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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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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
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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.
Rubbish dumping angers Papa Tekeu
Pue resident Tekeu Framhein is livid that people continue to dump their household rubbish on his family’s vacant land. Papa Tekeu, who lives next to the department of internal affairs at the start of Pue, was disgusted to find someone had dumped rubbish on his aunt’s land. And this is not the first time this […]
Cabinet continues to blame Maoate
Finger firmly pointed at Sir Terepai by Cook Islands Government Cabinet is continuing to point the finger at Sir Terepai Maoate in the Toa case, which after Weston’s judgement has become a disastrous liability for the taxpayers of this country. Attorney General Wilkie Rasmussen, who appeared on behalf of the government of the Cook Islands […]
Candlelight ceremony honours AIDS victims
The theme for this year’s ceremony was Many Lights for Human Rights. The ceremony was held in over 100 countries this year including Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati and the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands candlelight was sponsored by Red Cross and the HIV, STI and TB Committee and held at the PIAF (Pacific Islands AIDS […]
Ruling binds government to Toa settlement
Chief Justice Tom Weston delivered a judgement to the Cook Islands high court yesterday declaring Apex Agencies Limited the victor in a case that has become a major embarrassment for government. The ruling binds government to a settlement it made with Toa last December, which has the potential to suck $10 million from public coffers. […]
Manuae rescue mission 'not cheap'
Royal New Zealand Air Force squadron leader Kavae Tamariki says that it’s “frustrating” for his team when they are called to rescue people who endanger themselves by failing to observe safety regulations. “We do not make judgement calls on SAR (Search & Rescue missions), however it can be frustrating when the individuals being rescued do […]
Girl Guides meet in Raro
This week the Cook Islands is hosting the Girl Guides Pacific Strategy Meeting. Running from today until Saturday, this is the second meeting of its kind with the first held in Brisbane last year. The meeting will involve 40 Pacific island representatives, 26 of who will be flying in from five Pacific island nations. The […]
USP Award honorary doctorate to Marjorie Crocombe
The University of the South Pacific Council at its 70th meeting in Honiara earlier this month has awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) to the Cook Islands’ Marjorie Tuainekore Crocombe. She has received numerous awards for long-standing and outstanding service to the communities in the Pacific, particularly the Cook Islands, and to […]
Parade honours former police chief
Police conducted a ceremony yesterday for William Prentice, a former Cook Islands chief of police who is on the island for a holiday. Prentice served as the commissioner of the Cook Islands police force in the 1960s, and has returned for a break with his family. Commissioner Maara Tetava welcomed Prentice ‘home’ in an opening […]
Urgent need for Aust promoter
Sydney-based Wayne Borland is being employed for just three months as a consultant in the role of director of strategic development. Cook Islands Tourism identified an urgent need to employ someone on the ground in Sydney to oversee the launch of the Sydney-Rarotonga direct service. A press release from Cook Islands Tourism states that Borland […]
Health meeting on
Pacific Islands’ ministers of health are currently in Geneva for the first planning meeting of the Healthy Islands Forum. Organised by the World Health Organization (WHO), the meeting is taking place before WHO’s World Health Assembly and will involve all the Pacific Island Health Ministers and senior officials. The Healthy Islands Forum planning meeting will […]
No crashes or burglaries
A weekend free of motor vehicle crashes and burglaries was welcomed by police. Police also made special mention of rugby league grand finals spectators who were well behaved. However, four people were caught in contempt of court for breaching their curfew, which was imposed as a condition of bail. Two curfew violators were caught when […]
Vaka voyagers at anchor in Papeete
The vaka voyaging fleet of Hine Moana (Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu crew), Uto Ni Yalo (Fiji), Te Matau a Maui (Aotearoa), Faafaite (Tahiti) and the Cook Islands vaka Marumaru are currently anchored in Papeete after a short journey from Moorea. The vaka crews are expected to sail to Raiatea on May 19 where the fleet […]
Red Cross details Aitutaki costs
The Cook Islands Red Cross recently issued a budget summary detailing the funds collected for and spent on Aitutaki in the wake of Cyclone Pat, the storm that devastated the island in early February. The majority of funding was allocated toward the purchase of relief supplies – among them, tarpaulins, ropes, building materials, shelter tool […]
Tourism denies 'dismal and empty' expo stand claims
A recent visitor to the World Expo in Shanghai was less than impressed with the Cook Islands stand. The person, who asked to remain anonymous, told CI News that “the whole lot that handled expo have been replaced and they had nothing to work with when they got here, no containers etc so they had […]
Welland exhibit unveiled
Beachcomber Contemporary Art gallery’s artist in residence Rick Welland unveiled a series of paintings, both old and new, at BCA yesterday. The exhibit is “noteworthy”, BCA owner Ben Bergman said, because it is the widest collection of Welland’s work on display at one time during his entire career as an artist. On the first day […]
Pensioner shopping scheme proves popular
Foodland launched its new programme for pensioners yesterday, generating buzzing excitement among its elderly shoppers. Manager Donna Gotty said that the turnout was so strong that both she and representatives at BCI ran out of vouchers by mid-afternoon. More have been printed and are on hand for those who couldn’t make it to town yesterday. […]
More bites at night
Light those mosquito coils and pull down those nets, there is a new night-biting mosquito about. Hot on the wings of the night-biting Culex, which has recently made its presence felt, comes the Nocturnal Aedes mosquito (Aedes nocturnes). The attached photo was taken in Tupapa recently, is the Nocturnal Aedes Mosquito (Aedes nocturnus) well-known to […]
Plea for pounamu
A pair of Kiwi vacationers to Rarotonga are seeking help or information regarding a lost pounamu or greenstone taunga. Isaac Paul, from Onehunga in Auckland, reckons he lost his precious pendant last week, and says he could have left it at Coconut Tours, Highland Paradise, Cafe Salsa or Crown Beach. He isn’t upset because the […]
Roadshow aims to increase ticket sales
Attendees at a meeting to finalise roadshow arrangements included Liana Scott of Muri Beach Hotel, Tanya Savage from Raina Lagoon Villas, Charleen Heather from Club Raro and Thomas Koteka of Pacific Resort. .jpg “/> Cook Island Tourism has announced the full details of a roadshow to promote the new direct flights from Sydney to Rarotonga. […]
Mentoring scheme to help boost economy
Plans to help boost the country’s economy one business at a time are developing well, according to the man who has been tasked with setting up the scheme. Ian Furlong, manager of the Pacific Business Mentoring Programme, was in the country last week setting up a business mentoring scheme for small businesses in the Cook […]
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