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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.
Shipping schedule subject to weather
Pacific Direct Line/Pacific Forum Line and Reef Shipping have issued their upcoming shipping schedules, though at this stage they are still subject to weather conditions. Meteorologists predict that between nine and 12 cyclones will hit the Pacific region this season – a forecast that, if accurate, might affect shipping schedules, as both international lines that […]
Makisi to perform tomorrow
Well known New Zealand tenor Ben Fifita Makisi (pictured) performs tomorrow evening at Crown Beach. Oceans Restaurant will be hosting his $100-per-ticket show, during which he will be performing a number of opera classics. The price includes a pre-dinner glass of bubbly and canaps and a three-course dinner prepared by the team at Windjammer Restaurant. […]
Cultural learning on Mauke
Once every year, for a full week, the Mauke School community turns its learning focus to traditional cultural practices. The week long cultural celebrations began with an opening carnival and the crowning of a maine purotu (princess) and tama tumu toa (prince) from the school. Traditional games was one of the highlights of the cultural […]
Acacia eradication on Mauke
The Acacia Eradication project is underway with Environment Officer Basilio Kaokao overseeing the work. There are three species of acacia on Mauke, all are invasive and high water users. To begin with Basilio is targeting the most common large tree varieties Acacia Crassicarpa and Acacia Mangium. Acacia was introduced to Mauke by the Agriculture and […]
Giving tree brings festive joy
Westpac’s Giving Tree project gave people the opportunity to make 137 less fortunate children smile this Christmas. Grab a tag and buy a gift – it was that easy to take part in the mission to help families who face real hardship to put some presents under the tree this festive season. This is the […]
Cyclone risk still low: NIWA
New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has just released another weather bulletin for the Pacific, which reiterates some of the messages it has disseminated already. The bulletin predicts that the heavy rainfall the region has been experiencing will continue in coming months. It points out that the average region-wide rainfall for […]
42 tonnes of e-waste collected
Forty two tonnes of e-waste will be shipped off the island shortly and head to New Zealand for processing. The Southern Express is scheduled to arrive on December 23. When it leaves it will take with it seven containers and two palettes full of e-waste. Organisers of the recent eDay e-waste collection originally estimated that […]
Cousins promises to return
She’s been a teacher and friend to many during her three years at Tereora College and now it’s time for goodbye. Charlotte Cousins moved from Dunedin to Rarotonga in 2008 and has since fallen in love with the island, the environment and the people. “I’ve been so charmed by the staff and the students and […]
Idol song
In his excitement after winning Raro Idol 2010, Emile Rima got a bit confused in an interview with CI News, about the origins of the Maori song he sung on Saturday. The song Ko Koe Rae was composed by well known singer and artist Sonny Daniels, not Paeru Lindsay. All music was arranged by Jon […]
Shanghai team rewarded
The team who represented the Cook Islands for six months at the World Expo in Shanghai have received an award from Minister of Tourism Teina Bishop. The minister offered his congratulations to the team presenting each of them with a plaque recognising their dedicated representation of the Cook Islands. Elmond Numanga, Kura Taruia, Michael Jonassen […]
Cooking change
Due to the postponement of Christmas in the Park, chef Tim Tierney’s cooking course has been rescheduled. The class was meant to run this afternoon but will instead meet on Monday, December 20, as Tierney is tied up with Christmas in the Park obligations this afternoon. It starts at 6 pm and goes until 9 […]
Revenue the test: Wigmore
Leader of the Opposition, Robert Wigmore, says government’s large expenditure on the public service must be weighed up against the revenue it can generate. He believes government doesn’t generate enough revenue to justify what it spends on the public sector. While the numbers of public servants has not increased significantly since the 1996 reform, government […]
Vendors left out-of-pocket after Xmas show postponed
After preparing plates of food, setting up marquees at BCI Stadium and brightening the place with balloons, dozens of vendors learned on Monday afternoon that Christmas in the Park would be postponed on account of the rain, and reluctantly packed their gear and left. Organiser Tai Connal said that most vendors understood Rotaract’s decision to […]
Rebuild end in sight
The rebuild of the category three homes on Aitutaki is almost finished. If everything goes to plan the entire recovery project will be finished by April. NZAid’s Peter Scantlebury, who is clerk of works on the Aitutaki Recovery Programme is currently in Rarotonga reporting back to the New Zealand High Commission on how the project […]
NZ standard needed – report
Call for equality of core services in the Cooks The New Zealand government should take responsibility for providing its citizens living in the Cook Islands with the same standards of core services including education, health, policing and access to justice, according to the just-released report of the NZ Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee. It […]
SPTO not doing enough: Skews
Turama Pacific Travel Group boss and member of the Cook Island Tourism board, Robert Skews, does not believe that the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) is doing its job. “I see a lot more opportunities for the region than the SPTO is acting on,” Skews said. “SPTO has gone back into its shell and it’s […]
Talking turkey and shooting guns
Rasmussen has new experiences aboard US Coast Guard cutter Sergeant Saungaki Rasmussen tasted turkey for the first time last month, but not at the family dinner table – instead, he was aboard the US Coast Guard (USCG) cutter ‘Rush’, a 115-metre vessel with a helicopter and a crew of 180. Rasmussen was a ‘shiprider’ on […]
TC Idols show their stuff
Move over Raro Idol, Tereora College junior students are in the building! Wannabe T C Idol’s took centre stage at the Princess Anne Hall recently with some promising talent. From cute to shy to loud to downright hilarious, the Year 9 and 10 students made the Princess Anne Hall the place to be. Students showed […]
New solar-powered ATMs
ANZ Cook Islands has unveiled three new solar powered ATMs as part of its ongoing commitment to be carbon neutral. This brings the number of solar-powered ATMs to nine across ANZ’s Pacific business. “ANZ’s solar-powered ATMs give our customers an opportunity to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” ANZ Cook Islands chief executive, David Dennis, […]
Focus on traditional bonds: Temaru
The bond between Polynesian countries may still exist, but it can be stronger and achieve more if the Pacific island countries get themselves organised and focus on shared traditions, such as ocean voyaging, says Speaker of the French Polynesia Assembly Oscar Temaru. Temaru was in Rarotonga for two days to accompany home the three Cook […]
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