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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.
Dancer of the year correct dates
Twenty-three dancers will take to the National Auditorium stage tomorrow night for the junior and intermediate dancer of the year competition. Last weeks elimination competition was cancelled and Wednesday will be the one and only time junior and intermediate dancers will get to show off their skills to win. After Easter weekend, the golden oldies, […]
Sworn in
The first business of the House yesterday was the swearing in of independent MP Norman George (pictured) who uttered the words Im back! immediately after taking the oath of allegiance. Speaker Sir Geoffrey Henry had indicated on Friday that he would seek a legal opinion from Crown Law regarding Norman Georges standing in parliament which […]
German aid funds for girl guides
Thanks to a NZ$8425 grant from the government of Germany, the Cook Islands Girl Guides Association has enough office equipment to set up a proper headquarters at Takamoa. Girl Guides applied at the end of 2009 for financial assistance from German Aid, which was approved early this year. Last month, local Girl Guides held an […]
Murals brighten Avana toilets
A special Apii Te Uki Ou assembly was held at the Avana harbour last Monday for the completion of murals on the public toilet building created by room one students of the school. Four brightly painted murals feature on the toilet block selected from a number of artwork pieces created by the senior students of […]
Man has serious head injuries after bike crash
Three motor vehicle accidents and three thefts were investigated by police at the weekend. A motor vehicle crash occurred at the Avatiu intersection on early Friday morning when the male driver of a motorcycle crashed into the garden at the intersection. The man was thrown over the garden and landed head first on the intersection […]
Purse seiners will harvest sustainably: Brown
Cook Islanders shouldn’t let emotional arguments against purse seining deter them from making practical, sound decisions, says Finance Minister Mark Brown. While reassuring that government is listening to concerns being publicly expressed over the prospect of foreign owned purse seiners working in Cook Islands waters, Brown says not all purse seining is bad. The Ministry […]
Youth football champs kick off
The biannual National Youth Football Championship will take place today at the CIFA complex in Matavera with the first games kicking off at 2pm. The 14 teams competing in the tournament are keen to pit themselves against each other. A win from the first games will be an advantage to progress through to the semi […]
Arorangi school goes quiet for reading
Taku Tarekareka Tipoti I teia mataiti I top ake nei, kua aere matau kit e BCI Stadium no te akakoroanga o te tarekareka tipoti i te ra 8 i te popongi. Kia tae matau kit e BCI Stadium kua karanga a Maine Ritioti kia aao matou i to matou au kakau tipoti. I te akamata […]
Call for more EIA consultation
More community consultation, and accordingly greater transparency, is needed in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report process for proposed developments throughout the Cook Islands, economic task force members are being told. Mauke resident June Hosking spoke at a public infrastructure session of this week’s national economic development summit held at the National Auditorium. Hosking said […]
Rally call to sustain development
While remaining separate entities, Cook Islands government ministries and departments will work closer than ever to achieve sustainable economic development, the national task force hopes. Task force chairman John Tierney addressed a public session on “linkages” during a national economic development summit this week, when he spoke of the importance being placed on collaboration between […]
Take a health check
The Ministry of Health is issuing all Cook Islanders a call to action. The ministry’s presentation at the National Economic Development Summit this week drew attention to the recent finding that 77% of Cook Islanders are at risk of contracting non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer and lung disease. People who have high […]
Budget reduced by $13.2 m
The Cook Islands Party Government tabled its first supplementary budget yesterday in Parliament which seeks total appropriation of $144,446,88. This is a reduction of $13.2 million from the 2010-11 budget of $157,689,887.The reduction is mostly due to the reprogramming of a Food and Agriculture Organisation grant of $5 million and an ADB $9.5 million loan […]
Govt may get aid redirected
The government and its donor partners were expected to reach an agreement for aid funds to be redirected into the country’s general budget, following roundtable discussions yesterday. Speaking before the end of discussions, Finance Minister Mark Brown said feedback from donors had been very positive. Having an aid funding template which would apply to all […]
Swiss Ambassador presents credentials
An intimate ceremony was held at Government House yesterday when Swiss ambassador Marion Krupski presented her credentials to 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 Governments announced the […]
We're not wealthy
The perception that the Cook Islands is a wealthy country relative to other Pacific countries is ‘nonsense’, finance minister Mark Brown told representatives of donor organisations and aid agencies yesterday. Brown said the region is apt to compare the Cook Islands – in terms of wealth and gross domestic product (GDP) – to towns in […]
Individual tanks the answer
This week’s national economic development summit has generated discussion about the feasibility of each Rarotonga property owner being self-sufficient by installing water tanks. During an infrastructure session of the summit on Wednesday, Temu Okotai suggested the solution to Rarotonga’s water woes was for each property to include a water tank. Okotai cited a budgeted amount […]
Final summit talks with funders
Taking advantage of the opportunity to liaise with those who came to Rarotonga this week for the National Economic Development Summit, the government hosted a round-table discussion with its development partners at Muri Beach Club yesterday. Finance Minister Mark Brown, the majority of the Economic Task Force and a host of other government officials met […]
Appropriation bill to be tabled today
Parliament will sit at 10am today for the second time this year. Leading the two bills to be presented today is the Appropriation Amendment or supplementary budget. Clerk of Parliament Nga Valoa also expects the Insurance Amendment bill to be tabled. Four papers are being presented by the Audit Office. These include the second and […]
New Bishop named
Father Paul Donoghue is the new Cook Islands Catholic Bishop elect. Father Donoghue of the Marist Provincial of Oceania has been appointed as the new bishop and the date and place of his consecration has yet to be decided. According to Father Damien, the consecration of the new bishop will take place three months after […]
Pest control needs attention
Border control is an issue that needs to be addressed for the benefit of the local agriculture and aquaculture industries, those at a session of the national economic development summit agreed on Tuesday. Maire export agent Dave Thompson raised the issue of pest control and its effect on exported product during a public panel discussion […]
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