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Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
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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.
Slump a major concern
Cook Islands maire exports have hit bottom, says Hawaii-based agent Dave Thompson. While there is huge demand for Cook Islands maire in Hawaii, production continues to fall off and the supply continues to dwindle. Maire earns a potential $300,000 per annum for the country but Thompson reckons exports are down by 60 per cent, which […]
Sole woman MP 'sad'
Former CI politician disappointed that more women not in parliament Former Cook Islands politician Fanaura Kingstone says she’s happy the Cook Islands Party is back in power but also saddened that there is now only one woman left in the House. “Naturally as a CIP supporter, I am glad they are back as the caretaker […]
HIV name confidential
Radio New Zealand International yesterday reported that the government of the Cook Islands has decided it will not identify the first person to test positive for HIV in the country. The decision follows criticism from many commentators after the government sought legal advice over whether to identify the HIV positive resident. RNZI’s website report says […]
Fix-it man just does it
Minister of Infrastructure and Planning Teariki Heather wants to start work to stop pollution of the lagoon – and is doing everything in his power to get things moving. He says that the time for talking about which septic tank to use is over. “There were so many examples or suggestions of how to solve […]
War hero, Ettie Rout
Moves to preserve prominent woman’s Rarotonga grave A New Zealand safe sex advocate is hoping to preserve the Avarua gravesite of Kiwi World War One heroine Ettie Rout as a memorial, 74 years on from the pioneer’s death. Wellington-based Dr Dame Margaret Sparrow has started the Ettie Rout Fund to be able to start regular […]
Samoa PM rejects call
APIA, January 6 – Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has rejected a call by a leader of the Congregational Christian Church to ban all business operations on Sunday. The call followed claims by the church that Sunday business was the reason why people are not attending services. He says it is not for the […]
Fiscal update upholds tourism
The government aims to increase tourist arrivals in 2011-12 by 13 per cent with three-year airline underwriting agreements and concerted destination marketing efforts. The Government’s Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update, issued last week, states that spending on underwriting flights is capped at $10 million, and the additional spend on marketing will be $2 million. […]
Strangers become friends
More confident and responsible Seventh Day Adventist youth is what Cook Islands SDA president Pastor Eliu Eliu is expecting from his young congregation after last week’s Pathfinders camporee. Pastor Eliu says that the camporee, which attracted close to 1000 youths from across the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Tahiti, was about getting the youth to […]
UK website draws visitors
John Roberts is working wonders for the Cook Islands in the United Kingdom. His website www.cookislands.org.uk has had a quarter of a million visitors in the past year. Because of his fascination with all things Cook Islands, Roberts has spent the last four years researching the life of Palmerston’s founding father William Marsters, and has […]
Duo win 'trip of a lifetime'
Two Auckland-based Cook Islanders were among the 25 Air New Zealand staff members who won a trip of a lifetime flying to Los Angeles last week and retuning on Christmas Eve on the company’s brand new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Property and Facilities Department officer Yolande Browne and Financial Shared Services Department officer Tara Marie Aperau […]
Pathfinders week inspires kids
The 900 kids on the Seventh-day Adventist’s Pathfinders camporee had a great week, and go back to their normal lives full of confidence. Denzil Puna said that there is a real difference between the kids he has met at Pathfinders to those he meets in his day to day life. “They are friendly and welcoming […]
Housie donates to charities
Munokoa Purea, Apii Phillip, Mou Tokorangi and Ake Mateariki of Cook Islands Disabled Persons Housie have been holding two housie nights a week all year. This week they donated $6000 dollars they raised to three of the nation’s charities. Purea said that they normally wait for requests for funding, but the organisers decided that this […]
Dedicated nurse honoured
Outstanding Manihiki nurse Moeroa John Koteka has been recognised with a British Empire Medal. But when she was contacted at the hospital for comment, this humble and committed nurse didn’t want to talk about her work, instead referring CI News on to ex-Cabinet Minister Apii Piho. Piho was full of praise for this dedicated professional […]
Making a difference
Mauke’s Tekura Purea’s decades of hard work for the community is being rewarded with a British Empire Medal, Civil Division. And Purea says that after all that effort, she’s happy to accept the medal. “I really want the award if they want to give it to me. I think I deserve it – I’ve been […]
Ready for career take-off
Halley Kairua Atama wanted to make something of his future and he’s found his calling in the clouds. The son of Emile and Ngariki Kairua, Atama has been studying to become a licensed commercial and private fixed-wing pilot at Nelson Aviation College (NAC) in Motueka. “It’s pretty hard but if you get into it and […]
'Doc' touched many lives
Dr Paul and Barb Kipp were due back for their ninth annual trip serving with Global Volunteers in Rarotonga. If they got their wish, most of that time would be spent by Paul, better known as Doc, at Apii Te Uki Ou and Barb at Takitumu School, both bringing a wealth of life to their […]
Come on down to our casinos
A smoke signaller writes: “Responding to your smoke signaller regarding the casino planned for Niue and the dangers to locals, I think this is a legitimate concern. A solution is offered by the Singapore experience where to discourage locals from gambling, the government collects casino entrance fees – $70 for a 24-hour period or $1,400 […]
Number lover plans return home
“I always want to come back home”, says university student Amiria Wuatai who is home for the Christmas holidays. With a few more years of study ahead of her yet, Wuatai is determined to return home permanently and work her way up the ladder in the accounting field as opposed to visiting twice a year. […]
National HIV committee opposes naming
The National HIV Committee has issued a statement strongly opposing the release of any information regarding the person living with HIV in the Cook Islands. It now seems new Health Minister Nandi Glassie and Secretary of Health Tupou Faireka have done an about-turn on the plan to seek further legal advice on naming the person. […]
Toga run
Hash House Harriers will hold their first run of the New Year on Monday. It will be the traditional Toga run – so come dressed in your favourite toga and have some fun. Venue will be the carpark at Rehab Bar in town – over the stream from Trader Jacks. The run starts at 5.30pm […]
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