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Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
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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Outdated Compensation Ordinance still under review
The outdated Workers Compensation Ordinance 1964 is still in its reviewing process with the National Workers’ Compensation Policy (including Employers’ Liability Insurance)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.
Stonefish loitering near Trader Jacks
With warmer waters come a number of unpleasant visitors – first it was the blue bottles, now it’s again the stonefish. Stonefish sightings and stings typically occur at sandy beaches like Nikao and Ngatangiia, says director of inshore fisheries and aquaculture Kori Raumea, but recently stonefish have been loitering about the Avarua harbour. Two paddlers […]
Advice for growers
More than 30 Cook Islands agriculture and horticulture industry workers and business owners attended a forum on the latest equipment and products available yesterday. The informal gathering was held at the Papaaroa Adventist School hall in Titikaveka from 10am. Pacific Growers Supplies warehouse manager Graham Andrews, of Auckland, said he organised the forum to take […]
'Let's research depopulation'
Ruaau Independent candidate Ngamau Wichman-Tou believes depopulation must be properly researched for government to be able to provide incentives for people to stay or return to the Cooks. “We haven’t actually properly researched why people are leaving. Everyone’s assuming people leave because of this, this and that. But logic tells us when an economy is […]
Create green industries – Matenga
Titikaveka Independent candidate Teariki Matenga says his main concern has and will always be about the environment which ties into tourism and economic growth. “My concern has always been about our environment and I am not going to change from that. Currently we all know that our economy strongly relies on tourism. This industry brings […]
Te reo Maori differences noted
Rarotonga is proving to be a valuable source of education for students, staff, and whanau of the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology’s Te Puna Wanaka faculty. A group of 25 from Christchurch, including kaumatua, one of whom is Aitutakian, is in the Cook Islands this week learning about te reo Maori, culture and history, as […]
'Ruaau can solve own issues'
Independent candidate says answers lie within community Independent candidate for Ruaau, Ngamau Wichman-Tou, says her campaign is based on valuing our people and building the economy. She is passionate about making the right changes at village, national and international level. Wichman-Tou returned to Rarotonga three years ago with her husband Tony and her four boys […]
CIP vows to remove discrimination
The Cook Islands Party says it will remove discrimination against women contained in the country’s laws and procedures to promote a level playing field for men and women, especially in the workplace. CIP director of women’s development, Rosie Blake, says she is pleased the party is buying into the concept of gender development for the […]
Police response 'not good enough'
Putoto Powell of Arorangi is upset with what she called ‘totally unsatisfactory treatment’ from police following a motor vehicle crash in which she was involved last month. Powell said that a female motorbike driver, a 54-year-old Avatiu woman, collided with the passenger side of her car as she was turning into her driveway. The woman […]
Arnold gives foreign investment warning
Independent candidate for Tupapa-Maraerenga and local lawyer Tim Arnold says foreign investment should be controlled in a similar way to land ownership. Arnold responded to the Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) invitation to the public meetings on foreign investment by resending a letter to the agency which he wrote in 2005 predicting a bleak future […]
Iro wants Titikaveka to set its own direction
Independent candidate for Titikaveka, Teava Iro, will take his ‘design your own destiny’ message to voters tonight when he officially launches his campaign. He says he would rather people ask what they can do for themselves than what he will do for them as an MP. “Some people have asked me what I will do […]
Nono field day looks at industry's future
Cook Islands Noni Marketing manager Teava Iro says today’s field day for nono growers will discuss the viability and future of the organic noni industry. He says the meeting is part of the company’s organic certification requirements. “We have to do a field day to educate or update them on what’s needed and what the […]
BTIB asks for feedback on foreign investment policy
How much foreign investment should the Cook Islands have? The Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) wants public feedback on what rules should be in place for foreign investment. The agency has called two public meetings – the first to be held today from 6.30-8pm at the Ngatangiia clubhouse in Muri. Tomorrow night BTIB will stage […]
Arorangi hosts colourful Nuku
A colourful and jubilant Nuku Gospel Day commemoration in Arorangi brightened what was a grey old day yesterday. The six CICC Ekalesia across Rarotonga gathered at the Raemaru Sports Park for the annual gospel pageant celebrating the arrival of Christianity to the Cook Islands. The day’s programme was prepared and hosted by the Arorangi CICC […]
Storytelling course open
CI News reported in Saturday’s paper that a storytelling course at USP in early November was full, but USP director Rod Dixon confirmed on Monday that only 11 people have registered, and USP is still accepting registration to fill the remaining nine spots. The two-day course opens on November 5 and will be administerd by […]
Call to acknowledge British flag raising
Descendants of Makea Takau Ariki are hoping today’s (October 27) anniversary of the hoisting of the British flag in the Cook Islands will be publicly acknowledged in future years. On October 27, 1888, the British flag was hoisted in Rarotonga by Captain Edmund Bourke who arrived on the HMS Hyacinth to declare the Cook Islands […]
Psychiatrist trains staff
Malaysian psychiatrist Dr Deva is giving frontline staff training on mental illness for the next three weeks. “There is no psychiatrist here, only a mental health nurse, so there is a lack of basic mental health services,” said Dr Deva. “It’s a small place but there are lots of problems.” The only mental health nurse […]
Big demand for chiropractor
Visiting chiropractor Dr Mac Rastkar saw and treated 60 people in just two-and-a-half days. There were another 50 people on the waiting list for an appointment. Rastkar had to stop adding to the list after two days as it could have grown to as many as 200 people. One man even flew in from Aitutaki […]
80% men with health problems
Men’s health coordinator Rangi Aitu says that 80 per cent of the men over 40 who have attended the men’s health clinic have had a health problem. The main problems they have picked up are obesity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. “These men have problems which need to be taken care of right now […]
Henderson takes on new roles
Acting Financial Secretary soon to take up ADB job in Manila Acting Financial Secretary Garth Henderson will take on a new role next year with the Asian Development Bank and hopes to bring back what he learns to help with the country’s development. Henderson, 47, is taking up a three year appointment with the ADB […]
Rutaki papa hits employee at supermarket
A 77-year-old Rutaki papa accidentally drove his vehicle into an employee at Wigmore’s Superstore in Vaiimaanga on Saturday morning. The papa told police that the early morning glare obstructed his vision and he didn’t see the employee as he pulled into the store. The employee suffered minor injuries and was taken to Rarotonga Hospital for […]
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