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Immigration strengthens workforce resilience and service delivery
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) completed a recruitment round in February 2025 to fill vacancies within the Immigration border team.
Lack of recognition for indigenous women and girls
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meets annually to address the widespread inequalities, violence and discrimination women continue to face around the world.
Arts industry gathers
Proponents of Cook Islands arts, crafts and culture are meeting tomorrow afternoon to discuss the formation of a cultural and creative industries council. Following on the heels of a preliminary meeting and the National Economic Development Summit, the meeting aims to further the growth of the creative industry. Anyone is welcome to attend, and the […]
Conference scholarships up for grabs
Scholarships are available to young Cook Islands researchers to attend the 12th Pacific Islands Political Studies Association (PIPSA) conference being held in Samoa at the end of the year. In total eight scholarships are available to young researchers from the Pacific region. They are being offered in collaboration with the State, Society, and Governance in […]
End in sight for cyclone recovery work
The Aitutaki cyclone recovery project is well on its way to completion. The New Zealand Aid Programme has yet to contract a local recycling company to clean up and export stockpiles of roofing iron and debris, but development programme coordinator Peter Tierney estimates that the contract will be tendered within the month. He says that […]
Demo Party aims to be a credible choice
The Democratic Party will be working very hard to present itself as the better choice than the Cook Islands Party to govern the Cook Islands by the next general elections, according to deputy leader Wilkie Rasmussen. Six months after the November elections, the Democratic Party has completed its post mortem of the results and believes […]
In appreciation of mums
Happy Mothers Day My mum is my idol Shes the reason Im here today She feeds me, loves me all throughout the day My life wouldnt be the same without her Which is why I just want to say Happy Mothers Day mum I love you By Tiahuia Pittman 9AR Tereora College Mothers Day poem […]
Atiu art acquired by Te Papa
As Atiu Fibre Arts Studio closes a chapter of its history, its work is being inducted into Wellingtons Te Papa Museum. Te Papa emailed Atiu Fibre Arts Studio director Andrea Eimke after conducting its curatorial acquisitions meeting earlier this year, asking for photos of Atiu tivaivai. The museum felt it was important to document the […]
The value of a homeland
Our islands face important challenges in terms of climate change. We depend on our coastal and marine ecosystems for daily life. The threats that our coastal environment is currently under, involves a host of human and natural interactions that in recent times hasnt been able to balance out as it used to in the past. […]
Culture of secrecy lamented
While the Official Information Act (OIA) has the potential to transform an ingrained culture of secrecy, it has yet to effect any real change. This was one of the concerns raised during a panel discussion between moderator Tangata Vainerere, CINews managing editor John Woods, Pitt Media Group (PMG) director Trevor Pitt and assistant ombudsman Jeannine […]
Thomas is home to teach and learn
Cook Islander Thomas Tarurongo-Piriau Wynne recently made the Auckland-Arorangi shift, and is now one week into his new job as Tereora Colleges guidance counsellor. Wynne says his decision to move home was not an initiative as much as a response. His parents moved back to Arorangi last year, and when he came to visit them […]
Accused had CI licence
Former NZ Maori Language Commission deputy chief executive and frequent visitor to the Cook Islands Sharon Armstrong could face two decades behind bars in an Argentine prison on charges of drug smuggling. Armstrong was arrested last month with five kilograms of cocaine in a bag she was carrying for a UK man she met online. […]
Drugs offenders face stiff penalties
Some of those charged in relation to the Cook Islands largest drug importation and distribution investigation face a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail or a fine of up to $750,000 if convicted. Those penalties are the maximum sentences for convictions of selling class C drugs, including cannabis. To date 13 people nine men […]
Spotlight on employment rights
Minimum wage and maternity entitlements are at the forefront of issues being discussed as part of a proposed set of standards for all employment relations throughout the Cook Islands. The draft Employment Relations Bill is circulating among the community while feedback is being sought on it ahead of its potential amendment and adoption into law. […]
Maitai: full steam ahead!
I would like to thank Tim Arnold for his edification and enlightenment of the Cook Islands public to the true nature of the cast steel /iron structure protruding from the water at the entrance to the Avarua Harbour, a smoke signaller writes playfully in response to Arnolds letter to the editor in yesterdays CI News. […]
Challenging seas keep Boiler Swim record unbroken
All 66 swimmers who attempted yesterdays annual Boiler Swim all returned to shore after battling what were challenging conditions through Avarua harbour. Due to the rough conditions which had actually calmed a bit from what were described as dangerous conditions earlier in the day the record of 9 minutes flat remains unbroken. Jon Robinson was […]
Finsec appointment audited
Former financial secretary Sholan Ivaiti was appointed to the role despite serious concerns about his ability to perform, an audit investigation into his recruitment has found. Ivaiti was found to have been involved in inappropriate public administration and project management practices in his capacity as financial secretary during an earlier audit investigation over the Toagate […]
Fire legislation a high priority
Last weeks Pacific Islands Fire Services Association (PIFSA) executive board meeting was a success, says rescue fire chief Nga Jessie. The delegates present, including PIFSA president and Papua New Guinea fire chief Isaac Silas, discussed the high priority of fire legislation. Fire legislation was regarded as importance to the development and capacity building of the […]
New education HQ takes shape
New premises for the Ministry of Education and its 46 staff should be ready in August one month ahead of schedule. The $1.5 million headquarters building is taking shape on site at Nikao, with walls and the roof now in place. Architect and project manager Romani Katoa is working alongside contractor Mike Rennie Builders Ltd […]
Fathers death led to tax offences
A Rarotonga company has been fined $4700 on four charges of failing to furnish tax. G and S Contractors Ltd admitted four charges before Justice of the Peace Tiki Matapo in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday, after six were withdrawn by crown prosecutor Martha Henry. The charges were of failing to furnish […]
Mentors words inspire
Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) local business mentor of the month Danny Mataroa attracted a crowd of more than 40 people at Aquarius Hotel last week. Mataroa, who is an emcee at Staircase Bar and Restaurant, Edgewater Resort & Spa and Highland Paradise, spoke on how to overcome public speaking jitters. He encouraged all […]
New king-size noni thriving
A new noni (nono) variety which grows to up to four times the size of local varieties is now well established in Rarotonga. According to former secretary of agriculture, Nga Mataio, original seeds of the new nono variety were brought in by the Ministry of Agriculture in early 2000 from Kiribati for trial purposes and […]
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