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National
Social Impact Fund awards $199,825 to 14 community projects
The Cook Islands Social Impact Fund approved 14 proposals totalling $199,825.20 from 21 applications, supporting community initiatives across Rarotonga and the Pa Enua, with a focus on sports, wellness and youth development.
Christmas in the Park brings festive cheer to Rarotonga
Hundreds of locals, visiting families, and tourists gathered at the National Auditorium and Domes on Thursday evening for the annual Christmas in the Park event, hosted by Rotaract Rarotonga.
Residency offered
Fulbright New Zealand and Creative New Zealand are accepting applications for the 2010 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency, an award which offers a New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage the opportunity to work for three months on a creative writing project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history at the University of Hawai‘i. Valued at […]
Aitutaki showcased on Getaway
Last Wednesday, Australia’s number one TV travel programme Getaway showcased the Cook Islands atoll of Aitutaki. Presenter Catriona Rowntree had dreamed about Aitutaki as her honeymoon destination even before she met her new husband, James Pettit, and last year, all her dreams came true. This same episode was screened on Getaway April of last year […]
Tupapa clinic reopens
The ministry of health reopened the Tupapa community health clinic yesterday after its facelift worth just over $100,000 was carried out over the past few months. Ministry director of funding and planning Daphne Ringi says the project was thankful to $40,000 from The Global Fund (to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria), and funding and work […]
Housing and infrastructure main priorities for recovery
Government will provide about $5 million to help with the cost of repair and reconstruction of almost 300 homes damaged by Cyclone Martin. It estimates the repair and reconstruction of homes will be over $15 million. The most urgent need is to provide basic shelter to those whose homes were damaged as a result of […]
Deaf club networks
The Cook Islands Deaf Club kicked off another round of sign language classes Thursday night at USP. The club is considering changing the date of the class so as to accommodate those with scheduling conflicts but for now will continue to meet from 5 pm to 6 pm on Thursdays. Oropai Mataroa, who was a […]
Island council welcomes plan
Aitutaki recovery coordinator Wilkie Rasmussen’s announcement of the recovery plan was welcomed by the island’s eight village leaders on Friday. Following the devastation of Cyclone Pat on February 10, the island has been waiting for news of assistance from government. Rasmussen told the council government plans to spend $9.46 million on the recovery plan for […]
WAVE calls for civilian and media leadership
Regional development agencies must step up more effective engagement with civil society and media leadership to help achieve stronger Pacific futures, says the Women Advancing a Vision of Empowerment Network, WAVE. “What we are seeing from the Pacific regional and national statements coming out at Beijing +15 is a continuing trend from previous regional and […]
Defining International Women's Rights Day
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year around the world on March 8. The commemorative day emerged from women activist movements at the turn of the 20th century. This year’s theme is “Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all”. Equality between women and men continues to be a challenge world-wide. Women form the majority of […]
Ministries lack political mandate to integrate gender
A stocktake carried out last year has concluded that gender mainstreaming as a strategy to integrate gender into all aspects of planning, programmes, projects and activities of government is still far from being realised. It also concluded that central agencies and line ministries lack the political mandate to integrate gender analysis principles into policy development […]
Women have to stop 'making do'
Pacific women doing gender work need to break out of the mentality of making do with resource-poor situations, especially if they are senior public servants tasked with bringing commitments such as the Beijing Declaration to life. That’s the view of Solomon Island’s Director for Women, Ruth Maetala, who has come into the post recently after […]
Political will critical to usher in change
All Pacific Island States with Cook Islands included, but except Nauru, Palau and Tonga, have ratified CEDAW and endorsed the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), and therefore are accountable to advancing equal rights for women and men, and the empowerment of women, according to UNIFEM Pacific. CEDAW is the UN Convention to Eliminate All Form […]
Harmonious family life still a myth for some
It has been estimated that as many as one in three women across the world has been beaten, raped or otherwise abused during the course of her lifetime, according to the United National High Commissioner for Refugees, Navi Pillay, in marking this year’s International Women’s Day. According to him, the most common source of such […]
$220,000 in support for social recovery
The Aitutaki recovery plan includes $220,000 to support social recovery on the island. “While a lot of focus has been placed on the physical reconstruction and establishing systems to return people to normalcy, there is a need to monitor and assess that the people affected by the disaster are also recovering. The needs assessment and […]
Tsunami response reviewed
Emergency Management Cook Islands issued the following report on Friday after meeting with police, MOIP, met services, Ports Authority, ministry of health, ministry of tourism, Telecom, BRET (Betela-Rutaki Emergency for Tsunami) and the airport authority yesterday to discuss the tsunami response of Saturday February 27: A tsunami is a series of ocean waves generated by […]
Beijing's daughters – doubtful and disconnected at 15
She was ten years old when Beijing’s commitment to a world of equality, development and peace was declared. At 25, Linley Faulkner is in New York at Beijing+15, wondering where the years – and the BPA, went. “I still wonder how useful the document is now. As a statute it is very useful but I […]
Coordination the same despite numbers: SPC
The Pacific representation at the 54th Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York may be very small this year, but the effort put to making the representation possible has been the same for technical officers from the region. National statements, country delegates, plenary sessions, side panel events, a change in UN hosting […]
Local play to honour Women's Day
To honour International Women’s Day on Monday March 8, the Cook Islands National Council of Women in partnership with Punanga Tauturu are putting on a stage play. Written by Vaine Wichman, produced by Tereapii Napa and directed by Clare Waldroun, the play will be staged on Monday at the Assembly of God church in Takuvaine […]
Mangaia gives $8200
The island of Mangaia raised $8200 for the Aitutaki cyclone relief effort last week through a telethon appeal, hosted by volunteers, the Mangaia TV station and the local YPE branch. Mangaia Red Cross president Gill Vaiimene commended the people who made “a great effort for a population of less than 600”. The money was sent […]
Telecom to credit Aitutaki customer accounts
Telecom Cook Islands is lending a helping hand by crediting all Aitutaki customer accounts for rentals for the month of February. It’s a relief package worth about $20,000. All landlines, broadband internet, dial-up internet and post-paid mobiles will have their monthly rentals free for the month of February. This is to help the people of […]
The price of eggs and CITC
Local egg supplier targets ‘monopolistic trade practice’ Dear Editor, I write to inform your readers that CITC is at it again. The CITC conglomerate has advised that they do not require us to supply them with eggs as they have adequate stocks of NZ eggs. Typically this advice is verbal as they have shown a […]
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