Tiki Ice Cream Café, the new ice cream shop located near the airport in Nikao, is offering a refreshing addition to the area’s food scene.
Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) in collaboration with Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI), a division in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), has announced the commencement of the Rarotonga Safety Shelter Programme (RSSP).
Taio Shipping crew on board the cargo vessel MV Te Kou Maru II when it hit Mauke’s reef on October 4 will continue to be interviewed by staff at the Ministry of Transport this week. About nine crew members were working on the ship at the time of the incident, and last night a remaining […]
Cook Islands Party leader Henry Puna says he is appalled but not surprised at the rejection by the Democratic Party of the new standards of accountability promoted by the opposition party. The CIP is promoting greater accountability in respect of wasteful and reckless spending of public funds by public servants. During its manifesto release, the […]
SPREP is making it easier for government ministries, researchers, students and the eco-aware to learn about the Cook Islands environment. Peter Murgatroyd, SPREP information resource centre manager, held a workshop here last week to canvass the responses of people who will directly benefit from a web resource he’s been developing out of his Samoa office. […]
Justina Nicholas has been appointed manager of the national museum. After just four weeks in the post she has already reorganised the display in the museum and has big plans. “I want to work with Cook Islands Tourism and operators like Island Hopper because the museum isn’t really promoted,” Nicholas said. “I have been travelling […]
Restaurant owners Cathy Pearman and Kevin Simkin recently approached local artist Mahiriki Tangaroa and asked her to decorate the exterior of the building with an island-themed mural. “We just felt the building needed something,” Cathy said. “We wanted to make sure (the mural) was reflective of Raro and it was really important for us to […]
A chiropractor is visiting Rarotonga from Auckland and is offering appointments for $15 a session. Dr Mac Rastkar runs a practice in Auckland and will be in Rarotonga on October 19–21. So far 55 people have booked in – proving there is a real need for chiropractic services here. Rastkar has been here twice before […]
Telecom Cook Islands (TCI) has brought in Alan Meredith, head of international strategy for Telecom NZ, to help project a five-year technical road map for the future of telecommunications in the Cook Islands. Meredith has been working in telecommunications since 1986 and as is able to help in giving direction and information to effectively implement […]
Women from outer islands are being encouraged to step-up their marketing and sales of traditional art and craft at annual trade festivals. Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) trade and marketing manager Danny Williams, and Theresa Manarangi-Trott from the Chamber of Commerce, spoke at the seventh National Women’s Conference at Sinai Hall in Rarotonga yesterday. Williams […]
The Business Trade Investment is carrying out a survey on the concept of a ‘Cook Islands made’ brand this month. BTIB trade and marketing manager Danny Williams says the survey aims to gauge the general feeling of locals, visitors and wholesale and retail businesses towards a Cook Islands brand. Extra research is also being carried […]
The next generation of future leaders and business people and the elderly need support now, says Titikaveka independent candidate Teariki Matenga. Youth is one of Matenga’s key issues along with the elderly, health, education and the environment. “Let’s talk about our next generation, the future leaders and business people of this country. What commitment has […]
Nooroa Teina decided against running as an independent candidate for Tupapa so that he could offer his support to Democratic Party candidate Nooroa Tupa. He says he believes Tupa, a relative, has a good chance of winning the Tupapa-Maraerenga seat against CIP candidate George Maggie and independents John Tangi and Tim Arnold. Teina said he […]
Strategies to address concerns among Cook Islands women about gender equality, domestic violence, family law, the environment, health, and economic development are being implemented by the Cook Islands National Council of Women. Outcomes of the council’s seventh National Women’s Conference were adopted by those in attendance at Sinai Hall in Rarotonga on Friday. The outcomes […]
The 2010 election will see a record 70 candidates run for the 24 seats of parliament. The candidates come from the governing Democratic Party, the Cook Islands Party, and newly formed political movement Te Kura O Te Au – but 16 independent candidates will also vie for the seats. The November 17 election will depart […]
Te Kura O Te Au will have six candidates at this election including one of its founders Mimau Tom who will run for Mangaia’s Tamarua seat. Tom, who lives in Aitutaki, was raised in Tamarua which was her mother’s village. She says she visited Mangaia a couple of years ago and was saddened at the […]
The Democratic Party released its manifesto this week with its new slogan ‘Our Future. Now.’ “Our people are weary of the same old self interest rhetoric, and are keen to see changes for our future, now,” says party leader Robert Wigmore in his manifesto address. Wigmore cites the agriculture revival project Te One Kura to […]
Ngai Tupa Democratic Party Takuvaine-Tutakimoa Toku manako n ate ngai ikianga rai e iki me ka tipu ia to ratou noonga. (In my opinion seat reduction should be decided by voters of the island or constituency concerned by way of referendum). Ko te tu manako taku ka turu ko te manako o Mangaia te inangaro […]
Moe Lucre, the Cook Islands Party’s opposition to Prime Minister Jim Marurai, has stated her opposition to political reform. Lucre is running in Ivirua, Mangaia. When questioned about the possibility of Mangaia losing seats if reform takes place, she said: “I don’t agree that Mangaia should be one constituency. We want the money to go […]
The Cook Islands Party announced its 24th candidate at the close of nominations yesterday. Moe Lucre will stand in Mangaia’s electorate of Ivirua against Democratic candidate and current Prime Minister Jim Marurai. The party now has a candidate contesting every seat in next month’s election. “The party is even more delighted that the CIP now […]
Avatiu election candidate Mike Tavioni says he’s standing at this election because he can no longer continue to criticise politicians and government without getting involved. The master carver, artist and poet has linked himself to Te Kura O Te Au which has six candidates in the election. It is a somewhat surprising move from Tavioni, […]
Akateni i te vaka – the canoe carving festival – will be held next month by Mike Tavioni in partnership with the Ministry of Culture. Six vaka will be carved on the beachside opposite Banana Court between November 8 and 27, coinciding with the seventh annual Vaka Eiva outrigger canoeing festival Secretary of Culture Sonny […]
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