The incidence rate of newly diagnosed mental health cases in the Cook Islands between 2021 and 2023 is nearly five per 1000 population, but a non-governmental organisation claims there are more cases than officially reported.
The newly appointed president of the Cook Islands Tourism Industry Council aims to further develop the tourism sector in the Cook Islands, building upon the progress made since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rarotonga and outer islands’ students gathered yesterday at the National Auditorium for the start of the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Education for International Understanding (EIU) conference. For the past term, students have been studying a specific topic under ESD and EUI to build and enhance their skills and attitudes, question the way people […]
Long-time Cook Islands Party (CIP) supporter Nooroa Terina is running as an independent candidate for Tupapa in the upcoming general elections. Terina has been a CIP supporter since 1965 and says that he is the youth president of the party. “It is hard to leave the party that I love,” Terina said. He has been […]
The Tupapa meeting house renovation is two months ahead of schedule, according to Tupapa/Maraerenga pu tapere George Matutu. The project was expected to be finished by October but Matutu said he looks forward to completing the renovation by the end of August, though the grand opening is still scheduled for October. Workers have yet to […]
Tangi (Tangee) Kokaua has once again been selected as Cook Islands Party (CIP) candidate for Nikao-Panama, winning the candidacy with 225 votes to Piritau Nga’s 120. The candidates had agreed before the run off took place that whoever lost would supported the winner after the run off. Tangee reported that after the run off he […]
Time was on everyone’s mind in Avarua yesterday. Participants from the private and business sectors as well as government attended a time management seminar run by New Zealand personal business management coach Helen Corban. With over 20 years experience in corporate training and coaching, Corban works with small businesses to help them achieve success and […]
Air New Zealand’s green team has finished their upgrade of the cross-island track. The new signs are up, rubbish bins have been installed at Wigmore’s Waterfall, and paths have been cleared. The work will be maintained by local members of the Air NZ green team. – NC
New political party Te Kura O Te Au have compiled and confirmed “cornerstone commitments” that will guide them going into the general election and in to the future. These cornerstone commitments are as follows: Reinforcing Cook Islands’ Dignity – Spiritual Empowerment: To strengthen the role of the Religious Advisory Council legislatively to maintain the spiritual […]
Open Women 12km 1 Serena Hunter 1.22.30 2 Paiao Short 1.22.38 3 Vaea Melvin 1.23.38 4 Teina Taulu 1.30.22 5 Annie Fisher 1.33.23 6 Chrissy Thomas 1.38.39 7 Paula Maoate 1.39.08 8 Myland Lane 1.43.21 9 Mami Nikoro 1.44.22 Open Men 24km 1 Reuben Dearlove 2.16.25 2 Fletcher Melvin 2.27.00 3 Graeme Whitfield 2.32.02 4 […]
CIMRIS has studied the problem for the past four years and concluded that one of the areas where we can have the biggest impact is upgrading the way we deal with our household sewage. But tourist operators and piggeries still need to change their practices so that they can be part of the solution. Pig […]
The annual eye clinic, currently in the country, gives Cook Islanders eye care which optometrist John Veale says is as good as anywhere in the world. The team are here for another week and offer prescriptions for glasses as well as surgery for cataracts and laser treatment for eye disease caused by diabetes. Veale said […]
Grant Young is planning to stand as an independent candidate in Titikaveka in this year’s general elections. Young will face off against Deputy Prime Minister Robert Wigmore and CIP candidate ex-police superintendant Taivero Isamaela. Young said that people like Robert Wigmore and Sir Terepai Maoate never go to the people and ask what they want. […]
Up until three years ago I was very fit, walked across the island on a regular basis and taught young people how to survive in the outdoors. I worked as a senior instructor for the Cook Islands Outdoor Challenge, formerly known as the Cook Islands Outward Bound. I was also a member for the Search […]
Representatives of the tourism industry will get a sneak peek at the new Te Vara Nui Cultural Village this weekend. Tomorrow, over 150 people employed by the local tourism industry will take the village’s inaugural tour, followed by an umukai and a performance by dancers on a stage in the centre of a lake inlaid […]
A new home loan package has been launched by ANZ bank. “Making your home with ANZ hasn’t been easier or cheaper,” says David Dennis, chief executive of ANZ Cook Islands. “We are slashing our rates and covering some of the initial costs required for a new home buyer, someone refinancing their home loan or renovating […]
A fifth-year Masters student at the University of Otago, Luke MacLean-McMahon, is studying political campaigning trends in small countries. MacLean-McMahon will spend a month conducting research here on Rarotonga and arrives on June 22. He is interested in whether small countries like the Cook Islands are following political campaigning trends set by the United States […]
Cook Islands environmentalist Imogen Ingram is currently at negotiations in Stockholm for a global treaty to restrict or eliminate mercury in order to protect human health and the environment. Ingram, from the Island Sustainability Alliance CI Inc, is there with government representatives from Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu. She reports international agreement was reached […]
The Cook Islands Party (CIP) has selected Kiriau Turepu as their candidate to contest elections in Matavera from two nominees. More than 350 financial members of the CIP turned out to cast their votes to determine the candidate. Turepu won with 218 votes to Vaitoti Tupa’s 132. Both candidates had signed declarations that whoever won […]
Today and tomorrow a fourm is being held at Crown Beach Resort aimed at finding out how to involve women in political decision making, and how more women can be encouraged to go into politics. Representatives from politics, the religious advisory council, the youth council and many other areas of business and government have been […]
The Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall in Vaimaanga has been undergoing a major make-over this week. Forty-nine Jehovah’s Witnesses from all over New Zealand flew in last week to volunteer their time to renovate and refurbish the hall alongside members of the local congregation. In six days, a team of 60 people replaced the building’s roof, […]
The countdown is on for Te Aito, the inaugural long-distance rudderless canoe race that will determine which local paddlers are eligible to compete at Aito Tahiti in July. Sponsored by Air Raro and Raro Fried Chicken, the race is touted to become an annual event. Te Aito Tama for junior paddlers, sponsored by Pacific Resort, […]
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