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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.
Island night
Te Korero Maori dance troupe is hosting an island night fundraiser on Saturday, October 23 at the Golf Club. Tickets are $40 each, the price of which includes a buffet meal and a dance performance by Te Korero Maori with a live band. Andre Tapena will be performing with guest artists Uirangi Bishop, Mere Darling, […]
Faithful flock to listen
Hundreds of Cook Islands church-goers made the most of an international perspective this week, attending up to eight sessions with Auckland-based pastors Paul and Maree de Jong during the Assemblies of God conference in Takuvaine. The LIFE church founders and senior pastors were invited to speak at this year’s conference, for what was their first […]
Booklet of broken promises
The Group for Political Change’s (GPC) next move is to publish a booklet which will detail the promises on reform made and then broken by MPs, and what the MPs said in response to the findings of the Commission of Political Review. The 1998 report ‘Reforming the Political System of the Cook Islands’ was commissioned […]
CIP goes online
The Cook Islands Party’s new website will be online this week featuring its full manifesto and a range of interactive sections. CIP media coordinator William Numanga says they wanted to create an online community that will promote the party and its policies to Cook Islanders here and abroad. “It’s not just to promote information, but […]
Women's record set
In the Western League of the Edgewater Women’s competition Telecom High Performance player and Arorangi 1 captain Diana Tamaiva was putting on a show for spectators as she smashed a record high score (77 runs) – ably assisted by teammate Margret Dean (45 not out). Leanne Brown was also in good form for Arorangi as […]
Pre-election report
The Ministry of Finance released the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update report which it was required to make public yesterday. The document provides the general public with information on the state of the economy and government’s financial position. The report should now be available on the MFEM website (www.mfem.gov.ck) and hard copies were being printed […]
Scouts prepare for jamboree
Cook Islands boy scouts honed their skills at a two-day training camp in Avarua during the weekend, in preparation for the 19th New Zealand scout jamboree in December. 12 scouts aged between 11 and 15 years took part in the camp at St Joseph’s School, where they practiced pitching tents, marching, cooking, and tying knots. […]
TAU grant for sirens
Tsunami warning sirens are set to be installed throughout the Cook Islands in coming months, following a $200,000 grant from state-owned power company Te Aponga Uira O Tumutevarovaro to Emergency Management Cook Islands yesterday. The grant was a suggestion made to Te Aponga by government last year, after the tsunami which affected parts of Western […]
Is this your dog?
Someone from near Muri has lost the brown dog pictured below – it has been staying with tourists in Muri for over two weeks, and Esther Honey is appealing for the dog’s owners to come forward. They said the tourists have asked for the dog to be shipped to them in New Zealand if no […]
Tepaki unhappy with Arnold
Chairperson for the Te Kura O Te Au steering committee Tepaki (Tim) Tepaki takes issue with independent Tupapa candidate Tim Arnold’s campaign advertisement in which he kicks an old car, likening it to the Cook Islands government. Tepaki said he believes that the advertisement “belittles” past governments, and implies that they were responsible for the […]
No disaster day events
The Cook Islands is not actively participating in today’s International Day for Disaster Reduction due to other commitments. Emergency Management Cook Islands director Charles Carlson said the annual day had previously been observed in the country, with initiatives including educational television broadcasts and school activities. Pressure on EMCI staff to implement other programmes meant no […]
Reform not political football: CIP
The Cook Islands Party believes the improvement of the political system should be based on wide consultation with all Cook Islanders. Party leader Henry Puna says political reform is an important issue, but the CIP doesn’t agree with it being used for ‘campaign’ purposes. At the launch of the CIP campaign last week, CI News […]
Business mentors back
The business mentors are back on Rarotonga and ready to take on 15 new businesses. “Mentors have met again with the various businesses they were allocated with in the first round,” said Teresa Manarangi-Trott of the Chamber of Commerce. “There were 20 originally. Now we have allocated a further round of businesses which want to […]
Health awareness for mothers
An awareness programme about the health of mothers and their babies started yesterday. The launch of Cook Islands Family Welfare Association’s (CIFWA) new project took place at Pue Clinic’s fortnightly mother and baby clinic which is held Tuesdays from 10am to midday. CIFWA brought in public health nurse Tearuru Takai to talk to mothers and […]
Children the priority
The children of the Pacific region must be the ultimate and primary beneficiary of whatever regional and national efforts to deliver quality education and training services. Speaking during the opening of the 8th Forum Education Ministers Meeting in Port Moresby, Deputy Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Feleti Teo said the education ministers […]
Island night fundraiser
Te Korero Maori dance troupe is hosting an island night fundraiser on Saturday, October 23 at the Golf Club. Members are selling tickets for $40 each, the price of which includes a buffet meal and a dance performance by Te Korero Maori with a live band. Andre Tapena will be performing with guest artists Uirangi […]
Equal roles needed
Women and men need to be equally represented in governance and leadership roles just as they are in population, Mangaia community leader Tuaine Tuara believes. Tuara yesterday spoke at the seventh National Women’s Conference being held at Sinai Hall in Rarotonga. As a former island secretary and member of various community groups and organisations, she […]
First stamps arrive
This year’s first new stamps have arrived on Rarotonga and were being cleared by customs yesterday. The stamps are being supplied for free to the Post Office by the new owners of the US company that has been given the rights to print and sell Cook Islands stamps – Philatelic Collectors Inc. Jules Maher, chief […]
Learn from Rarotonga
Manihiki womens council president Mama Faiterau Makira believes young women from outer islands can learn a lot from those in Rarotonga. The northern group island community leader is taking part in this week’s seventh National Women’s Conference being held at Sinai Hall. She travelled to Rarotonga with two other Manihiki women, partly to expose them […]
Take more leadership roles
Cook Islands women need to continue involving themselves in leadership roles throughout society, a delegation of community representatives was told yesterday. Women, and men, from across the Cook Islands have gathered in Rarotonga for the seventh National Women’s Conference being held at Sinai Hall this week. Cook Islands National Council of Women acting president Frances […]
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