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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.
Hoteliers told to do more
Hoteliers on the Cook Islands are not doing enough to maintain their online reputations, according to Trip Advisor’s Jim Brody. New Yorker Brody was the keynote speaker at Cook Islands Tourism’s Forum at the Edgewater Resort on Friday. He said that from unique visits to Trip Advisor in October, 166,389 looked at Cook Islands pages […]
Unity essential in sport
The Kamakaze Bullets head into tonight’s open men’s touch games as the outright leaders in the competition with 10 points on the table. In second place with seven points are the Atiu Warriors, Flying Ducks, Vikings and Rama. The Kamakaze Bullets will take on the Germinators while the group sitting pretty on 6 points will […]
Winner has 'fun' in rough seas
A rough sea with 2.5 metre swells and strong winds was overall women’s V1 and OC1 12km race winner Jane McKee’s idea of fun. “That was so much fun!” said McKee as she crossed the finish line in a time of 1:26:38 in her OC1 Pueo canoe. McKee won both the V1 and master women’s […]
Performance raises awareness
About 120 Rarotonga primary school pupils are involved in a performance competition organised by the Cook Islands Red Cross and Ministry of Education to raise awareness about climate change. Red Cross climate change officer Tim Nubono began an awareness programme in schools at the beginning of the year, and recently decided to incorporate his passion […]
The Milky Bars are now on Eric Short
Hinetaapora Short, the eight-year-old granddaughter of Eric Short, is New Zealand’s first female Milky Bar Kid. Of 1500 entrants and 10 finalists, she was Nestle’s favourite face. Hinetaapora is planning to go shopping when her pay packets start rolling in, but otherwise she’s just enjoying her fame, fielding calls from journalists from all over New […]
Boer goats for Mauke
Six Boer goats arriving from NZ tomorrow are destined for Mauke where they will be used in a cross-breeding programme to produce quality goat meat for the local market. It is expected the programme, with an estimated set up cost of $60,000, will support government’s outer islands agriculture revival project Te One Kura. Government has […]
Fourth time lucky
Matavera CIP candidate Kiriau Turepu’s victory comes on the heels of three consecutive losses – he ran unsuccessfully as an independent in 1999 and again with the CIP in 2004. He won in the 2006 by-election, but before he even had a chance to be sworn in, parliament was dissolved. Four years ago, Turepu yielded […]
Voter numbers update
The Electoral Office is set to confirm new figures for the total number of electors on the main and supplementary roles next week. CI News received figures from the office earlier this month but it appears some changes have been made prior to the election this week that have yet to be verified. Chief Electoral […]
Special votes validated
The Electoral Office began the validation process for 417 votes cast in advance of Wednesday’s election yesterday. By mid-afternoon scrutineers and polling officials had completed this process for five electorates in preparation for the final count which is set to begin on Monday morning. Once all the special votes are counted the final election result […]
Tuara assesses political future
Independent Murienua candidate Angeline Tuara is assessing whether to remain politically active after losing the battle to represent Murienua in parliament. Tuara – a former member of both the Cook Islands Party and Democratic Party – stood as an independent candidate for the first time in this election. She received 49 of the 408 votes […]
Maoate blames infighting
Terepai Maoate Junior blames internal problems in the Democratic Party for his loss in the General Election. Maoate, who was first elected in 2004, lost the Amuri-Ureia seat in Aitutaki to the Cook Islands Party’s Toanui Isamaela. The preliminary results show that Maoate lost the seat with 106 votes to Isamaela’s 140. He put the […]
Henry back on Tuesday
Cook Island party leader Henry Puna is set to return from Manihiki to Rarotonga by Tuesday and proceed to form the new government. “We will have to be patient and await the final results of the election before we can move with certainty to form the new government. Obviously the appointment of cabinet is an […]
Skippers supported
The Cook Islands Yacht Squadron (CIYS) and the Department of National Human Resources Development (DNHRD) have offered to cover course expenses for three local sailors who head for New Zealand to complete an Ocean Yacht Master’s certificate. CIYS and DNHRD are joining forces to send Nick Henry, Peia Patai and Tetini Pekepo to Auckland for […]
Joyana off to Miss South Pacific
Maine Tapairu, 21-year-old Joyana Meyer, left early this morning for Papua New Guinea, where she will represent the Cook Islands at the Miss South Pacific pageant. The pageant, which starts this weekend and spans nine days, features 10 competitors in addition to Meyer – from American Samoa, Aotearoa, Fiji, Tonga, Hawaii, Niue, PNG, Samoa, Tokelau […]
GPC referendum clarification
Lynnsay Francis yesterday clarified the position of the Group for Political Change on the referendum question, after an article in Thursday’s paper said that the GPC asked the Government to ask 12 questions in Wednesday’s referendum. She said the GPC were invited to a meeting at the PM’s office along with Teina McKenzie of Mou […]
Royal message
Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin has sent congratulations to Prince William on his engagement to Catherine Middleton on behalf of the government and the people of the Cook Islands. The QR’s official secretary Harry Ivaiti advised CI News that Government House received a message from Clarence House in London announcing the engagement on Tuesday. “Their […]
Beer vows to continue fight
First time candidate James Beer is vowing to remain active within the Democratic Party to ensure the Cook Islands recovers from its “frightening” economic position. Beer – the Democratic Party’s Murienua candidate – lost the battle to represent the constituency in parliament to Cook Islands Party MP and leader of the opposition Tom Marsters. Constituents […]
Analysis of an election loss
Toagate and the potential for Tom Marsters to become the Cook Islands’ prime minister impacted voting in the Murienua constituency, Democratic Party candidate James Beer says. Beer lost the battle to represent Murienua in parliament to Marsters – the electorate’s defending candidate and leader of the opposition. Marsters, a Cook Islands Party candidate, received 171 […]
Results 'startling': Tepaki
Losing Murienua candidate Tepaki (Tim) Tepaki – who polled two votes – said that the preliminary election results were “startling” and “typical” at the same time. “We were thinking we were a bit more modernised now but we ain’t,” he said with a laugh. “We still go back to our party politics – it will […]
MP pays tribute
Penrhyn MP Wilkie Rasmussen issued a message of condolence yesterday after the sudden passing of the island’s former MP Tepure Tapaitau on Sunday. “It is with great sadness that I, together with the families and people of Tongareva, received the notice of the passing of Tepure Tapaitau, a great son and leader of Tongareva. His […]
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