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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.
MP challenges petition
The Cook Islands Party has this week filed notice in the High Court of a counter-petition for the seat of Tamarua. CIP MP Pukeiti Pukeiti won the Mangaia seat by just one vote. Demo candidate Andy Matapo has challenged the election of Pukeiti – his petition alleges that two voters were not qualified to vote […]
Hundreds anxiously await NCEA results
More than 500 secondary students are now anxiously awaiting their exam results which are due out next month. According to the Ministry of Education, the results will probably be available from late January. Students can then check their NCEA results online at www.nzqa.govt.nz using the personal login given to them by their school. Over the […]
Group lobbying McCully over NZ superannuation
A local group lobbying for NZ superannuation to be collectible in the Cook Islands is hoping visiting NZ Foreign Affairs minister Murray McCully will take up the cause to address the ‘arbitrary, unjust and discriminatory’ conditions of entitlement to the benefit. The ‘NZ Superannuation Lobby Group’ has battled for 17 years to highlight the plight […]
Fundraiser for young sailor's Sydney trip
A sail-a-thon fundraiser is being planned for Monday, December 27 at Muri beach for Rarotonga Sailing Club open champion sailor Eseta Ailaouamaua. The 12-year-old sailing champion has been invited to the Australian Optimist Championships in Sydney next month and due to her late call up – the Rarotonga Sailing Club are banding together to support […]
Shipping schedule subject to weather
Pacific Direct Line/Pacific Forum Line and Reef Shipping have issued their upcoming shipping schedules, though at this stage they are still subject to weather conditions. Meteorologists predict that between nine and 12 cyclones will hit the Pacific region this season – a forecast that, if accurate, might affect shipping schedules, as both international lines that […]
Makisi to perform tomorrow
Well known New Zealand tenor Ben Fifita Makisi (pictured) performs tomorrow evening at Crown Beach. Oceans Restaurant will be hosting his $100-per-ticket show, during which he will be performing a number of opera classics. The price includes a pre-dinner glass of bubbly and canaps and a three-course dinner prepared by the team at Windjammer Restaurant. […]
Taiwanese book dedicated to Crocombe
A Taiwanese academic has dedicated his latest book to the late Professor Ron Crocombe. The book ‘Austronesia Peoples and Countries: Taiwan and the Pacific Islands’, by Paichuan Tsai, carries the dedication: ‘Dedicated to (the) late Dr Ron Crocombe, The Father of the Pacific Studies. And my Parents in Heaven.’ Tsai said he had met Prof […]
CIP wives bring Xmas cheer
The Prime Minister’s wife Akaiti Puna took the CIP MP’s wives on a visit to the Creative Centre and the Are Pa Metua yesterday where they treated the members to Christmas carols and gifts. The events are part of Puna’s vision to get the wives more involved in community groups and activities. After singing Christmas […]
Minister arriving for four day visit
NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully arrives in Rarotonga this afternoon for a four day visit to hold talks with the new Cook Islands Party government. The visit comes just days after the NZ Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee submitted its report into NZ’s relationship with South Pacific Countries. Prime Minister Henry Puna has […]
Cyclone risk still low: NIWA
New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has just released another weather bulletin for the Pacific, which reiterates some of the messages it has disseminated already. The bulletin predicts that the heavy rainfall the region has been experiencing will continue in coming months. It points out that the average region-wide rainfall for […]
42 tonnes of e-waste collected
Forty two tonnes of e-waste will be shipped off the island shortly and head to New Zealand for processing. The Southern Express is scheduled to arrive on December 23. When it leaves it will take with it seven containers and two palettes full of e-waste. Organisers of the recent eDay e-waste collection originally estimated that […]
Cousins promises to return
She’s been a teacher and friend to many during her three years at Tereora College and now it’s time for goodbye. Charlotte Cousins moved from Dunedin to Rarotonga in 2008 and has since fallen in love with the island, the environment and the people. “I’ve been so charmed by the staff and the students and […]
Idol song
In his excitement after winning Raro Idol 2010, Emile Rima got a bit confused in an interview with CI News, about the origins of the Maori song he sung on Saturday. The song Ko Koe Rae was composed by well known singer and artist Sonny Daniels, not Paeru Lindsay. All music was arranged by Jon […]
Shanghai team rewarded
The team who represented the Cook Islands for six months at the World Expo in Shanghai have received an award from Minister of Tourism Teina Bishop. The minister offered his congratulations to the team presenting each of them with a plaque recognising their dedicated representation of the Cook Islands. Elmond Numanga, Kura Taruia, Michael Jonassen […]
Cooking change
Due to the postponement of Christmas in the Park, chef Tim Tierney’s cooking course has been rescheduled. The class was meant to run this afternoon but will instead meet on Monday, December 20, as Tierney is tied up with Christmas in the Park obligations this afternoon. It starts at 6 pm and goes until 9 […]
Revenue the test: Wigmore
Leader of the Opposition, Robert Wigmore, says government’s large expenditure on the public service must be weighed up against the revenue it can generate. He believes government doesn’t generate enough revenue to justify what it spends on the public sector. While the numbers of public servants has not increased significantly since the 1996 reform, government […]
Vendors left out-of-pocket after Xmas show postponed
After preparing plates of food, setting up marquees at BCI Stadium and brightening the place with balloons, dozens of vendors learned on Monday afternoon that Christmas in the Park would be postponed on account of the rain, and reluctantly packed their gear and left. Organiser Tai Connal said that most vendors understood Rotaract’s decision to […]
Rebuild end in sight
The rebuild of the category three homes on Aitutaki is almost finished. If everything goes to plan the entire recovery project will be finished by April. NZAid’s Peter Scantlebury, who is clerk of works on the Aitutaki Recovery Programme is currently in Rarotonga reporting back to the New Zealand High Commission on how the project […]
NZ standard needed – report
Call for equality of core services in the Cooks The New Zealand government should take responsibility for providing its citizens living in the Cook Islands with the same standards of core services including education, health, policing and access to justice, according to the just-released report of the NZ Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee. It […]
SPTO not doing enough: Skews
Turama Pacific Travel Group boss and member of the Cook Island Tourism board, Robert Skews, does not believe that the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) is doing its job. “I see a lot more opportunities for the region than the SPTO is acting on,” Skews said. “SPTO has gone back into its shell and it’s […]
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