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Cook Islands passport proposal
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Top cop position advertised
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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
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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
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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
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
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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.
An historical and emotional arrival
Those that witnessed the arrival of the five voyaging double-hulled canoes at Avana harbour on Saturday are still overwhelmed by the historical and emotional landing of the vaka. Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua lead the fleet of Tahiti vaka Faafaite, Fiji vaka Uto ni Yalo, Aotearoa vaka Matau O Maui and mixed nations vaka Hine […]
Police investigate assault on female
Four domestic violence incidents were reported to police last week. This included two men who now face possible charges for an alleged assault on a female, but police are still investigating. Police say that the disputes turned violent because one or both parties had been drinking. All up last week police responded to 58 incidents, […]
Milestone for Raro resort
In an important milestone for Pacific Resort Rarotonga, the company’s commitment to environmental practices has been recognised by EarthCheck, the world’s leading sustainable travel and tourism certification organisation. The EarthCheck programme is widely regarded as the world’s most scientifically rigorous. It measures key environmental indicators such as energy and water consumption, and total waste production […]
Fire service thrills kids
Oohs and ahhs rang out from Avatea School’s room four students who were amazed at the size of the fire trucks and equipment at the Rarotonga crash fire department on Monday morning. The class visited the crash fire department, airport terminal and airport tower as part of their theme studies communication and transportation. The field […]
Emergency response workshop in Raro
A three-day workshop on contingency planning for emergency response will be held in the Cook Islands from tomorrow until Thursday. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) on behalf of the United Nations Resident Coordinator (UN RC) for Samoa, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau and in partnership with Emergency […]
Winning design to stop smoking
Tereora College student Alex Ngarua has won a competition to design a logo to promote a smoke free Cook Islands and a healthier future. The logo was unveiled on No Tobacco Day yesterday at a ceremony at Rarotonga hospital. It is based on the globally recognised No Smoking symbol, but has a Cook Islands twist, […]
Spam warning
Telecom Cook Islands is warning its customers after a spam email was sent to its Oyster email customers asking for their account details. Telecom marketing manager Mark Boyd said a message, currently circulating, is being sent purporting to be from Telecom. He said the email was spam and advised people to delete it. He said […]
CIIC looks for CEO
The Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) is advertising for a chief executive to fill the vacancy left by former head John Tini, who was suspended last year. Employment applications close on June 16, so applicants have three weeks to apply. A selection committee has not yet been confirmed, but financial secretary Kevin Carr has agreed […]
In support of the vaka
Crews on the vaka voyage support vessels Evohe, Foftein and Ranui have new found respect for Pacific voyagers, especially the crews that voyaged across the Pacific to Rarotonga. The three vessels accompanied the four canoes of Matau O Maui (Aotearoa), Hine Moana (mixed nations), Uto ni Yalo (Fiji) and Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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