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No debt in China deal
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Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
25 January 2025
$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
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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National
Rarotonga crime stats challenged
Cook Islands Police data shows no increasing crime trend, but the Opposition leader and a road safety advocate argue understaffing and passive policing conceal actual crime and safety issues in Rarotonga.
Australian High Commission accepting applications for community grants
The Australian High Commission has announced the opening of the Australia – Cook Islands Community Grants Program.
Region's media has new voice
Pacific independent media organisations are soon to have their own voice. They are distancing themselves from the existing Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) which they believe is no longer effective. The new body is tentatively being called Pacific Media Association (PMA). It proposes to embrace and promote media freedom, ethics, governance and transparency as well […]
Fire destroys tennis gear
A boy playing with fire almost caused a disaster at the Nikao Tennis Centre on Saturday. A fire broke out around 12.30pm in a shipping container used as a gear and storage shed, after a boy meant to be helping with lawn mowing and raking took a lighted piece of paper or stick into the […]
PND studied
There could be a link between postnatal depression and identification with one’s culture, according to a recent survey. Leon Iusitini, a member of the Pacific Islands Families (PIF) study team, said on Friday at the annual health conference that Cook Islanders have a 17.6% chance of developing postnatal depression (PND). The survey found that PND […]
Conference explores sexual issues
Sexuality was the subject of a number of presentations at Friday’s health conference closing session. Eighteen-year-old Kimi of Tereora College gave a powerful speech detailing her take on teenage pregnancy – a prevalent issue given that in the Cook Islands, the mean age of girls who get pregnant for the first time is 16. Kimi […]
Three more quit CI Tourism
Three more staff have resigned from Cook Islands Tourism (CIT) in response to restructuring planned for the agency that is expected to lead the country’s most profitable industry. The resignations of product manager Anne Lyon, NZ-Australia marketing officer Jeremy Goodwin and UK-Europe marketing officer Kura Metuariki bring total departures this year from CIT to six. […]
Early childhood educators gather
An international conference will be held on Rarotonga from next Tuesday to Thursday, bringing together staff from the Punanga Reo o Akarana and Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers in Rarotonga and some southern group schools. The conference will be held at the Crown Beach Resort and aims to discuss issues and concerns regarding the maintenance […]
Obesity affects reproductive health
On the heels of Dr Wame Baravilala’s warning about the dangers of a poor diet, Dr Kara Okesene-Gafa of Middlemore Hospital spoke about the relationship between obesity and poor reproductive health at yesterday’s session of the Cook Islands health conference. A licensed obstetrician, Okesene-Gafa explained that obesity can cause abnormal menstruation and affect a woman’s […]
Calling Canadians
The Cook Islands Canadian family will gather at Muri beach today to celebrate their country’s national day – Canada Day, which was on July 1. All Canucks (and friends) on the rock are invited to come and share Canadian games, songs, jokes and bring picnic food to keep the wolves at bay – a common […]
Aroa and funds pour in for Aratoa
The support of the Titikaveka neighbourhood and the community at large has overwhelmed the family of Titikaveka youth Aratoa Mana – who is currently battling leukemia in New Zealand. Since the community found out about the young man’s plight – there has been an outpouring of support for the 12-year-old and his family who will […]
'Blackout' possible today in Raro
Te Aponga Uira (TAU) is carrying out tests today that could leave the whole of Rarotonga without power. But the electricity company is hoping all will run smoothly and no one will notice a thing. At 1pm today TAU is carrying out a series of tests following the recent major overhaul of one of its […]
Phone credit for all Aitutaki customers
Technicians in Aitutaki are still struggling to connect remaining Telecom customers to the old exchange. Telecom Cook Islands marketing manager Mark Boyd said yesterday there are now sufficient lines for all customers but staff are still checking to ensure the lines are connected to the correct customers. It has been a difficult three weeks for […]
Run-off delay
The Democratic Party committee in Murienua has postponed the run-off between James Beer and Angeline Tuara for the Murienua candidacy until Friday July 9. The run off was originally set for Wednesday June 30. James Beer told CI News this week that he is fixed on ensuring that the proper process is followed. “We need […]
Panthers repel first challenge
In the first match of the Powerade under 16 mid week challenge the Panthers proved too strong for the Titikaveka Bulls to win the match 44-5. With a 35-0 halftime lead heading into the second half the Panthers seemed to take their foot off the pedal allowing the Bulls to score their only points of […]
Cooks fisheries officers complete course
Course covers monitoring, control and surveillance of illegal fishing Nine fisheries and compliance officers from Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Samoa, this week completed a course on monitoring, control and surveillance of illegal fishing today, following a long tradition of education for Pacific Island fisheries and law enforcement staff. The […]
Technology researchers strengthen relationship
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), and the Institut de Recherche pour le Dveloppement (IRD, French Research Institute for Development) with the European Commission concluded a five-day meeting yesterday, culminating with a set of agreed ‘roadmaps’ for project activities under the Pacific Europe Network for Science and Technology (PACE-Net) project. The PACE-Net project is […]
Tourism job applicants put through exhaustive process
The two vacant posts at Cook Islands Tourism (CIT) are getting closer to being filled, but the process is taking a long time. Around 40 applications were received in May for the job of New Zealand Manager and 20 for the post of Australian Manager. Applicants were then told that there would be a delay […]
CIT upbeat despite smaller budget
Carmel Beattie, chief executive of Cook Islands Tourism, is still optimistic about the coming year despite Finance Minister Wilkie Rasmussen stating that they won’t get the $10 million uplift they were hoping for in this year’s Budget. “We are currently working to the same budget as last year. We are lucky we haven’t had a […]
Tangi faces July 15 run-off
Tupapa-Maraerenga MP John Tangi will find out later this month if the constituency wants him to run again as the Democratic Party candidate this year. On July 15 a run-off will be held between Tangi and the two other nominees for candidacy – Nooroa Tupa and William Framhein. On Wednesday evening the three nominations were […]
Childhood development vital
Children who access early childhood development (ECD) programs do better in school and other areas of life than those who did not, says an expert on Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Junko Miyahara. Ms Miyahara is also the co-ordinator of the Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC) which has organised the three-day seminar […]
Youth back in prison
Twenty-year-old Rima Iotua (picture right) has been remanded in custody after being wanted by police for breaching court-mandated curfew conditions. Iotua will remain in prison until July 29, when he appears in court on a number of charges, including possession of cannabis and burglary. He was incarcerated for one month earlier this year after being […]
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