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$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
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.
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 […]
Visitors take on chilly challenge
A group of New Zealand tourists took on a chilly challenge this week at Edgewater Resort & Spa for Heart Children Week. The Heart Stopper Challenge is a fundraising opportunity for Heart Children New Zealand, a non-profit organisation that supports children with heart disease, and involves donning a costume and plunging into ice water for […]
Harvard intern at prime minister's office
Before he arrived in Rarotonga, Jake Dorabialski had never ventured outside his home city of Toronto. Now the 19-year-old is halfway across the world, studying the Cook Islands political system as part of a month-long summer internship programme. A second-year student at Harvard University, Dorabialski studies government and economics and hopes to go into politics. […]
Southern Express back in business
The ship Southern Express is back in service which should be good news for Cook Islands importers and other businesses. Late last year Express Cook Islands Line Ltd (EXCIL) had to withdraw the ship from service and send her to dry dock in Indonesia for surveys and repairs. In a statement yesterday Reef Shipping Ltd, […]
Tongia warns of legal action
Democratic Party’s president Makiuti Tongia has confirmed that the faction he calls the “executive of the party” will take legal action to “protect its intellectual property from plagiarism”. He says Sean Willis and his supporters in the rival Demo faction are not permitted to use the name ‘Democratic Party’ without the written support of the […]
Baton departs after massive reception
The Queen’s Baton departed Rarotonga early yesterday continuing its global relay journey in Tuvalu. On Rarotonga the baton was warmly welcomed by all villages and vaka who went the extra mile to give the baton and its bearers a real Cook Islands welcome. After a day of travelling around Rarotonga passing from hand to hand, […]
5 months in jail for assault on visitor
JP Tangi Tuoro presided over the following cases in the high court last week: Travel Tangatapoto – pleaded guilty to assault on a female and one unlawfully found charge. Police highlighted that the incident impacted not only the victim, but also the Cook Islands tourism industry, as the victim was a tourist and the incident […]
Police attend media workshop in Samoa
At the beginning of the month, two members of the Cook Islands police force attended a five-day media seminar in Apia, Samoa that focused on the way that building a relationship with the media can improve community confidence. The seminar was funded by the Australian Federal Police Pacific Police Development Program and attracted 20 participants […]
Promoting Pacific ICT development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) are working together to identify opportunities for joint information and communication technology initiatives in the Pacific islands. The partnership became official when ADB and SPC signed a letter of agreement this month, enabling SPC to join an existing ADB regional technical assistance […]
Red Cross thanks community for support
Cook Islands Red Cross would like to extend a very big thank you to all those who contributed wholeheartedly to our Door Knock Appeal last Monday. The appeal ended up generating $6194.80 in donations to aid and assist future Red Cross projects. A big meitaki maata also to all the schools who accepted our invitation […]
Te Kura O Te Au eyes the elections
Te Kura O Te Au, a political lobby group formed in Aitutaki, has confirmed it will contest this year’s general elections. The party, which was born out of the Aitutaki Sunday flight protests with the group initially forming as the People’s Movement, have yet to confirm exact plans. The party was registered as an incorporated […]
Tourist hits dog at Nikao
A tourist escaped serious injury after hitting a dog at Nikao. Police say on Friday afternoon, a tourist was driving a motorbike on the back road at Nikao when a dog darted in front of him. The driver collided with the dog and fell off his bike, but was not seriously injured. Police also responded […]
CIT talks with Aussie market
Cook Islands Tourism representatives at the recent Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange (BFTE) in Fiji said they took the opportunity to recap with the Australia market on the upcoming Sydney-Rarotonga flight. CI Tourism board member Robert Skews said the Australian wholesalers were all “very happy going forward with our flight” and they had a chance to […]
Pacific Blue confirms fourth Raro flight
Pacific Blue has announced a fourth permanent weekly flight between Auckland and Rarotonga starting in July, adding over 9000 extra seats to the route each year. The flight, DJ 163, will depart Auckland on Monday at 6.30pm and return at 1.50am. The airline trialled a fourth weekly flight over the summer holiday season which attracted […]
Quitting Manukau for Mauke
Hugh Graham, a first-term Manukau City councillor, was given a verbal serving in the New Zealand press last week by Manukau Mayor Len Brown last week over his extended absence from council, while he had been in the Cook Islands. Graham hit back yesterday saying Brown was aware of and agreed to his absence and […]
Thunderous turou for Queen's Baton
The Queen’s Baton Relay around Rarotonga was a colourful and joyous occasion as each tapere, village and vaka staged a thunderous turou (welcome) into their area. The baton arrived on Friday night carried by 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games organising committee representative Brianca Negi. Negi and the baton were treated to a cultural performance and welcome […]
Police outreach
Police are cordially inviting members of ethnic community groups to attend a second community meeting on Tuesday May 25 at 6 pm. An overwhelming response from the previous meeting in April has sparked interest from other organisations. The meeting will focus on building and strengthening police’s relationship with people from ethnic communities and allow police […]
Recovery plans going forward
By Vaine Wichman During a recent visit to Aitutaki, I chatted with women leaders on how things were moving with the recovery plan since Cyclone Pat destroyed homes and lives in February. Disasters impact people in different ways. A few sit back and complain and wish for things to get back to normal right away. […]
Toa-ing and froing
Apex Agencies’ director Brett Porter is relieved that the Toa case has, for the moment, closed. He insists that the whole affair was not scandalous or corrupt – it just represented a commercial transaction gone awry. The whole thing was based on a failed attempt to nationalise fuel. Porter said that government knew what it […]
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