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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.
Mauke's Tura proposes wage increase
A wage increase, across the board, to accommodate the high cost of living on Mauke, is being proposed by the island’s newly elected candidate Tai Tura. He said he would like to see the take-home pay for all workers rise to offset rising costs they are faced with. Tura, of the Cook Islands Party, received […]
Matenga blames 'underhand tactics'
Teariki Matenga, who ran as independent in Titikaveka, puts at least some of the blame for his loss on underhand tactics used by candidates from the Cook Islands Party and Democratic Party. Matenga believes that when committee members travel to the homes of voters and ferry them to and from the polling station, they would […]
Sir Geoffrey vows to keep CIP together
Former CIP leader says he will fight off any attempts to split the party Former CIP leader Sir Geoffrey Henry has vowed he will thwart any attempt to split the party before it can form a new government. “I am determined that Prime Minister elect Henry Puna and his team will have a successful term […]
Parliament before PM says Rasmussen
Attorney general Wilkie Rasmussen says the assertion that CIP leader Henry Puna could be sworn in as Prime Minister before a sitting of parliament is misleading and wrong. Rasmussen issued a statement yesterday saying he was concerned at CI News reports that Puna could meet and advise Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin to form a […]
Puna confident of being PM
CIP waits for final results before new PM sworn in The Cook Islands Party will wait for the final election result to be announced this week before its leader Henry Puna attempts to be sworn in as the new prime minister. It is understood that Puna had been keen to have the ceremony take place […]
Combined reasons for Demo demise
Cook Islands Party (CIP) vice-president Mark Brown says failure to capture the youth vote, the Toagate financial scandal and party divisiveness all contributed to the demise of the Democratic Party at the polls. He says the CIP recognised “the youth vote is a different category to others and it was important to capture the youth […]
Mauke harbour submissions considered
Submissions are being considered on a proposed harbour upgrade at Mauke, for which the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) is calling for construction tenders. The ministry plans to upgrade the Taunganui and Omutu Harbours in Mauke and Mitiaro at an estimated collective cost of $3.8 million. Expressions of interest for the work are being […]
Stranding investigation continues
An investigation into the stranding of Taio Shipping’s largest cargo boat on Mauke’s reef is expected to be completed within the next few weeks, all going well, Ministry of Transport director of marine Ned Howard says. Howard and the ministry’s maritime training centre tutor manager Steve Simpson have been investigating how and why the Te […]
Bishop raring to get started
Teina Bishop can’t wait to get back into parliament. Bishop is the only Cook Islands Party candidate on Aitutaki who has held office before. He was first elected in 1999 and has now survived four elections, having polled 168 votes against independent candidate JJ Browne’s 61 and Te Kura O Te Au’s May Kavana’s 72 […]
Unity essential in sport
The Kamakaze Bullets head into tonight’s open men’s touch games as the outright leaders in the competition with 10 points on the table. In second place with seven points are the Atiu Warriors, Flying Ducks, Vikings and Rama. The Kamakaze Bullets will take on the Germinators while the group sitting pretty on 6 points will […]
Winner has 'fun' in rough seas
A rough sea with 2.5 metre swells and strong winds was overall women’s V1 and OC1 12km race winner Jane McKee’s idea of fun. “That was so much fun!” said McKee as she crossed the finish line in a time of 1:26:38 in her OC1 Pueo canoe. McKee won both the V1 and master women’s […]
Burglars target Vaimaanga
Vaimaanga was targeted by burglars at the weekend, with one resident disturbing a burglar on Friday night. The occupants of the two-storey home locked up before going upstairs to sleep and heard someone downstairs breaking in. When they turned on the lights the burglar got frightened and fled. Police said the burglar used a cutting […]
Motorcycle theft on rise
Vehicle theft has been on rise this month with 13 motorcycles reported missing, although police say they have recovered six. Police say circumstances vary from case to case but suggest that commonsense be used. They said reports show some bikes are parked in dark areas, have no ignition and wires are crossed to start the […]
'Slap in the face' for party
The CIP landslide in Aitutaki demonstrated that Te Kura O Te Au party did not have the popular support they had hoped for. A Te Kura O Te Au candidate ran in each of the three constituencies on the island. May Kavana ran in the Arutanga-Reureu-Nikaupara constituency and polled 72 of a possible 354 votes. […]
Pickering in shock over Demo loss
Winning Oneroa MP Winton Pickering says that while he’s pleased to have been re-elected, he and his fellow Demo candidates are “obviously quite shocked with the overall (election) results”. And in response to the question of why the public voted CIP, he said: “That’s a hard question – we’re still sitting down trying to figure […]
Hoteliers told to do more
Hoteliers on the Cook Islands are not doing enough to maintain their online reputations, according to Trip Advisor’s Jim Brody. New Yorker Brody was the keynote speaker at Cook Islands Tourism’s Forum at the Edgewater Resort on Friday. He said that from unique visits to Trip Advisor in October, 166,389 looked at Cook Islands pages […]
Tuara assesses political future
Independent Murienua candidate Angeline Tuara is assessing whether to remain politically active after losing the battle to represent Murienua in parliament. Tuara – a former member of both the Cook Islands Party and Democratic Party – stood as an independent candidate for the first time in this election. She received 49 of the 408 votes […]
Maoate blames infighting
Terepai Maoate Junior blames internal problems in the Democratic Party for his loss in the General Election. Maoate, who was first elected in 2004, lost the Amuri-Ureia seat in Aitutaki to the Cook Islands Party’s Toanui Isamaela. The preliminary results show that Maoate lost the seat with 106 votes to Isamaela’s 140. He put the […]
Henry back on Tuesday
Cook Island party leader Henry Puna is set to return from Manihiki to Rarotonga by Tuesday and proceed to form the new government. “We will have to be patient and await the final results of the election before we can move with certainty to form the new government. Obviously the appointment of cabinet is an […]
Performance raises awareness
About 120 Rarotonga primary school pupils are involved in a performance competition organised by the Cook Islands Red Cross and Ministry of Education to raise awareness about climate change. Red Cross climate change officer Tim Nubono began an awareness programme in schools at the beginning of the year, and recently decided to incorporate his passion […]
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