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$541.7m tourism earnings
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‘Paedophile’ gets 13 years in prison
22 January 2025
Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
25 January 2025
Cook Islands passport proposal
6 January 2025
Top cop position advertised
7 December 2024
Police need numbers and bigger budget
9 December 2024
Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
10 December 2024
DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
13 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
8 July 2024
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Australia and Cook Islands to sign MoU, strengthen maritime security partnership
Cook Islands and Australia are in the process of finalising an enhanced Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will strengthen Australia’s support for Te Kukupa II operations and bolster regional security efforts.
Punanga Turuturu Itivaine set to make a positive impact
Punanga Turuturu Itivaine (PTI), the women’s counselling and support centre for survivors of gender based violence (GBV) and abuse, responded to 11 calls for assistance during the festive season.
Raffle, party postponed
The drawing of the Team Cook Islands raffle is running on Delhi time. The drawing of the raffle has been postponed for the second time and will now be drawn on Saturday October 30 – the same date for the team’s wrap up kaikai. The raffle was meant to be drawn the weekend before the […]
Songs and poems from Numeracy Week
By Tekura Ben of Grade 6 On the stem there was a branch a finest stem I ever did see. The branch was on stem and the stem was on the root and the green grass grew all around, around, around and the green grass grew all around On the branch there was a leaf […]
ENT specialist coming
Staff at Rarotonga Hospital are calling for anyone with a problem with their ears, nose or throat to book an appointment now. An ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist will be running a clinic at the hospital from November 15 -19. To get an appointment, you need to be referred to the clinic by Dr […]
CIP not in baby bonus bidding war
Cook Islands Party leader Henry Puna says their intention was never to start a bidding war over the party’s $1000 baby bonus pledge. He recently commented that if elected to govern, the party would up their baby bonus to $1500, if that was the wish of the people – a statement he now says was […]
Sir Terepai calls baby bonus election ploy
Ngatangiia Independent candidate Sir Terepai Maoate says he thinks the baby bonus promises from the two main parties ARE simply an election ploy designed to buy votes at next month’s election. The Cook Islands Party has pledged it will pay a $1000 baby bonus, and the Democratic Party is promising $1500. “I see this increase […]
Rasmussen says CIP spin 'pointless'
Democratic Party deputy leader Wilkie Rasmussen says the Cook Islands Party is up to its old habits of seizing on innocent comments and events and then spinning them into pointless political point-scoring. “As the saying goes, that you can’t teach an old dog new trick, the CIP President Rau Nga and Leader Henry Puna just […]
Bishop on track
Arenikau CIP candidate Teina Bishop says he is taking nothing for granted during this campaign period before the general elections next month. He says while he is optimistic his support base is still strong, ‘one can never underestimate the mood swings of our people even up to the last minute before the closing of the […]
Tavioni wants project funds
Mike Tavioni, Te Kura O Te Au candidate for Avatiu-Ruatonga-Palmerston, says if elected he wants to push for $1-2 million to be allocated to his electorate for development funding. The major project under the fund would be to buy Palmerston a fishing boat, he says. Tavioni also wants the fund to support growing for home […]
Philatelic request in
The application to open an onshore philatelic bureau was received by Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) last Friday. The deal has been delayed by a request to have time to attend other matters from the previous owners, Jim and Greta Little. But BTIB has now reported that the application for the US investors to […]
Scoring machine Piri one to watch
Fleet footed Tupapa Panthers winger Conrad Piri was the top points scorer at last weekend’s CITC Rarotonga Club sevens competition and will be one player to watch out for at this weekend’s grand finals. Piri was on a points scoring spree last weekend accumulating a total 40 points from three matches. Piri’s 40 points came […]
Top evaluation review
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority Quality Assurance auditors, Pani Bird and Ewen Holstein, recently conducted the second External Evaluation Review (EER) of the Association of Cook Islands Tertiary Institutes (ACITI) managed by the Department for National Human Resources. The review concentrated on evaluating the educational performance and self assessment of ACITI’s programmes delivered through the […]
Bail denied, Tauarea remains in custody
Lavenia Rokoika applied for bail on behalf of her client Roger Tauarea, who is currently in prison. He was paroled in 2008 after serving 10 years of a life sentence, and remanded back into custody after police convicted him of escaping lawful custody and unlawful taking. Rokoika alleged that his “detention for these two long […]
CIT roles filled
CI Tourism gets rid of one role and adds two others Cook Islands Tourism (CIT) had 51 applicants for the 14 roles advertised in CI News in September. All of the roles have now been filled apart from the Trade Development Manager, which has been dropped. Carmel Beattie, CIT chief executive, said that while they […]
Tepaki goes public
Tim Tepaki is going public as the leader of the Te Kura O Te Au movement. He sat down with CI News yesterday to outline and explain the party’s priority policies and its vision for the future of the country. Te Kura O Te Au has confirmed six candidates, and is working ‘in free association’ […]
Turepu launches campaign
Improving the basic needs of people living in Matavera was the main message by Cook Islands Party candidate for Matavera Kiriau Turepu. Turepu launched his election campaign on Wednesday night at his home in Matavera where he shared his dreams for the village with around 80 supporters at the rally. Turepu shared his aim of […]
CIP points to Demo confusion
Cook Islands Party president Rau Nga says the scramble by the Demos over comments made by their president Sean Willis on Radio NZ this week shows confusion and lack of direction in their camp. “Those who heard the broadcast were left in no doubt as to what Willis was saying – in order to pay […]
'Book of lies'
Avatiu candidate Mike Tavioni says the manifestos released by the two main political parties are simply books of lies. “The only books ever published about lies are manifestos. The manifesto is the only book I know of that is dedicated to lies, because they produce the same manifesto year after year. They don’t read it. […]
'Unlawful' activity
CIP MP Norman George claims the Democratic caretaker government has been acting unlawfully. And he’s pointed out that Deputy Prime Minister and Titikaveka candidate Robert Wigmore may be trying to influence voters in his electorate with some of government’s recent actions. George is concerned that government is making decisions when in caretaker mode leading up […]
Paddling for political upgrade
Passersby stopped for a second look at Tim Arnold recently as he sat in his kayak in puddles beside the road. The Tupapa-Maraerenga independent candidate, with his son O’deniel also onboard, was making a point about the ongoing problems of flooding on Rarotonga roads, especially in his electorate, every time it rained. “These are the […]
Youth deprived of investment: Arnold
The withdrawal of funding for a youth parliament in favour of an orientation course for new MPs has been criticised by independent political candidate Tim Arnold. The flamboyant contender for the Tupapa-Maraerenga electorate says he was dismayed to learn from Democratic Party vice-president Karla Eggelton that government has decided to transfer the youth parliament budget […]
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