Tiki Ice Cream Café, the new ice cream shop located near the airport in Nikao, is offering a refreshing addition to the area’s food scene.
Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) in collaboration with Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI), a division in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), has announced the commencement of the Rarotonga Safety Shelter Programme (RSSP).
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
The third race of the cross-country series got underway on time with seven males, four females and that dog ‘Rusty’ last Thursday. It had rained during the week, so we finally got at least one muddy patch to dirty those dusty shoes and those Persil white fours. After a reconnaissance first lap, the speedsters lifted […]
The 2010 Careers Expo will be held on Thursday, July 22 for Rarotonga and southern group islands school students. The expo aims to expand students understanding of the huge variety of careers available when they leave school. The expo not only showcases the different careers in both the private and public sectors, it also provides […]
Te Vaerua Community Rehabilitation Service is here to ‘help individuals to help themselves’ to regain their independence, or improve their quality of lives by assisting them to regain their skills towards participating in everyday activities again that includes work, leisure, community involvement. Currently people would generally need to go to New Zealand to obtain rehabilitation […]
New Zealand academic Marylin Waring has apologised publicly for New Zealand’s refusal to sign up to a global convention on the basic rights of domestic workers which could improve the situation of many Cook Islands women in NZ. She stated that around 20,000 home-based care workers live in NZ and the overwhelming majority of these […]
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 Rarotonga Golf Club and sister club Aitutaki Golf Club held a joint fundraising effort three weeks ago in aid of the Aitutaki Golf Club house infrastructure which was badly damaged after Cyclone Pat in February. The fundraising effort managed to raise $6800 with a shortfall of $3200 to their expected target of $10,000, however, […]
A team from Air New Zealand’s Green Team are working in Rarotonga for the first time. Twenty-five volunteers are spending five days working to make the cross-island track safer for walkers and to protect the biodiversity along the route. The team are working to cut back overgrown parts of the track, get rid of dangers […]
Queen’s Birthday morning was cool, overcast and still. Just perfect for Mauke’s Seventh Day Adventist Walkathon. The morning began at 6am with a prayer at the SDA church in Kimiangatau, followed by a small band of keen walkers heading off in a clockwise direction taking the coastal road, approximately 18km around Mauke. Three hours later […]
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