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Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
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Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
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Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
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ICI explains road works delay in front of old Sheraton site
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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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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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Tapaitau appeal dismissed
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Challenging ‘rape culture’
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Police testify in rape, burglary trial
Police officers who responded to the burglary and rape crime scenes of February 21 last year testified in a jury trial at the High Court in Rarotonga yesterday.
New tariffs cause a splash: Free water allocation for residents, businesses face higher costs
Residential users will receive 50,000 litres of water per month free under the final water tariff structure announced by To Tatou Vai and commencing October 1, 2024.
Tavioni wants project funds
Mike Tavioni, Te Kura O Te Au candidate for Avatiu-Ruatonga-Palmerston, says if elected he wants to push for $1-2 million to be allocated to his electorate for development funding. The major project under the fund would be to buy Palmerston a fishing boat, he says. Tavioni also wants the fund to support growing for home […]
Philatelic request in
The application to open an onshore philatelic bureau was received by Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) last Friday. The deal has been delayed by a request to have time to attend other matters from the previous owners, Jim and Greta Little. But BTIB has now reported that the application for the US investors to […]
Two couples targeted
Two tourist couples were robbed this week. Both had locked their belongings in the seat of a hired motorbike, and returned after snorkelling to find that everything was gone. One couple was snorkelling at Muri and came back to discover that they had been robbed of $600, a black digital camera, two Dutch passports, an […]
New mental health policy
The Cook Islands’ first ever mental health policy is being drafted by the ministry of health. Dr Rangi Fariu, the director of community health services, said that something is being put together within the ministry at the moment. Next week he will be working with visiting psychiatrist Dr Deva to get the first draft completed […]
Scoring machine Piri one to watch
Fleet footed Tupapa Panthers winger Conrad Piri was the top points scorer at last weekend’s CITC Rarotonga Club sevens competition and will be one player to watch out for at this weekend’s grand finals. Piri was on a points scoring spree last weekend accumulating a total 40 points from three matches. Piri’s 40 points came […]
Top evaluation review
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority Quality Assurance auditors, Pani Bird and Ewen Holstein, recently conducted the second External Evaluation Review (EER) of the Association of Cook Islands Tertiary Institutes (ACITI) managed by the Department for National Human Resources. The review concentrated on evaluating the educational performance and self assessment of ACITI’s programmes delivered through the […]
Bail denied, Tauarea remains in custody
Lavenia Rokoika applied for bail on behalf of her client Roger Tauarea, who is currently in prison. He was paroled in 2008 after serving 10 years of a life sentence, and remanded back into custody after police convicted him of escaping lawful custody and unlawful taking. Rokoika alleged that his “detention for these two long […]
CIT roles filled
CI Tourism gets rid of one role and adds two others Cook Islands Tourism (CIT) had 51 applicants for the 14 roles advertised in CI News in September. All of the roles have now been filled apart from the Trade Development Manager, which has been dropped. Carmel Beattie, CIT chief executive, said that while they […]
Tepaki goes public
Tim Tepaki is going public as the leader of the Te Kura O Te Au movement. He sat down with CI News yesterday to outline and explain the party’s priority policies and its vision for the future of the country. Te Kura O Te Au has confirmed six candidates, and is working ‘in free association’ […]
Turepu launches campaign
Improving the basic needs of people living in Matavera was the main message by Cook Islands Party candidate for Matavera Kiriau Turepu. Turepu launched his election campaign on Wednesday night at his home in Matavera where he shared his dreams for the village with around 80 supporters at the rally. Turepu shared his aim of […]
CIP points to Demo confusion
Cook Islands Party president Rau Nga says the scramble by the Demos over comments made by their president Sean Willis on Radio NZ this week shows confusion and lack of direction in their camp. “Those who heard the broadcast were left in no doubt as to what Willis was saying – in order to pay […]
'Book of lies'
Avatiu candidate Mike Tavioni says the manifestos released by the two main political parties are simply books of lies. “The only books ever published about lies are manifestos. The manifesto is the only book I know of that is dedicated to lies, because they produce the same manifesto year after year. They don’t read it. […]
'Unlawful' activity
CIP MP Norman George claims the Democratic caretaker government has been acting unlawfully. And he’s pointed out that Deputy Prime Minister and Titikaveka candidate Robert Wigmore may be trying to influence voters in his electorate with some of government’s recent actions. George is concerned that government is making decisions when in caretaker mode leading up […]
Paddling for political upgrade
Passersby stopped for a second look at Tim Arnold recently as he sat in his kayak in puddles beside the road. The Tupapa-Maraerenga independent candidate, with his son O’deniel also onboard, was making a point about the ongoing problems of flooding on Rarotonga roads, especially in his electorate, every time it rained. “These are the […]
Youth deprived of investment: Arnold
The withdrawal of funding for a youth parliament in favour of an orientation course for new MPs has been criticised by independent political candidate Tim Arnold. The flamboyant contender for the Tupapa-Maraerenga electorate says he was dismayed to learn from Democratic Party vice-president Karla Eggelton that government has decided to transfer the youth parliament budget […]
Wigmore shares manifesto insights
Democratic Party leader Robert Wigmore launched the party’s manifesto saying it needs the people to share the responsibility for finding the right direction for the country. He said the party could not do it alone but ‘together anything is possible.’ On Tuesday the party announced its election pledges as it vies to govern for another […]
Chinese tractors, diggers assembled
The 25 new tractors provided through a $1 million People’s Republic of China grant are this week being assembled at the Avatiu wharf area. One of the 3-tonne Jinma 704 tractors will go to each of the 24 electorates in the Cook Islands and one will remain with the Ministry of Agriculture. The ministry has […]
Small boat regulations reviewed
Proposed regulations for small boats in the Cook Islands are being reviewed by industry professionals and authority representatives. The proposed seas safety regulations have been developed over the last three years, and staff from the ministries of marine resources and transport are seeking final feedback from small boat owners, operators, crew, and others involved in […]
TV poles safe, stable: engineer
Concerns about the stability and safety of large timber poles erected around Rarotonga for a proposed new television service are unfounded and residents need not worry, engineer Des Eggelton says. Eggelton – who is a Registered Engineering Associate (REA) – said although the 20m high poles were “ugly”, they “won’t move in 100 years”. His […]
Mangaia fire finally out
On Tuesday morning a team of 11 managed to put out a fire that had been burning in Mangaia since last Thursday. According to tourism and culture officer Taoi Nooroa, police suspect that the fire was started either by a burning cigarette or a small, untended bonfire sparked the blaze. Nooroa, who was part of […]
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