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$541.7m tourism earnings
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Cook Islands passport proposal
6 January 2025
Top cop position advertised
7 December 2024
Police need numbers and bigger budget
9 December 2024
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
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 Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
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
Challenging ‘rape culture’
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Brief court cases
Christopher Denny who is representing himself has asked Chief Justice Patrick Keane for a sentencing indication.
TMO trains new midwives, aims to grow workforce
With an aim to grow its own workforce, Te Marae Ora, Ministry of Health is ensuring that its medical staff are trained well to deserve the best care services in the country.
Pa Ariki Palace planned
Plans to build an official residence for Takitumu paramount chief Pa Ariki have been revived, but no details are available at this stage how the project will be financed. Some of Pa Ariki’s sub-chiefs met yesterday morning on the two-acre section off the main road in Turangi that has long been designated as the site […]
Cheap Aussie holidays
A cheap Australian holiday package has been launched for Cook Islands residents. In an effort to ensure the success of the new direct Sydney flight, Island Hopper has packaged a deal for those who want to visit Australia. The tour operator approached Air New Zealand and was able to secure a “reasonably attractive airfare”. Retail […]
Audit report reveals 'clear financial mismanagement'
The newly-released Toagate audit report points to serious financial mismanagement on government’s part and reveals that key decision makers did not cost the proposed nationalisation strategy properly. Government attempted to nationalise the fuel industry in order to mitigate and control rising fuel costs, but the plan ended as an “enormously expensive failure with no benefit […]
Toagate shows system flaws
Audit recommends changes and improvements to process The audit office’s report on the Toa debacle raises some serious questions about the way government conducts its business, and also makes some suggestions about where government should go from here. Multiple times the report reveals Audit’s concern over the way that just a few public officials had […]
Apii Te Uki Ou fundraises for Aitutaki
Apii Te Uki Ou has helped Aitutaki through weeks of fundraising and fun activities. First we had a food drive which went over in Term 1. Then we raised $1300 for Aitutaki after Cyclone Pat. We bought three mats and a brand new laptop for Araura College and Primary School. We fundraised by having a […]
Making fun and funds
By 11.30am yesterday, most of the food at the St Joseph’s School gala had sold out but there was still plenty of fun on offer for families. The gala day at the school was to raise funds to upgrade the pre-school block. There was umu kai food, barbequed kai and plenty of cakes and muffins […]
A little help from our Tahiti friends
Air Raro will be busy this weekend shuttling hundreds of international eclipse watchers to Mangaia, while its own Saab 340 is still in New Zealand undergoing a major overhaul. To ensure that all goes smoothly, the airline chartered an ATR42-500 from neighbouring Air Tahiti to assist with inter-island passenger traffic over the coming week. The […]
Poetry helps boys speak
Students on the Te Rakei Toa programme were the stars of the show at the auditorium on Thursday night. Each of the 11-14 year old boys on the programme learned, understood, and recited a poem in English or Maori. They were then filmed reciting their poem for the DVD ‘Voices along the Wayside’, copies of […]
New Albert stands for values of old
Nicholas confident new party will grow given some time CIP’s breakaway MP Albert Nicholas believes his constituency will continue to support him as he sets out to grow the Cook Islands Party Tumu. CI News interviewed Nicholas, his committee vice chairman Richard Marsters and CIP Tumu advisor Tupui Ariki Henry yesterday about the decision to […]
Sir Terepai 'failed on numerous occasions'
The Toagate audit report says that former Deputy Prime Minister Sir Terepai Maoate’s conduct “failed on numerous occasions”. It says that on December 1 2008, Sir Terepai told the chamber of Commerce that “Chamber’s concerns that government is nationalising the oil industry are noted. As no final decision has been made on the model it […]
Ivaiti's 'inappropriate management' led to Toagate scandal says report
The conduct of former Financial Secretary Sholan Ivaiti comes under heavy criticism and scrutiny in the just-released Toagate audit report. The report, which has yet to be tabled in Parliament, says that throughout the five month review of the failed fuel farm project, clear instances of ‘inappropriate public administration and project management practices’ by Ivaiti […]
Community connections a key to political success
Tangata Vainerere, the coordinator of the Pacific Legislature for Population and Governance (PLPG) office in Rarotonga, says political success depends on how connected you are to your community. One of the focuses of the PLPG is empowering people to get involved in policy making and politics. Vainerere said that many people in the Pacific go […]
A piece of history finds a home
Justina Nicholas, head librarian of the National Library, was delighted when CI News called and asked if she would like to give a set of photos a home. Dame Margaret Shields was a cabinet minister in New Zealand in 1987 when she flew into Rarotonga after Cyclone Sally to see what the NZ government could […]
Firearms taken from Titikaveka
Two firearms – a .22 semi automatic rifle and a 12 gauge round singles barrel semi automatic shotgun – were reported missing from a Titikaveka residence. The owners of the home have been overseas since Christmas of last year, and cannot judge when the guns were taken. “Police would like to urge all firearm owners […]
Junior tennis down to business
The East Pacific Qualifying tennis tournament heads into the business stage of the competition with the under 12 and under 18 boys to play their semi final matches today. These two grades will then play out their finals games on Friday while the under 12 girls, under 14 boys and girls and the under 18 […]
Blue Light relay breaks record
Despite heavy showers, runners last week successfully smashed a 24-year-old record, covering 480km in 40 consecutive hours. The police-driven Blue Light relay raised just under $1000, though organiser Alan Rua said that the run wasn’t about making money but about showing the community that Blue Light is back in action. “This was about re-activating Blue […]
Lab techs upskill
Four of Rarotonga hospital’s laboratory technicians have received Diplomas in Medical Technology. Theresa Tatuava, Peia Ben, Geoffrey Wuatai, and Matanoanoa Iroa have all studied in their own time for a year to upskill. The qualification sees them broaden their knowledge and skills in the areas of clinical biochemistry, haematology, microbiology, transfusion science, and immunology. Secretary […]
Helping tackle beach rubbish
Pare Albert, of Friends of the Environment, had the dubious honour of collecting the 1000th bag of beach rubbish this week. He joined the volunteers from the Matavera Community Action Group (MCAG) which has been collecting beach rubbish from between Takitumu Primary School and the CICC Sunday School for the past three years. Albert said […]
Unintended side effects
This weekend’s solar eclipse means an influx of tourists to Mangaia and Rarotonga, who are likely to circulate money through both economies. But for the maire exporting business on Mauke, the solar eclipse is getting in the way of doing business. Because of the high demand for aircraft this weekend, Air Raro will not be […]
Eclipse chasers highly excited
David Blackmore couldn’t be more enthusiastic about this weekend’s solar eclipse. “It is one of the greatest phenomenons on the planet and it takes your breath away,” he says. “As you move into totality (when the moon completely obscures the sun) it’s like a dimmer switch. It’s a really eerie light which you never get […]
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