Over 200 residents of Manihiki continue to demonstrate resilience as they adapt to a lifestyle shaped by isolation, shipping delays and resource constraints.
The Ministry of Transport is participating in a Regional Foundation Course on Marine Casualty Investigation to ensure accurate and accountable marine safety investigation reports.
Airport Authority security officer ranks have been bolstered by the addition of seven new graduates. Ngatokorima Matakino, Leon Potoru, Nooapii Tearea, Nancy Taraare, Moeroa Takairangi, Mana Havi, and Paniani Joseph were presented with certificates as well as their airport warrants and identification cards during a graduation ceremony inside the international departure lounge this week. Head […]
The Ministry of Health is continuing its public awareness programme for diabetes – the Cook Islands’ leading health concern. Free weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar level checks were made at two temporary health stations established in Avarua yesterday. By midday more than 40 people had been assessed in terms of their risk of developing […]
Nassau residents are celebrating having more landlines thanks to Telecom Cook Islands (TCI). Following the installation of the new telephone exchange and the laying of underground cables, Nassau now has 18 more homes with telephones. These telephones are Kia Orana card phones where a Kia Orana card must be purchased to enable customer to make […]
Leadership, disaster preparedness and ways to strengthen regional standards will be among the themes at the South Pacific Nurses’ Forum in Auckland this week. More than 300 nursing leaders from 12 Pacific nations are at a four-day forum at Auckland’s Aotea Centre. The forum’s theme is “Nurses at the helm: Steering health across the Pacific”. […]
Westpac Cook Islands is encouraging local businesses to become involved in its annual Community Giving Tree appeal. For the second consecutive year, the bank is facilitating the donation of Christmas gifts to Rarotongan children deemed disadvantaged in some way. To date about 40 of the 140 children registered anonymously through the initiative have been selected […]
Over the next two weeks 533 students across seven schools will be sitting National Certificate of Education Achievement (NCEA) exams. Tomorrow one student will sit the scholarship Maths with Statistics exam, but level 1 to 3 exams begin Sunday. NCEA exams are three hours long and are held in the mornings at 10.30am and the […]
Kia Orana to my fellow Cook Islanders, As a politician of some 27 years I have adopted and applied the principles and oath of my medical training to the political arena, that being the oath of saving lives. I can honestly say that in my political career, I have performed my duties to the best […]
Emergency specialist Bernard Fauke is reviewing emergency services at Rarotonga Hospital. His report will map out how the service can be overhauled to come closer to New Zealand standards. Fauke works for Waitemata District Health Board in New Zealand, where he is emergency specialist for two hospitals. He has also worked at Middlemore Hospital in […]
Rex Fearon, 41, was reported missing last Wednesday after falling overboard from Wild Goose, a 14-metre yacht that was not yet two days into its journey from Rarotonga to Opua, Northland. A 390sq km search involving an RNZAF Orion, the Forum Pacific container ship and a French naval aircraft was unsuccessful, and called off after […]
Mangaia will permanently retain the cellular site located in the village of Oneroa, established for coverage by visitors during the solar eclipse earlier this year. Telecom Cook Islands shipped communications equipment specifically manufactured for rural locations to the southern group island as a trial during the July eclipse. It was assumed at the time that […]
Lady Marito Maoate has spent 27 years backing Ngatangiia Independent candidate and MP Sir Terepai Maoate’s political career. She says it’s thanks to her husband that she took such a keen interest in community work over the years. She is well known for her contribution to Ngatangiia’s CICC, sports teams, and community groups and services. […]
Te Kura O Te Au says it’s time to rethink the political and economic structure of the country in order to save the Cook Islands for future generations. In a statement released this week the movement said: “The Westminster party politics that we embraced has divided and conquered us because we allowed the Executive (Cabinet) […]
The Cook Islands Voyaging Society held its annual meeting recently. The meeting was just for ‘housekeeping’ purposes, secretary Eva Nepia-Clamp said, and the officers were for the most part re-elected, with a few new additions. Ian Karika is again president, Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp is vice president and Eva Nepia-Clamp is again secretary-treasurer. Peter Tierney is […]
The Cook Islands Catholic Diocese is experiencing a slight increase in membership, to more than 3000 followers throughout the nation. Leaders from Catholic churches in Rarotonga and the outer islands gathered in Avarua this week to discuss business during the second of two annual meetings. Bishop Stuart O’Connell said the church was experiencing a slight […]
The Tiare Festival will officially open on November 27 with the first appearance of Miss Tiare contestants and the young men in the inaugural Tama Aito section of the festival. The week following the opening will see the decorated property competition and judging run. This year’s competition has been extended to all shops, businesses, government […]
Prime Minister and Telecommunications Minister Jim Marurai says the Democratic Party stands by its pledge to research the benefits of an open and competitive telecommunications market. The party manifesto includes a pledge to reduce the cost of telecommunications but there is no commitment to open the market to competition. The Democratic Party acknowledges that current […]
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community wants to recognise individuals and organisations that are dedicated to advancing the rights of women. SPC in partnership with the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC) is seeking nominations for the 2010 SPC/RRRT Pacific Human Rights Awards. Any person or organisation in the Pacific is eligible for the award, according […]
Company frustrated at constant rejection of its application Local company Mervin Communications believes its application for a licence to operate mobile and wireless internet networks continues to face obstruction from the government-owned monopoly Telecom Cook Islands (TCI). Despite countless meetings and correspondence with telecommunications minister PM Jim Marurai, the company has had its applications turned […]
New ballot boxes and other resources have been provided for the November 17 election courtesy of New Zealand’s Electoral Commission. Secretary of Justice Mark Short says the Electoral Office is grateful for the assistance that will enable them to run a well-resourced election. He says a request for resources was put to NZ through NZ […]
Cook Islands Party leader Henry Puna says one of the biggest issues of the day is government having faith in is own people. “We need to show our people we have faith in them and look to them first. We need to empower our people. I think its human nature to think the grass is […]
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