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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’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
Tapaitau and Charlie-Puna released to ‘family jobs’
21 September 2024
Police apprehend four juveniles in connection with motorcycle thefts
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
ICI explains road works delay in front of old Sheraton site
10 August 2024
Diaspora dismayed over lack of Te Maeva Nui livestream
8 August 2024
Everyone is a winner, says Culture
7 August 2024
Local women outshine global peers in business leadership
8 August 2024
Housing crisis hits tourism industry
27 July 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
8 July 2024
National
Read, read, read
To be a writer, you need to read, read, read, says children’s book author Karen McMillan, who recently wrote Elastic Island Adventures: Rarotonga.
RMD ‘system error’ annoys taxpayer
A businessman in Rarotonga is annoyed with the Cook Islands tax department for a taxation blunder they’re calling a ‘system error’.
Voyage of rediscovery
The arrival of the voyaging fleet to Avana harbour on Saturday afternoon was a sight not seen for hundreds of years. Canoes from the Pacific visited in 1992 for the Pacific Arts Festival – but not since the days of our ancestors have a fleet of sister canoes voyaged together from the spiritual home of […]
Girls main target of no tobacco day
The smoking rate among adolescent girls and young women in the Cook Islands is one of the areas to be highlighted at World No Tobacco Day on Monday. According to the Cook Islands Community Health Services, two global youth tobacco surveys initiated by the World Health Organisation were conducted in the Cook Islands in 2003 […]
Russian Cook Islander earns Masters
Dasha Tarasova, daughter of Tatiana and Colin Burn, has successfully graduated with a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Auckland after five years of hard work. Dasha originally came to Rarotonga with her parents from Moscow in 1999 and attended Avatea School, Tereora College and St Cuthbert’s College in New Zealand. Dasha is […]
Papa Ron to be celebrated at conference
The life of academic Professor Ron Crocombe will be celebrated at a conference in Rarotonga in August. The two-day ‘Conference for Festschrift for Ron Crocombe’ will be held at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Rarotonga Campus on August 12-13. In academia, a Festschrift is a book honouring a respected person, especially an academic, […]
Who's really the big boss?
“Interesting to note that the Queen’s Representative has rejected the call by the Prime Minister for a snap election for not commanding a majority number of members of Parliament,” writes a smoke signaller in response to a CI News article on Monday. “Yet the same QR gave the go ahead to the same PM to […]
Support swells for Demo conference
The Cook Islands Democratic Party breakaway group has confirmed – Monday’s conference will still go ahead. A Friday night media release said that while injunction papers have been served, a date for the hearing is yet to be confirmed, therefore it is business as usual – pending court advice. “At the close of business today […]
Demo or not Demo?
Part of the Democratic Party dispute revolves around whether or not Robert Wigmore, Apii Piho, Cassey Eggleton, and William ‘Smiley Heather are members of the party. CI News asked Minister of Health Apii Piho if he considered himself a member of the Democratic Party? “I have been elected candidate and won the elections as the […]
Toa attacks Triad compliance
This week Toa Petroleum served papers on the secretary of the Ministry of Trade, Labour and Transport outlining the provisions of a statement of claim it intends to file in court. Counsel Tony Manarangi drafted the claim on behalf of Apex Agencies, which is trading as Toa, and named secretary of the Ministry of Trade, […]
Cross-country off to good start
Last Thursday saw the first event of the cross-country series take place at Takitumu Primary School. It was a dry run for the 10 male; five female; and one canine, contestants. The lack of rain meant that those dusty shoes were, unfortunately, not going to get muddy after all. The course was different from the […]
WHO calls to protect women from tobacco
Dr Chen Ken, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the South Pacific, is calling on the Cook Islands and other Pacific island countries to protect women and girls from efforts by the tobacco industry to induce them to start smoking. He made the call in the lead up to World No Tobacco Day 2010 on […]
Police talkback will listen to concerns
In an effort to crack down on crime, police are inviting the general public to share feedback and strategy suggestions during a radio talkback on Friday morning. From 10am to 11am, police will be on air on Radio Cook Islands, taking calls from those eager to discuss the problem of crime and its solution. The […]
Text and email in-flight soon
Two of our busiest flights could soon have email and mobile phone text messaging capability. Air New Zealand will be introducing the new service on the Boeing 777-330 from November this year. It will allow Air NZ customers to use iPhone, Blackberry and GSM phones and laptops to send and receive text messages and emails […]
Girl Guides happy with Raro meeting
The Arorangi Calvary Hall recently hosted the Girl Guides Pacific Strategy Meeting which was deemed a big success. The Cooked Islands Girl Guides Association played host to delegates from Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and two members of the Asia Pacific Committee at the three-day conference. The official opening ceremony for the […]
Visitors take on chilly challenge
A group of New Zealand tourists took on a chilly challenge this week at Edgewater Resort & Spa for Heart Children Week. The Heart Stopper Challenge is a fundraising opportunity for Heart Children New Zealand, a non-profit organisation that supports children with heart disease, and involves donning a costume and plunging into ice water for […]
Harvard intern at prime minister's office
Before he arrived in Rarotonga, Jake Dorabialski had never ventured outside his home city of Toronto. Now the 19-year-old is halfway across the world, studying the Cook Islands political system as part of a month-long summer internship programme. A second-year student at Harvard University, Dorabialski studies government and economics and hopes to go into politics. […]
Southern Express back in business
The ship Southern Express is back in service which should be good news for Cook Islands importers and other businesses. Late last year Express Cook Islands Line Ltd (EXCIL) had to withdraw the ship from service and send her to dry dock in Indonesia for surveys and repairs. In a statement yesterday Reef Shipping Ltd, […]
Tongia warns of legal action
Democratic Party’s president Makiuti Tongia has confirmed that the faction he calls the “executive of the party” will take legal action to “protect its intellectual property from plagiarism”. He says Sean Willis and his supporters in the rival Demo faction are not permitted to use the name ‘Democratic Party’ without the written support of the […]
Baton departs after massive reception
The Queen’s Baton departed Rarotonga early yesterday continuing its global relay journey in Tuvalu. On Rarotonga the baton was warmly welcomed by all villages and vaka who went the extra mile to give the baton and its bearers a real Cook Islands welcome. After a day of travelling around Rarotonga passing from hand to hand, […]
5 months in jail for assault on visitor
JP Tangi Tuoro presided over the following cases in the high court last week: Travel Tangatapoto – pleaded guilty to assault on a female and one unlawfully found charge. Police highlighted that the incident impacted not only the victim, but also the Cook Islands tourism industry, as the victim was a tourist and the incident […]
Police attend media workshop in Samoa
At the beginning of the month, two members of the Cook Islands police force attended a five-day media seminar in Apia, Samoa that focused on the way that building a relationship with the media can improve community confidence. The seminar was funded by the Australian Federal Police Pacific Police Development Program and attracted 20 participants […]
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