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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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National
Community responds to Government’s calls for partnership
Following the announcement of the launch of the Rarotonga Safety Shelter Programme (RSSP), communities around Rarotonga are actively engaging with the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) to learn more about the programme.
Back-to-back cruise ship visits boost Rarotonga tourism
Within 48 hours, two cruise ships – the Zuiderdam, which visited on Saturday, and the Costa Deliziosa, which arrived yesterday – called at Rarotonga.
Waring apologises for NZ's stance
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 […]
Turepu selected for Matavera
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 […]
Forum to discuss women in politics
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 […]
Volunteers help renovate Vaimaanga hall
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, […]
Funds raised for Aitutaki golf
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, […]
Air NZ gives track first class upgrade
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 […]
Walking for a cause on Mauke
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 […]
Vincent Ingram as I remember him
Lively, cheeky, snappy, wicked with a school boy sense of mischievous fun. He was a very bright scholar and classy lawyer. He prepared for his cases with laborious thoroughness. He paid attention to detail and would spend hours getting to the finer points of the law. On the political side of things, he was fun […]
Last vaka leave our shores
The last three vaka voyaging canoes Matau O Maui (Aotearoa), Hine Moana (mixed nations) and Uto ni Yalo (Fiji) departed from Avatiu harbour on Saturday headed for Samoa. The three sister vessels were escorted out of the harbour by Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua. A large crowd of well wishers gathered at the Avatiu western […]
Ingram to be farewelled today
Former Cook Islands minister and lawyer Vincent Alfred Kura Taratu Ingram will be laid to rest today (Wednesday NZ time) at All Saints Chapel in Meadowbank, Auckland. Ingram passed away peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family on Sunday at Auckland’s Mercy Hospice. Ingram was born in Auckland in 1946, the son of the late […]
Police crackdown on traffic offences
Police issued 152 minor offence notices to motorists in May. Failure to pay a fine at the police headquarters for an offence citation will result in the recipient appearing in court. Eighty-three vehicles have been found to have expired warrants of fitness and 28 vehicles were still without annual license vehicle registration. Nineteen drivers have […]
Climate change studies continue
Twenty-five health, environment, climate and planning officials from five Pacific island countries met last week in Auckland, New Zealand, to plan for the effects of climate change. The Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Tonga and Tuvalu attended the workshop which was organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and hosted by the University of Auckland. The […]
Win or lose, Graham to work for Mauke
Hugh Graham gave up a $75,000 a year local government position in New Zealand to run as the Democratic Party candidate for Mauke in this year’s general elections. He knows there is no guarantee that he will win and is realistic enough to know that he could be left unemployed. But Graham, who recently resigned […]
Cook Islanders promote Zumba
Cook Islanders Moana Rule, Tenga-Schwalger-Teura and Fanaura Vili (nee Mitchell) are working hard to promote Zumba Fitness in Auckland communities. All three are also community coaches teaching Zumba Fitness in churches, gyms, recreational centres, special events and health and fitness promotions. In addition to being an instructor, Tenga is also a ‘mentor’ working for a […]
Te Vaerua support worker speaks up
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had the feeling that people labelled as ‘disabled’ often get a raw deal. My earliest recollection of this is a school friend who had polio, and when I compare his life to that of my partially ‘disabled’ daughter, society has come on in leaps and bounds with […]
Ka kite
The official vaka fleet farewell was held yesterday in Avana although only Tahiti vaka Faafaite actually departed our shores. It was decided late yesterday morning that the vaka fleet farewell would go ahead, although on-shore winds were the reason canoes Matau O Maui (Aotearoa), Hine Moana (mixed crew) and Fiji vaka Uto ni Yalo did […]
Police locate lost hikers
A police search and rescue team was called out during the early hours of Thursday morning to locate two tourists who had failed to return to their motel on Wednesday afternoon from a hiking trip up to the Needle. Senior Sergeant Inano Matapo, who led the search and rescue team, confirmed that the pair were […]
Cassey tumbles on way to talks
Minister for the Environment Cassey Eggelton fell victim to wild weather in Argentina on her way to the GEF conference in Uruguay. Eggelton landed at Buenos Aries airport in the midst of a torrential downpour and slipped and broke her leg on her way to catch the plane to Uruguay. Eggelton received medical treatment and […]
Te Puni confirmed as envoy
Linda Te Puni has been confirmed as New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to the Cook Islands. Career diplomat Te Puni, currently Acting High Commissioner in Rarotonga, was most recently deputy director of the Pacific division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She has previously served in Paris, Mexico City, Apia, Honiara, and Suva. […]
Escape raises issue of warden shortage
Prison escapee Andrew Tonorio is still at large. Police have not received reports of sightings and are working around the clock to identify the whereabouts of the missing inmate. Secretary of Justice Mark Short confirms that Tonorio escaped during a routine rubbish dumping and was outside the prison gates at the time. The escape, then, […]
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