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National
Social Impact Fund awards $199,825 to 14 community projects
The Cook Islands Social Impact Fund approved 14 proposals totalling $199,825.20 from 21 applications, supporting community initiatives across Rarotonga and the Pa Enua, with a focus on sports, wellness and youth development.
Christmas in the Park brings festive cheer to Rarotonga
Hundreds of locals, visiting families, and tourists gathered at the National Auditorium and Domes on Thursday evening for the annual Christmas in the Park event, hosted by Rotaract Rarotonga.
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 […]
CITC leads private training
CITC is offering its staff the opportunity to earn a National Certificate in Retail Management (Level 3), and held its first course on Tuesday morning. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of National Human Resources Development (DNHRD) last year, which now qualifies CITC to train staff in a course that complies […]
Aitutaki hearing enters second day
A two-day election petition hearing in Aitutaki ends today. Chief Justice Tom Weston will deliver a decision – which will determine whether Cook Islands Party MP Mona Ioane Kake will retain the Vaipae-Tautu seat – when he has heard all the evidence. Demo candidate Kete Ioane is bringing a petition against Kake, Chief Electoral Officer […]
3 new advisors 'teach teachers'
The ministry of education has recruited three new advisors to help make sure students in the Cooks get the best education possible. Brendon Feibig has arrived from New Zealand with a wealth of experience in improving how pupils learn in primary schools. His last job was deputy principal of Birkenhead Primary School in Auckland and […]
Court upholds Rakahanga result
Taunga Toka will continue to represent the constituency of Rakahanga as a Democratic Party Member of Parliament. In the November general elections, Toka clinched 30 votes – two more than his CIP rival Toka Hagai. Hagai brought a petition challenging the election on the grounds that four voters were absent from Rakahanga for more than […]
Dashwood back as CIIC chairman
Monitoring unnecessary spending, wastage of funds and use of aid money will be the priority for newly appointed chairman of the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) Julian Dashwood. Dashwood signed his warrant of appointment yesterday with minister for CIIC Mark Brown who says that Dashwood was appointed to the position because “he can come in […]
Composers invited to enter Te Mire Atu 2011
This year’s Te Mire Atu composer’s competition is open to all aspiring songwriters and will be held on Thursday, March 3. The competition is restricted to Cook Islanders residing in the Cook Islands and songwriters intending to enter a song in the competition must register with the Ministry of Cultural Development before February 9. This […]
Pukapuka looks to Samoa for lifeline
The distance between Rarotonga and Pukapuka is over 1000 miles, making travel by air and sea both difficult and costly. Pukapukans living abroad face considerable challenges in the way of making the journey home – they must first buy a ticket to Rarotonga and then find a way to Pukapuka. Air Raro sends flights to […]
Renewed impetus sought for EU agreement
The Pacific region’s top trade officials, experts and ministers gather this week in Apia, Samoa, to deliberate on key issues surrounding negotiations with the European Union on a fair and comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Secretary of foreign affairs Jim Gosselin and trade officer Teremoana Mato are representing the Cook Islands at the Apia meetings. […]
Air Raro upgrades Bandeirante
Air Rarotonga Embraer Bandeirante E5-TAK is presently in the heavy maintenance dock at the company’s engineering base at Rarotonga Airport for a major inspection and modification of its primary wing structure. The work is undertaken when the aircraft reaches a certain number of flight hours and the modification returns the aircraft to service with many […]
Change of officers in Navy job
Chief petty officer Kelvin Marsh has been working with the crew of Te Kukupa as a technical advisor for the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) for the past three and a half years. He accompanied his wife Arlene to Auckland in 2009 when she was due to give birth to their fourth child – incidentally, […]
Rotary called to re-focus
In an effort to re-direct Rotary’s focus, club president Maureen Hilyard is trying something new – once-a-month ‘breakfast club meetings’ to discuss specific Rotary projects. The first breakfast club meets this morning at Aquarius – an exceptional circumstance, as the meetings will normally be the first Wednesday of the month. Rotary president Maureen Hilyard wrote […]
Aid adviser injured in PNG car-jacking
PORT MORESBY, Feb 1 – An Australian aid adviser in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been seriously injured in a violent car-jacking in Port Moresby. A spokesperson for the Australian High Commission confirmed the victim, a man in his 50s, worked for Australia’s aid programme. “An Australian man had his car stolen in a car-jacking […]
Tonga urged to work together
NUKU’ALOFA, Feb 1 – Tongan parliamentarians today embarked on a week long journey to deepen their technical knowledge of the workings of the legislative assembly of Tonga, including their role as law-makers and representatives of the people. The parliamentary awareness and leadership workshop follows the historic elections of November 25 last year, in which voters […]
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