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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.

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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.

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 […]

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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 […]

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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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Dancing future in good hands

Last Thursday’s Dancer of the Year competition was a combined junior, intermediate and senior dance show. The junior dancers really showed that they are passionate about our Cook Islands culture and their performances warmed the heart of every Cook Islander in the near-full national auditorium. Dancers became more polished and fluid in the intermediate and […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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