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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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24 September 2024
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23 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
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23 September 2024
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Inflation eases but concerns remain
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Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
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10 August 2024
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Everyone is a winner, says Culture
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Local women outshine global peers in business leadership
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Housing crisis hits tourism industry
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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.
St Joseph's school honours students
St Joseph’s School grade six students were honoured for a year’s worth of achievements with a thanksgiving mass on Wednesday at the St Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral. Merit certificates were handed out during the ceremony followed by a lunch at the school for parents and students. The ceremony was filled with song and joy as students […]
Police want case revisited
The Cook Islands Police are in the process of appealing a JP decision made back in May of this year. On May 20, JP Tangi Taoro sentenced Travel Tangatapoto to five months in prison after he pleaded guilty to assault on a female and an unlawfully found charge. During the May hearing, police highlighted that […]
Support to extend Protocol
The Cook Islands is standing its ground at the United Nations climate change convention in Mexico calling for an extension to the Kyoto Protocol, which ends in 2012. The Protocol, aimed at fighting global warming, is named after the Japanese city where it was adopted in 1997. So far 191 countries have committed to the […]
Matavera fundraiser for fire family
The community of Matavera is today fundraising at the Atukura grounds in support of young couple Amara Tutakiau and Cheryl Tomokino, whose home burned last month. From 10am, community members will be selling plates of food behind the Office of the Prime Minister and at mid-day, they will be hosting a radiothon which will last […]
Last call for Xmas shipping
Those hoping to send last-minute Christmas gifts to family and friends in the outer islands should act fast, because a number of delivery vessels are shipping out soon. Taio Shipping vessel MV Maungaroa will be servicing the southern group islands and departs on Monday. She is now in Mauke but will be back in Rarotonga […]
Animal options for Xmas cheers
Need a friend around the house to keep you on your toes? The Esther Honey Clinic in Nikao has cats, kittens and dogs that need a home. At the moment the clinic has around 30 kittens and a handful of cats most of which are hospital cases and strays. The clinic is currently treating three […]
Recognising hard work at Nikao
Nikao Primary school students were covered in eis at their prize giving on Tuesday at the Nikao Cook Islands Christian Church hall. The ceremony was opened with a prayer followed by students belting out the school song. School principal Rairi Rairi welcomed parents and guests in his opening speech followed by a short speech by […]
New ambassador to visit
The new Chinese Ambassador Xu Jianguo will arrive in Rarotonga on Sunday to present his credentials to Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin the following day. It is understood he will also pay courtesy calls on Prime Minister Henry Puna and members of the new cabinet. Jianguo replaces former ambassador Zhang Limin, who had been the […]
More NZ books heading to Atiu
The ‘Books for Cooks’ project driven by two students at St Cuthbert’s College in Auckland is sending another load of books to Atiu. St Cuthbert’s student liaison officer Ann Saunders said that students Clare Hood and Joy Walpole encouraged classmates to bring books from home to donate to Atiuan schoolchildren, and packed the books into […]
Enuamanu School holds prize giving
The Enuamanu School 2010 year prize giving was held at the CICC hall on Tuesday with parents and guardians in attendance for the annual presentations. The first speaker of the day was principal of the school Nooroa Teipo. He announced that Syaka Tairi will be the new deputy principal for the 2011 year as current […]
Health inspections begin for villages
The two week Tutaka (village health inspection) began on Monday and will run until next Friday. Public Health has made one change to the tutaka – this time it has not told the public the order in which the inspection teams will visit each village. Around 25 staff from the ministry are trying to beat […]
Renewed call for antibiotics caution
Shannon Saunders, Pharmacist for CITC, says that we need to be more careful in the way we use antibiotics. Saunders says that it’s important that people don’t pressurise doctors to prescribe antibiotics – which come from a perception that antibiotics are a quick fix for everything. There are a lot of illnesses that antibiotics don’t […]
Superannuation case 'very interesting'
CINSF claims local businesses not paying their contributions The Cook Islands National Superannuation Fund (CINSF) again appeared before the high court last week to follow up on claims it laid against a number of local businesses that have not paid their contributions to the fund. But what Justice Christine Grice called “a very interesting case”, […]
Youth making a difference
Pacific Youth Council Treasurer, Jacque Koroi was honoured as the runner up National Volunteer of the Year at the UN International Volunteer Day awards held in Suva on Monday. “Jacque is one that does not say no when it comes to volunteering for any youth activity or programme be it a workshop, clean up campaign, […]
Pa Ariki home to welcome son back
Pa Ariki farewelled her son, Sam Napa Jnr, nine months ago in Auckland as one of the crew on vaka Marumaru Atua, which was built in New Zealand. She has not seen her son since then and did not want to miss welcoming him back, this time from Tahiti. After reaching Rarotonga from New Zealand […]
Stolen signs found in hedge
Sam Crocombe of Raro Safari Tours can’t understand why anyone would go to the trouble to steal a sign. On Thursday night his Safari Tours sign was stolen from the front of his business across from the Punanga Nui marketplace. Later, relatives rang him to tell him that his sign was sitting in an Upper […]
Rakahanga petition questions 3 votes
CIP candidate Toka Hagai is challenging the election of the Democratic Party’s Taunga Toka as MP of Rakahanga. In the electoral petition filed in the High Court last week by lawyer Paul Lynch, Hagai alleges three voters were not qualified to vote. It is alleged that three of the voters left Rakahanga for Rarotonga and […]
Petition planning underway
Second meeting today for parties involved in electoral petitions Chief Justice Tom Weston will hold a second meeting with the parties involved in the four electoral petitions at the Ministry of Justice today. The CIP has filed one electoral petition for Rakahanga, the Democratic Party has filed two petitions – one for Mangaia’s Tamarua seat […]
Ingram book donation
The Cook Islands Library and Museum Society has received its largest single donation of books ever this month from the estate of the late Vincent Ingram. Today the society is honouring the former cabinet minister and lawyer with a special ceremony to acknowledge the gift of 58 cartons of books. Reading was one of the […]
CIT aims to promote sustainable growth
At the moment Cook Islands Tourism (CIT) does not play a part in policing the way tourist operators develop – but chief executive, Carmel Beattie, says that they aim to make their accreditation scheme more robust and meaningful after talks about how it will work with government. This comes in light of calls by Te […]
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