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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.
PM opens up on priorities
Henry Puna answers questions on key issues and concerns Prime Minister Henry Puna met with Cook Islands News yesterday to discuss his cabinet’s top priorities for the coming year – and map out some of the actions they are planning. After many months of infighting and disputes from the previous Democratic Party government, Puna says […]
4000 tonnes of fish exported
The Ministry of Marine Resources estimates that 4000 tonnes of fish was caught in the northern fisheries in 2010. Total fish exports were valued at $3.1 million in 2009-10, and made up more than half (54 per cent) of all Cook Islands exports that financial year. The northern fishing fleet has 34 vessels and lands […]
Some sister act!
Twins Rima and Kura Moeka’a live and learn loving their culture It takes being away from home to really appreciate your culture. This is according to twins Rima and Kura Moeka’a who are back home on holiday over this festive season. The 19-year-olds have just completed their first year of university studies in New Zealand […]
CIIC clears up spending on minister's office
The Cook Islands Investment Corporation has refuted claims that $120,000 is being spent to renovate new Finance Minister Mark Brown’s office. The old OMIA office building adjacent to the Office of the Prime Minister was apparently already undergoing extensive renovations before the minister asked to use it for his office. CIIC acting chief executive Anne […]
Report calls for NZ standards in health, education, law and order
The Inquiry into New Zealand’s Relationships with South Pacific countries delivered far-reaching recommendations to the New Zealand government. The first recommendation is to improve key services on the islands by bringing health, education and law and order up to the same standards as New Zealand. The report found that the size of the public service […]
'Decolonisation has failed'
A report into the relationship between the Cook Islands and New Zealand has given a damning assessment of what they call ‘the decolonisation experiment’. The report entitled Inquiry into New Zealand’s Relationships with South Pacific countries was delivered to the New Zealand House of Representatives in December. It states, “There needs to be an acknowledgement […]
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 […]
French president to attend Pacific Games
NOUMA, January 7 – French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office has earlier this week announced a Presidential visit to New Caledonia in late July 2011 for the official opening of the Pacific Games, this year hosted in the French Pacific territory. The visit would be the first to the Pacific for the French head of state, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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