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No debt in China deal
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Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
25 January 2025
$541.7m tourism earnings
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Cook Islands passport proposal
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Top cop position advertised
7 December 2024
Police need numbers and bigger budget
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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
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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
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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
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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Rarotonga crime stats challenged
Cook Islands Police data shows no increasing crime trend, but the Opposition leader and a road safety advocate argue understaffing and passive policing conceal actual crime and safety issues in Rarotonga.
Australian High Commission accepting applications for community grants
The Australian High Commission has announced the opening of the Australia – Cook Islands Community Grants Program.
NZ undecided on tuna
The head of New Zealand’s delegation to the regional Tuna Commission meeting later this year says this country has an open mind about the best way to halt the decline in Pacific tuna stocks. Greenpeace is calling for the New Zealand government to support plans to close all four areas of international waters in the […]
Pacific Blue happy with numbers
Pacific Blue chief executive Mark Pitt says the airline is looking to increase services to Rarotonga depending on how well its new fourth weekly flight performs. Already the airline is pleased with the performance of the Auckland-Rarotonga Monday flight started in the first week of July which will add over 9000 extra seats to the […]
Call for referendum rethink
Cook Islands Party MP Norman George is calling on Prime Minister Jim Marurai to back down from plans to hold an election referendum on political reform. The party’s spokesman for finance and economics, George says government should not rush into holding a referendum on November 17. “The present government of six should adopt a more […]
Per diem used for bills
Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) president Sir Geoffrey Henry has stated that CISNOC is not in possession of the full $300,000 paid to them in per diems for the Pacific Mini Games. The comments were emailed to CI News before he departed on his doomed mission to attend the Pacific Games Association’s […]
Tall ship opens hatches
The crew of the tall ship the Picton Castle are taking advantage of their time here, docked this week in the ship’s home port at Avatiu. Captain Daniel Moreland and 52 crew members from all over the world – from Norway to Bermuda – are a quarter of the way into a journey around the […]
Hawaii on hold
Chloe Wragg the 2010-2011Cook Islands exchange student to Hawaii surprised her school mates by showing up to school on Wednesday, August 18. Wragg, who is supposed to be starting her first semester at Hawaii’s Kamehameha Schools, was denied a student visa into Hawaii because of her age. According to the US Department of State visa […]
New aid name
New Zealand Aid has changed its name to the New Zealand Aid Programme. The organisation has changed its name and logo because it is no longer a separate organisation functioning outside the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It is now part of the ministry. The new logo is a silver fern on a […]
Cooper stamps his mark
Long-time stamp enthusiast John Cooper has amassed an impressive collection of postage stamps issued by the Cook Islands government before 1935. His most valuable Cook Islands-issued stamp, which he purchased from a family estate, boasts a price of around $300. Some of Cooper’s stamps were issued before 1900. He has New Zealand stamps bearing the […]
Referendum questions discussed
Talks are underway on the make-up of a possible referendum on political reform and how many questions it might pose to voters at the November 17 election. It is understood the referendum will have a maximum of two questions. A smaller number of questions is thought to encourage more voters to respond to the referendum. […]
The dubious benefits of citizenship
At the outbreak of the Second World War Apirana Ngata – he’s the guy with his picture on our $50 note – persuaded the government to form a Maori battalion. The 28th Battalion was formed on tribal lines and the different iwi kept up the numbers to maintain the fighting unit. Men from the Pacific […]
TCI says Aitutaki work done
Telecom Cook Islands (TCI) said yesterday that they have completed the restoration of mains power to the Maunga Pu cell site on Aitutaki, and the migration of the cellsite to the cellsite cabinet at the hospital over the weekend. The new cabinet is more efficient and has a built in air conditioner which will provide […]
Fiji telco eyes Pacific growth
Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited (ATH) plans to venture into the Pacific region believing its future growth can be achieved there. Amalgamated Telecom Holding Limited is a Fiji-based telecommunications holding company that provides a range of telecommunications and related services throughout Fiji. The ATH Group of Companies include ATH, Telecom Fiji Limited, Vodafone Fiji Limited, Fiji […]
Playground gets a makeover
Last week’s hype about the worn-down condition of the Punanganui marketplace playground is winding down, as parents see that something is being done about it. On Saturday, over 30 helpers from Rotary and Mongoose, together with a few local builders, rolled up their sleeves and painted and swept and repaired damaged playground equipment. “It was […]
Voyaging Society fundraising to buy vaka
Marumaru Atua, the Cook Islands vaka recently returned from a voyage across the Pacific, will cost the Cook Islands Voyaging Society (CIVS) $200,000. Proceeds from the upcoming Shapeshifter concert, scheduled for September 2 at Club Raro, will go toward helping CIVS to purchase it. At the moment, ownership rights to the vaka belong to German […]
Women's group elects executives
The Pan Pacific South East Asia Women’s Association (PPSEAWA) Cook Islands Inc had its annual general meeting at the Crown Beach Resort last week to elect its executives for 2010/2011. The new executive is a mix of the former and new members. The new bring in youth, a different perspective and energy to pursue PPSEAWA’s […]
Tepaki units in receivership
NZ’s PricewaterhouseCoopers, the receiver for Strategic Finance, have put assets owned by three of developer Tim Tepaki’s local companies into receivership. The assets affected are all the unit titles of Manuia Beach Resort, and some of the units at Castaway Beach Villas and Lagoon Lodges. Accountant Michael Innes-Jones has been appointed receiver as of August […]
Animal emergency nurse helps out
Esther Honey’s first ever animal emergency nurse is on the island for the next four months. Alongside all the vets who come and go, giving up anywhere between two weeks and three months of their time, the clinic usually has two nurses. But Kirstin Pietack is the first one who has specialist experience in emergencies. […]
Run-off under microscope
The legitimacy and fairness of the run-off process for political candidates in the country has come under close scrutiny in recent months. Both major parties have had their problems, with questions asked about how democratic some of the selections have been. CI News put the question of the legitimacy and fairness of the run-off process […]
Tupe takes action
Tupe Short was so incensed by the damage being done to the lagoon by pig farming and other sewage treatment problems that he joined the Muri Environment Care Group. “Now that we know what the problems are, and that we are the cause, we need to work together to fix it,” Short said. “We are […]
Draft family law bill put forward
A draft family law bill that better protects the rights of women, children, and family members in the Cook Islands was discussed at the 11th Triennial of Pacific Women in Noumea on Thursday. The discussions which were part of a side event on “Advocating and Campaigning for Gender Equality Laws: Lessons Learnt” focused on the […]
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