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Starlink users face mandatory shift to new service
The satellite internet provider, Starlink has mandated that users with New Zealand-based Starlink accounts must switch to Cook Islands Starlink accounts, a change expected to impact connectivity and lower subscription costs for residents.
Outdated Compensation Ordinance still under review
The outdated Workers Compensation Ordinance 1964 is still in its reviewing process with the National Workers’ Compensation Policy (including Employers’ Liability Insurance) final draft 2019, also calling for the ordinance to be updated.
Emergency services review at hospital
Emergency specialist Bernard Fauke is reviewing emergency services at Rarotonga Hospital. His report will map out how the service can be overhauled to come closer to New Zealand standards. Fauke works for Waitemata District Health Board in New Zealand, where he is emergency specialist for two hospitals. He has also worked at Middlemore Hospital in […]
Missing man's wife seeks answers
Rex Fearon, 41, was reported missing last Wednesday after falling overboard from Wild Goose, a 14-metre yacht that was not yet two days into its journey from Rarotonga to Opua, Northland. A 390sq km search involving an RNZAF Orion, the Forum Pacific container ship and a French naval aircraft was unsuccessful, and called off after […]
Cell stays on Mangaia
Mangaia will permanently retain the cellular site located in the village of Oneroa, established for coverage by visitors during the solar eclipse earlier this year. Telecom Cook Islands shipped communications equipment specifically manufactured for rural locations to the southern group island as a trial during the July eclipse. It was assumed at the time that […]
Pai's number one supporter
Lady Marito Maoate has spent 27 years backing Ngatangiia Independent candidate and MP Sir Terepai Maoate’s political career. She says it’s thanks to her husband that she took such a keen interest in community work over the years. She is well known for her contribution to Ngatangiia’s CICC, sports teams, and community groups and services. […]
Many take free diabetes check
The Ministry of Health is continuing its public awareness programme for diabetes – the Cook Islands’ leading health concern. Free weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar level checks were made at two temporary health stations established in Avarua yesterday. By midday more than 40 people had been assessed in terms of their risk of developing […]
More landlines for Nassau
Nassau residents are celebrating having more landlines thanks to Telecom Cook Islands (TCI). Following the installation of the new telephone exchange and the laying of underground cables, Nassau now has 18 more homes with telephones. These telephones are Kia Orana card phones where a Kia Orana card must be purchased to enable customer to make […]
Pacific nurses meet
Leadership, disaster preparedness and ways to strengthen regional standards will be among the themes at the South Pacific Nurses’ Forum in Auckland this week. More than 300 nursing leaders from 12 Pacific nations are at a four-day forum at Auckland’s Aotea Centre. The forum’s theme is “Nurses at the helm: Steering health across the Pacific”. […]
Westpac calls for Christmas giving
Westpac Cook Islands is encouraging local businesses to become involved in its annual Community Giving Tree appeal. For the second consecutive year, the bank is facilitating the donation of Christmas gifts to Rarotongan children deemed disadvantaged in some way. To date about 40 of the 140 children registered anonymously through the initiative have been selected […]
NCEA exams start this week
Over the next two weeks 533 students across seven schools will be sitting National Certificate of Education Achievement (NCEA) exams. Tomorrow one student will sit the scholarship Maths with Statistics exam, but level 1 to 3 exams begin Sunday. NCEA exams are three hours long and are held in the mornings at 10.30am and the […]
SIR TEREPAI MAOATE breaks his silence
Kia Orana to my fellow Cook Islanders, As a politician of some 27 years I have adopted and applied the principles and oath of my medical training to the political arena, that being the oath of saving lives. I can honestly say that in my political career, I have performed my duties to the best […]
USP Press to be launched
In May the University of the South Pacific will launch its publishing arm that will be known as the USP Press. The goal of the press is to publish high quality research and writing on issues related to the Pacific Islands, or the islands commonly known as Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Toward this end, the […]
Sonographers ready
Sonographer Tim Alchin recently presented three members of staff at the Rarotonga Hospital with certificates of achievement in sonography. Radiographer Waisiki Lomalagi, physiotherapist Pare Tangata, and midwife Tangi Nganu have spent the last year studying sonography with Alchin. Over the past year Alchin has worked with all three to perform 15,000 ultrasounds. The scans are […]
'Rethink' political structure
Te Kura O Te Au says it’s time to rethink the political and economic structure of the country in order to save the Cook Islands for future generations. In a statement released this week the movement said: “The Westminster party politics that we embraced has divided and conquered us because we allowed the Executive (Cabinet) […]
Voyagers elect officers
The Cook Islands Voyaging Society held its annual meeting recently. The meeting was just for ‘housekeeping’ purposes, secretary Eva Nepia-Clamp said, and the officers were for the most part re-elected, with a few new additions. Ian Karika is again president, Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp is vice president and Eva Nepia-Clamp is again secretary-treasurer. Peter Tierney is […]
Migrants grow Catholic numbers
The Cook Islands Catholic Diocese is experiencing a slight increase in membership, to more than 3000 followers throughout the nation. Leaders from Catholic churches in Rarotonga and the outer islands gathered in Avarua this week to discuss business during the second of two annual meetings. Bishop Stuart O’Connell said the church was experiencing a slight […]
Tiare Festival set to go
The Tiare Festival will officially open on November 27 with the first appearance of Miss Tiare contestants and the young men in the inaugural Tama Aito section of the festival. The week following the opening will see the decorated property competition and judging run. This year’s competition has been extended to all shops, businesses, government […]
'We stand by pledge'
Prime Minister and Telecommunications Minister Jim Marurai says the Democratic Party stands by its pledge to research the benefits of an open and competitive telecommunications market. The party manifesto includes a pledge to reduce the cost of telecommunications but there is no commitment to open the market to competition. The Democratic Party acknowledges that current […]
Women's rights awards
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community wants to recognise individuals and organisations that are dedicated to advancing the rights of women. SPC in partnership with the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC) is seeking nominations for the 2010 SPC/RRRT Pacific Human Rights Awards. Any person or organisation in the Pacific is eligible for the award, according […]
Licence battle continues for Mervin
Company frustrated at constant rejection of its application Local company Mervin Communications believes its application for a licence to operate mobile and wireless internet networks continues to face obstruction from the government-owned monopoly Telecom Cook Islands (TCI). Despite countless meetings and correspondence with telecommunications minister PM Jim Marurai, the company has had its applications turned […]
NZ helps with election resources
New ballot boxes and other resources have been provided for the November 17 election courtesy of New Zealand’s Electoral Commission. Secretary of Justice Mark Short says the Electoral Office is grateful for the assistance that will enable them to run a well-resourced election. He says a request for resources was put to NZ through NZ […]
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