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The importance of Property Maintenance: Routine vs. Emergency Maintenance.
Maintaining your property, whether residential or commercial is essential for several reasons. Regular upkeep not only preserves the property’s value but also ensures tenant satisfaction and safety. There are benefits of both routine maintenance and emergency maintenance.
Cook Islands contribute to immigration regional governance discussions
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) participated in the 58th Pacific Immigration Development Community (PIDC) board meeting and strategic planning workshop held in Samoa from March 3 to 6.
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, […]
Aussie roadshow well received
The 10-day Cook Islands Tourism Road Show around Sydney and eastern Australia, featuring 12 of the Cook Islands’ top tourism operators, has received positive feedback from the Australian travel trade. “The road show is a great success with a total of close to 600 travel agents who will have attended the road show briefings when […]
Paradise Cafe back on location
Cast and crew return to Rarotonga and are loving filming TV series The ‘Paradise Cafe’ cast and crew are back on the island, shooting the show’s second season on Betela beach and at Crown Beach Resort. After shooting in Wellington for a month, the crew is three weeks into its month-long stay on Rarotonga, and […]
Kids drum out eco message
Rarotonga school children, through performing arts, drummed home the message of looking after the biodiversity of our islands. Schools gathered at the CITC main store car park to perform items for the environment week performing arts competition based on this year’s theme – E tango Maori te ao ora natura ‘our biodiversity our foundation’. There […]
Regional workshop strengthens cultural policy
A major project, which involves the Cook Islands, to structure the region’s cultural sector got underway recently at a workshop attended by regional culture representatives. The workshop, held at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia, was the first step in a substantial regional culture project that aims to enhance human […]
Stone laying unites vaka
Yesterday a second stone laying ceremony by the crews of the five voyaging canoes was held at the Taputapuatea marae, Two stones from Tahiti, one from the Cook Islands and one from Aotearoa were presented. One of the stones gifted for the marae was presented by Tahiti vaka Faafaite’s ceremonial leader Moana’ura Walker. The stone […]
A learning experience for Aotearoa crew
The voyage from New Zealand to Rarotonga was a learning experience for most of the Aotearoa crew on more than one level it represented a chance for them to re-connect with their ancestral roots and also a chance to learn more about the ocean and the art of sailing. Though the crew on board Te […]
Stones help reconnect Pacific links
Reconnecting the links of all Pacific people was the key to yesterday’s second stone laying ceremony by the crews of the five voyaging canoes. This time the ceremony was held at the Taputapuatea marae, within the palace grounds in Taputapuatea. The crews were welcomed on to the grounds through a traditional turou (welcome) conducted by […]
Tuara takes over as secretary general
Angeline Tuara is the new secretary general of the Democratic Party after defeating incumbent John Tangi 25-23. Tuara is well-known in the community for her roles in social work, government and NGOs. This is Tuara’s first foray into politics, but she is well known as locally as a campaigner for women’s rights. She holds positions […]
Demo conference votes for clean sweep of executive
Robert Wigmore narrowly won the Democratic Party leadership 25 votes to 23 in a two-horse race with incumbent Sir Terepai Maoate. A field of 11 nominees was narrowed to just two as nominees, including Wilkie Rasmussen, Casey Eggelton, and William Heather, withdrew just before voting commenced. Their withdrawals were tactical and ensured the vote against […]
CITC educates employees on life insurance options
As part of an effort to look after the personal interests of its employees, CITC asked life insurance brokers Shaun Gallagher and Richard Fisher to give a presentation on the benefits of buying life insurance. Gallagher and Fisher represent Share NZ, a brokerage firm that works with Sovereign, which is a life insurance company owned […]
Electric bicycle offers 'eco' option
For those who think they might enjoy cruising around the island on a bicycle, but think that sounds a bit too ambitious, there’s always the option of the ‘eco-cycle’, or the electric bicycle. When pedalling seems too strenuous, just switch to battery power, sit back and enjoy the view. Polynesian Bike Hire has 40 electric […]
Beach party for voyagers
A beach party in Nikao was the perfect time for vaka voyagers to swap stories and have a jam. Voyaging crews from the five vaka and support crews were hosted on Tuesday night by the benefactor of the Pacific Voyage project, Dita Paulman of Germany and the Cook Islands Voyaging Society. For all involved, the […]
Fiji crew feeling at home in Raro
The crew of the Fiji vaka Uto ni Yalo have been made to feel at home since arriving in Rarotonga. Members of the local Fiji community have been looking after the crew since their arrival, welcoming them with the qaloqalovi (traditional welcome) when they set foot at Avana on Saturday afternoon. Since then the Fiji […]
Faafaite crew make most of time in Raro
The Tahitian crew of Faafaite have been enjoying themselves on Rarotonga, jumping between ceremonies, meet-and-greets, parties and hearty kaikai. Crew member Moana Degage said the crew was ‘really lucky’ to have experienced such fair weather conditions and to have completed the journey from Raiatea to Rarotonga in just three days. The crew set sail from […]
Mixed nations vaka ready to sail again
A fleet of three vaka head off to Samoa tomorrow on the next leg of their historical journey. The mixed nations vaka Hine Moana, Fiji’s Uto ni Yalo, and Aotearoa’s Te Matau O Maui. The crew of 17 aboard the Hine Moana are captained by Frenchman Gondard and have so far completed an epic voyage […]
Marumaru Atua women loved the experience
There was no special treatment for Marumaru Atua female crew members Angelie Robinson and Jasmine Hemopo. And they wouldn’t have it any other way. The young women pulled their weight and did their share of duties on the Cook Islands’ vaka, from cooking duties, to early morning watches and steering the double hulled canoe. The […]
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