekend when the Aotearoa Society on Rarotonga commemorates Waitangi Day on Sunday, February 6. A hangi will be put down early Sunday afternoon for the gathering and commemoration kai between 5.30pm and 6pm. The Aotearoa Society executives will be providing the kai for […]
Dr Fariu at WHO conference
Director of Community Health Services Dr Rangi Fariu is currently in Nadi, Fiji, attending a World Health Organisation (WHO) conference on lifestyle and non-communicable diseases. Dr Fariu will join health representatives from the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu […]
Cook Islands families safe from cyclone Yasi
Cook Islanders in northern Queensland, Australia, have managed to stay safe during cyclone Yasi after it caused havoc in the state. Cook Islands Community Association of Cairns president Arthur Poa was pleased to report that he had not received any information of Cook Islanders being hurt or killed when the category 4 cyclone struck the […]
Foreign worker numbers cause concern
Minister of Tourism Teina Bishop is aware that the number of foreign workers being brought here is increasing and that this is causing “some concern”. Bishop says he would support establishing benchmarks as to “…the types and numbers of foreign workers coming into the country regardless of (tourism) industry demands as a means to restricting […]
Renewed impetus for Pacific trade
The European Union (EU) remains fully committed to concluding negotiations of a comprehensive trade and development agreement (EPA – Economic Partnership Agreement) with the Pacific region. This was the message delivered this week by the Head of the European Union (EU) Technical Office in Samoa, John Stanley, to Pacific ACP Trade Officials at their meeting […]
'Telemedicine' on minister's list
Health Minister Nandi Glassie says he is looking at the health system as a whole with the aim of creating a ‘consolidated ministry of health’. A recent case has brought up questions about the fairness of the way health care is paid for. In the case which is going through the courts now, Setareki Raiyawa […]
Education HQ on the rise
Work on the Ministry of Education’s new headquarters building in Nikao next to the Telecom Sports Arena is expected to be completed ahead of schedule. At this stage the building looks to be finished by the middle of July instead of the originally proposed date of September. The $1.6 million for the project comes directly […]
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