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Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
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Cook Islands has its first mosque
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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
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6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
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5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
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Australia and Cook Islands to sign MoU, strengthen maritime security partnership
Cook Islands and Australia are in the process of finalising an enhanced Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will strengthen Australia’s support for Te Kukupa II operations and bolster regional security efforts.
Punanga Turuturu Itivaine set to make a positive impact
Punanga Turuturu Itivaine (PTI), the women’s counselling and support centre for survivors of gender based violence (GBV) and abuse, responded to 11 calls for assistance during the festive season.
No fees for taskforce
None of the private sector members on the new Economic Development Summit Taskforce are being paid for serving on a think tank that’s charged with identifying how best to grow the nation’s economy. Office of the prime minister policy director and taskforce member Liz Koteka says some funding in the OPM budget has been set […]
Mining specialist meets PM
Manganese nodules are back on the government drawing board. Businessman Richard Barton last week set up a meeting for a mining company representative with new Prime Minister Henry Puna, reportedly to discuss the country’s manganese nodule resource. Barton has been working on a joint venture with Canadian company Endeavour Mining which first put its grandiose […]
Kitesurfing event attracts world interest
Plans for the inaugural Cook Islands Kitesurfing Competition are starting to take shape, and the event is generating interest worldwide. Many believe the event will open the world’s eyes to Aitutaki’s potential as a kitesurfing holiday destination, and Aitutaki businessman Mike Henry is one of them. Henry is heavily involved in organising the June competition […]
Climate drives ciguatera fish poisoning in Rarotonga
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (CFP) is a human illness commonly characterised by gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms caused by eating reef fishes that have ingested toxic microscopic organisms (ciguatoxic dinoflagellates). Although research into CFP has been extensive over the last 40 years, factors that trigger outbreaks of CFP remain poorly understood. Local scientist Teina Rongo, a Ph.D. […]
Dream becomes reality for chef
What a thrill for Andrew and I to see a past pupil now realising his childhood dream. You see when Teraitua Cuthers Boxhoorn was 11-years-old he said he was going to run a restaurant and his best friend Patrick Meyer was going to work for him. Patrick laughed at that notion then and seven years […]
New phone book out soon
Telecom Cook Islands’ new telephone directory for 2011 will be distributed around the country from the end of the month. The book is probably one of the most widely read in any community, and this year it will be distributed to each business and residential home bearing an image of two children using ‘coconut wireless’ […]
Chef attributes success to local people
New Zealand chef Robert Oliver can hardly contain his enthusiasm – his cookbook ‘Me’a Kai: The Food and the Flavours of the South Pacific’ is on the shortlist of four to win Best Cookbook in the World. But he and co-writers Tracy Berno and Shiri Ram do not claim the success as their own – […]
Fishing licence audit completed
Marine Resources confirms the completion of the long-awaited audit report into the controversial arrangement the former government entered into with Northern Cook Islands Fishing Company Ltd when it granted the company 16 commercial fishing licenses in 2008. An Audit Office investigation into the matter was requested by former Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) secretary Ian […]
New home for PIAF
The Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation has moved to new offices and staff want to make sure that everyone knows where they are. “We are open from 8am to 5pm and anyone can drop in and get information or free condoms,” said Operations Manager Ann Raymond. The move to the new office in Atupa happened after […]
Community to celebrate loan repayment
A $50,000 loan taken out with the Bank of the Cook Islands three years ago to renovate the Ngatangiia/Matavera Clubhouse has been fully repaid. The community will be celebrating that achievement tonight at the facility that all in Ngatangiia and Matavera can now really call “ours”. The original building was extensively damaged during the five […]
Pacific Resort Aitutaki makes top 10
Pacific Resort Aitutaki has been chosen as one of the Top 10 Luxury Resorts in the South Pacific and Top 10 Resorts for Romance in the South Pacific by TripAdvisor in its 2011 Travelers’ Choice awards. “We are absolutely delighted and honoured to receive these prestigious awards”, says Greg Stanaway, chief executive officer for Pacific […]
Little Poly ranked 3rd by TripAdvisor
The intimacy of the Little Polynesian Resort has been recognised in the 2011 TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice awards as one of the Top 10 Resort for Romance in the South Pacific. The awards announced this week ranked the Little Polynesian the third best resort in this category. “It is such a great honour to be named […]
Avid angler backs bonefishery
Avid fly angler Carl McNeil is eager to spread the word about Aitutaki’s bonefishery. His company, On The Fly Productions, has started work on a film called Itu’s Bones, featuring bonefishing guide Itu Davey, and expects to finish producing the documentary later this year. McNeil said he chose Davey as the subject of his film […]
Bonefishing management planned
To protect and conserve the Aitutaki and Manuae bonefish stocks, the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) last year drafted a set of regulations that the Queen’s Representative signed into force on October 27. The bonefish management plan goes into effect next month, and MMR plans to launch a public awareness campaign in the weeks leading […]
Heather to tour NZ waste facilities
Infrastructure Minister Teariki Heather will launch a new waste management initiative next week in the lead up to his NZ funded tour of waste and sanitation schemes that could be used as models for Rarotonga and Aitutaki. Heather’s delegation will visit NZ officials and tour waste facilities in Rotorua, Wairoa, Opotiki and Gisborne in the […]
Minister seeks top man for Finsec job
Government hopes to appoint a new Financial Secretary by the end of February, according to the new Minister of Finance Mark Brown. He says there have been ongoing discussions with NZ government following its offer to assist government in the appointment of a new Finsec. As part of this assistance, NZ may be prepared to […]
Nukutere back to school first
Nukutere College students will get straight into their studies when school starts for them this Monday – while the majority of schools across the Cooks return on Wednesday. School principal Donna Nahu says that starting school on Monday rather than Wednesday mean’s that students get straight back into the routine of a full week of […]
Declining roll a concern
The declining Cook Islands population is being reflected in the national school roll which has been falling gradually since 1997 – an estimated 1104 less children will start the 2011 school year. Education secretary Sharon Paio says any decline in population is “…obviously a concern to the Ministry of Education because it places further constraints […]
Recycling 'a labour of love'
Caryn Chilwell and Brian Freeth sustain Rarotonga Recyclers as a “labour of love”, they said yesterday – and labour it is, as it can take up to 500 hours to load a container bound for New Zealand with scrap metal. The enterprise is privately funded, and Caryn and Brian keep the venture going because they […]
'The Cook Islands has not failed'
Former Minister of Finance and Economic Management Wilkie Rasmussen challenges the conclusions of the Hayes Report, which analysed the relationship between New Zealand and the Cook Islands and was delivered to the New Zealand government last December. “The Hayes Report prompts debate on fundamental questions of de-colonisation, sovereignty of the Cook Islands as a nation […]
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