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Shared Cook Islands and France legacy honoured
Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) Secretary, Tepaeru Herrmann, met with Her Excellency Laurence Beau, Ambassador of the French Republic to the Cook Islands, at MFAI offices yesterday.
Cooks to receive $500k for Pa Enua projects
Prime Minister Mark Brown hit the ground running on Monday upon arrival at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, COP29 signing an agreement for pilot projects in the Pa Enua.
High standard by five teams
Despite just five teams taking part in this week’s 2010 Te Maeva Nui, performances on the national auditorium stage have all been of high standard. The competition continued last night and this evening will see the final performances by teams from Oire Arorangi, Oire Nikao, Mangaia, Atiu and the popular Pukapuka team. Teams will find […]
Budget bits missing
It has emerged that journalists were given an incomplete version of the Budget when it was tabled in Parliament last Thursday. “A mishap at the printers meant that five pages were missed out. We will be getting them reprinted,” Secretary of Finance Kevin Carr said. CI News noticed that the section on Aid Flows, which […]
CI Day in China
It wasn’t just Constitution Day in the Cook Islands on Wednesday, it was also Cook Islands Day at the Shanghai World Expo. Each country at the expo celebrated a national day and the Cook Islands held theirs to coincide with the national day celebrations at home. A delegation of 24 people are in Shanghai for […]
Bishop turns on party over Aitutaki concerns
The Opposition Party’s official word on the recent erratic behaviour of its deputy leader, Aitutaki MP Teina Bishop, is that he is simply ‘tired and needs a rest’. The party’s parliamentary leader Tom Marsters was reluctant to say more yesterday, but on Tuesday some of Bishop’s other colleagues told CI News the MP was suffering […]
Eels eye the cup
The Avatiu Eels sevens squad are looking like the team to beat at tomorrow’s final day of the inaugural CITC Constitution Sevens Cup tournament. The Eels powerhouse forward pack led by the Nicholas brothers Lui and Clive, supported by workhorse Lee Ponini and cunning halves Teokotai Tuaivi and Tepou Taana were the stand out performers […]
English netters arrive
English netballers from Bradford Girls Grammar are on Rarotonga and will play two netball games against local under 19 teams. The visiting team have just completed a three week netball tour across New Zealand and have come to Rarotonga for a quick break before returning home. The local teams consist of the island’s top under […]
Sevens stars shine in Tupapa
The first day of the inaugural CITC Constitution Sevens Cup was a fitting event to end the commemorations yesterday. Constitution week is a fantastic way for the nation to showcase Cook Islands dance and culture, which also includes sports. The first day of the new competition drew a large crowd to the Tupapa Park to […]
Call for country to unite
Unite as a people and as a nation was the key message at yesterdays 45th Constitution Day commemoration at the national auditorium attended by dignitaries, Te Maeva Nui teams and members of the public. Pastor Tevai Matapo began the day’s commemoration with an encouragement for everyone – especially those in decision making positions to return […]
Passion for our culture shines
The first two nights of Te Maeva Nui have been stunning displays of our Cook Islands culture. And with just five teams taking part in this year’s competition, the usual aggressive competition seen in past competitions is almost nonexistent this year allowing for the passion for our culture to really shine through. The clear enjoyment […]
Aitutaki land disputes grow
Work on rebuilding the homes destroyed by Cyclone Pat on Aitutaki is well underway, with the foundations for the first 12 category four houses already laid. But disputes around land ownership are threatening to hinder progress on the rebuilding of at least two of the homes which were completely destroyed. “The reality that is hitting […]
Retrospective budget given tick
Finance minister Wilkie Rasmussen tabled two legal opinions in Parliament on Tuesday that support the supplementary budget 2009-10 being passed retrospectively. Doubts have been raised about whether parliament can legally pass a budget which has been tabled after the end of the government financial year of June 30. The supplementary budget was tabled on July […]
Smuggled paua uncovered
Small quantities of smuggled paua (giant clam) were uncovered in a joint search by Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) fisheries officers and Police officers at Avatiu Harbour this week. Those receiving the paua among fishery products were let off with warnings. But MMR is warning future breaches may lead to prosecutions. The agencies conducted the […]
Allsworth refutes 'bribe' claim
Audit director says his salary increases were above board Director of Audit Paul Allsworth is outraged by claims by former Finance Minister Sir Terepai Maoate that his salary increase was a ‘bribe’. Earlier this week Sir Terepai made the allegation during Opposition MP Norman George’s tirade of criticism against government over the costly Toagate scandal. […]
Teen driver crashes with baby
A 13-year-old driving a motorbike crashed at Tupapa this weekend, injuring himself and his female passenger, who was travelling with a two-year-old girl. Police say the driver lost control of the motorcycle on a Tupapa back road and sustained injuries to his chin, arm and thigh. His passenger received cuts to her knee, foot and […]
Approach it like Obama says George
Government should introduce a law to ‘cure’ the undertaking to pay out a $1.2 million eight year annual profit guarantee to Toa Petroleum according to CIP MP and finance spokesperson Norman George. He expressed this opinion when speaking on the supplementary budget, which declares $3.5 million in expenses relating to Toagate, in Parliament yesterday. He […]
Constitution 7s at Tupapa
The first day of the inaugural CITC Constitution Sevens Cup tournament will be held tomorrow at the Tupapa Park. The tournament will then continue on Saturday and will be contested by teams from the six clubs on Rarotonga plus a team from Aitutaki and the Cook Islands Sports Academy (CISA). In the Eels pack, watch […]
Warm welcome for Tahiti vaka
A small but no less warm welcome was held at Avatiu harbour yesterday morning for outrigger voyaging canoe Vaka O Tahiti Nui Freedom. A group of around 200 people gathered for the welcoming lead by Uritaua and the Ministry of Cultural Development. The vaka was expected to arrive at Avatiu harbour at around midnight on […]
Slovenia not Slovakia
Amid the excitement of Te Maeva Nui celebrations opening on Saturday, some errors were made in the reporting of the event. The visiting performing arts team (pictured) are from Slovenia and not Slovakia and the cultural team that performed at Saturday’s opening, which the youngster with the Slovenian dancer is part of, was Te Korero […]
Sir Terepai alleges bribery
Former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sir Terepai Maoate has alleged the director of audit was bribed to produce the report that puts the blame on him for the Toagate scandal. During the debate of the supplementary budget in Parliament yesterday, Sir Terepai came under heavy fire from opposition MP Norman George for government’s […]
Toagate a 'mission of madness'
George fires-up at govt over Toagate debacle Opposition MP Norman George unleashed a tirade against government over the Toagate scandal calling it a comedy of errors. The MP spent over 30 minutes of the time he was allowed to speak on the supplementary budget for 2009-10 on the failed fuel farm venture which has already […]
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