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Tourism engages with European and UK trade
Cook Islands Tourism strengthened its European partnerships and promoted its destination through strategic business-to-business meetings and incentive programmes, aiming to increase visitor numbers and expenditure.
Cook Islands, Niue undertake immigration collaboration
The Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) hosted visiting Government of Niue senior immigration officer Olive Kapaga recently for a comprehensive study tour.
Trade day pulls in crowds
There were 19 stalls of local arts, crafts and souvenirs to buy from at the Vaka Eiva trade day yesterday. Stall holders from Atiu, Mangaia, Aitutaki, Mauke and Penryhn all made the journey to Rarotonga to sell their wares. Paddlers lined up to buy crafts including tivaevae quilts from Aitutaki, pounding stones from Mangaia, black […]
Te Kukupa arrives home
Cook Islands Police Patrol Boat Te Kukupa coming back into the Avatiu harbour yesterday after undergoing biennial slipping in American Samoa. She left Pago Pago , American Samoa on Saturday afternoon after successfully completing harbour and sea trials. Arriving in Avatiu Harbour at 8am yesterday, the boat and her crew were warmly welcomed by family […]
Making a stand against violence
White Ribbon Day makes statement that domestic violence not acceptable Tomorrow, the Cook Islands – and the world – acknowledge violence against women and children. It will be the second consecutive year that Cook Islands Police and Punanga Tauturu have observed White Ribbon Day; this year they are joined by Telecom Cook Islands, which has […]
Mauke harbour submissions considered
Submissions are being considered on a proposed harbour upgrade at Mauke, for which the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) is calling for construction tenders. The ministry plans to upgrade the Taunganui and Omutu Harbours in Mauke and Mitiaro at an estimated collective cost of $3.8 million. Expressions of interest for the work are being […]
Stranding investigation continues
An investigation into the stranding of Taio Shipping’s largest cargo boat on Mauke’s reef is expected to be completed within the next few weeks, all going well, Ministry of Transport director of marine Ned Howard says. Howard and the ministry’s maritime training centre tutor manager Steve Simpson have been investigating how and why the Te […]
Bishop raring to get started
Teina Bishop can’t wait to get back into parliament. Bishop is the only Cook Islands Party candidate on Aitutaki who has held office before. He was first elected in 1999 and has now survived four elections, having polled 168 votes against independent candidate JJ Browne’s 61 and Te Kura O Te Au’s May Kavana’s 72 […]
Parliament before PM says Rasmussen
Attorney general Wilkie Rasmussen says the assertion that CIP leader Henry Puna could be sworn in as Prime Minister before a sitting of parliament is misleading and wrong. Rasmussen issued a statement yesterday saying he was concerned at CI News reports that Puna could meet and advise Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin to form a […]
Puna confident of being PM
CIP waits for final results before new PM sworn in The Cook Islands Party will wait for the final election result to be announced this week before its leader Henry Puna attempts to be sworn in as the new prime minister. It is understood that Puna had been keen to have the ceremony take place […]
Combined reasons for Demo demise
Cook Islands Party (CIP) vice-president Mark Brown says failure to capture the youth vote, the Toagate financial scandal and party divisiveness all contributed to the demise of the Democratic Party at the polls. He says the CIP recognised “the youth vote is a different category to others and it was important to capture the youth […]
Burglars target Vaimaanga
Vaimaanga was targeted by burglars at the weekend, with one resident disturbing a burglar on Friday night. The occupants of the two-storey home locked up before going upstairs to sleep and heard someone downstairs breaking in. When they turned on the lights the burglar got frightened and fled. Police said the burglar used a cutting […]
Motorcycle theft on rise
Vehicle theft has been on rise this month with 13 motorcycles reported missing, although police say they have recovered six. Police say circumstances vary from case to case but suggest that commonsense be used. They said reports show some bikes are parked in dark areas, have no ignition and wires are crossed to start the […]
'Slap in the face' for party
The CIP landslide in Aitutaki demonstrated that Te Kura O Te Au party did not have the popular support they had hoped for. A Te Kura O Te Au candidate ran in each of the three constituencies on the island. May Kavana ran in the Arutanga-Reureu-Nikaupara constituency and polled 72 of a possible 354 votes. […]
Pickering in shock over Demo loss
Winning Oneroa MP Winton Pickering says that while he’s pleased to have been re-elected, he and his fellow Demo candidates are “obviously quite shocked with the overall (election) results”. And in response to the question of why the public voted CIP, he said: “That’s a hard question – we’re still sitting down trying to figure […]
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 […]
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