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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.

Toa attacks Triad compliance

This week Toa Petroleum served papers on the secretary of the Ministry of Trade, Labour and Transport outlining the provisions of a statement of claim it intends to file in court. Counsel Tony Manarangi drafted the claim on behalf of Apex Agencies, which is trading as Toa, and named secretary of the Ministry of Trade, […]

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Cross-country off to good start

Last Thursday saw the first event of the cross-country series take place at Takitumu Primary School. It was a dry run for the 10 male; five female; and one canine, contestants. The lack of rain meant that those dusty shoes were, unfortunately, not going to get muddy after all. The course was different from the […]

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WHO calls to protect women from tobacco

Dr Chen Ken, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the South Pacific, is calling on the Cook Islands and other Pacific island countries to protect women and girls from efforts by the tobacco industry to induce them to start smoking. He made the call in the lead up to World No Tobacco Day 2010 on […]

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Police talkback will listen to concerns

In an effort to crack down on crime, police are inviting the general public to share feedback and strategy suggestions during a radio talkback on Friday morning. From 10am to 11am, police will be on air on Radio Cook Islands, taking calls from those eager to discuss the problem of crime and its solution. The […]

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Text and email in-flight soon

Two of our busiest flights could soon have email and mobile phone text messaging capability. Air New Zealand will be introducing the new service on the Boeing 777-330 from November this year. It will allow Air NZ customers to use iPhone, Blackberry and GSM phones and laptops to send and receive text messages and emails […]

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Girl Guides happy with Raro meeting

The Arorangi Calvary Hall recently hosted the Girl Guides Pacific Strategy Meeting which was deemed a big success. The Cooked Islands Girl Guides Association played host to delegates from Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and two members of the Asia Pacific Committee at the three-day conference. The official opening ceremony for the […]

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Visitors take on chilly challenge

A group of New Zealand tourists took on a chilly challenge this week at Edgewater Resort & Spa for Heart Children Week. The Heart Stopper Challenge is a fundraising opportunity for Heart Children New Zealand, a non-profit organisation that supports children with heart disease, and involves donning a costume and plunging into ice water for […]

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Tongia warns of legal action

Democratic Party’s president Makiuti Tongia has confirmed that the faction he calls the “executive of the party” will take legal action to “protect its intellectual property from plagiarism”. He says Sean Willis and his supporters in the rival Demo faction are not permitted to use the name ‘Democratic Party’ without the written support of the […]

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Harvard intern at prime minister's office

Before he arrived in Rarotonga, Jake Dorabialski had never ventured outside his home city of Toronto. Now the 19-year-old is halfway across the world, studying the Cook Islands political system as part of a month-long summer internship programme. A second-year student at Harvard University, Dorabialski studies government and economics and hopes to go into politics. […]

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Southern Express back in business

The ship Southern Express is back in service which should be good news for Cook Islands importers and other businesses. Late last year Express Cook Islands Line Ltd (EXCIL) had to withdraw the ship from service and send her to dry dock in Indonesia for surveys and repairs. In a statement yesterday Reef Shipping Ltd, […]

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Te Kura O Te Au eyes the elections

Te Kura O Te Au, a political lobby group formed in Aitutaki, has confirmed it will contest this year’s general elections. The party, which was born out of the Aitutaki Sunday flight protests with the group initially forming as the People’s Movement, have yet to confirm exact plans. The party was registered as an incorporated […]

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CIT talks with Aussie market

Cook Islands Tourism representatives at the recent Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange (BFTE) in Fiji said they took the opportunity to recap with the Australia market on the upcoming Sydney-Rarotonga flight. CI Tourism board member Robert Skews said the Australian wholesalers were all “very happy going forward with our flight” and they had a chance to […]

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Baton departs after massive reception

The Queen’s Baton departed Rarotonga early yesterday continuing its global relay journey in Tuvalu. On Rarotonga the baton was warmly welcomed by all villages and vaka who went the extra mile to give the baton and its bearers a real Cook Islands welcome. After a day of travelling around Rarotonga passing from hand to hand, […]

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5 months in jail for assault on visitor

JP Tangi Tuoro presided over the following cases in the high court last week: Travel Tangatapoto – pleaded guilty to assault on a female and one unlawfully found charge. Police highlighted that the incident impacted not only the victim, but also the Cook Islands tourism industry, as the victim was a tourist and the incident […]

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Police attend media workshop in Samoa

At the beginning of the month, two members of the Cook Islands police force attended a five-day media seminar in Apia, Samoa that focused on the way that building a relationship with the media can improve community confidence. The seminar was funded by the Australian Federal Police Pacific Police Development Program and attracted 20 participants […]

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Promoting Pacific ICT development

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) are working together to identify opportunities for joint information and communication technology initiatives in the Pacific islands. The partnership became official when ADB and SPC signed a letter of agreement this month, enabling SPC to join an existing ADB regional technical assistance […]

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Red Cross thanks community for support

Cook Islands Red Cross would like to extend a very big thank you to all those who contributed wholeheartedly to our Door Knock Appeal last Monday. The appeal ended up generating $6194.80 in donations to aid and assist future Red Cross projects. A big meitaki maata also to all the schools who accepted our invitation […]

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Tourist hits dog at Nikao

A tourist escaped serious injury after hitting a dog at Nikao. Police say on Friday afternoon, a tourist was driving a motorbike on the back road at Nikao when a dog darted in front of him. The driver collided with the dog and fell off his bike, but was not seriously injured. Police also responded […]

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Pacific Blue confirms fourth Raro flight

Pacific Blue has announced a fourth permanent weekly flight between Auckland and Rarotonga starting in July, adding over 9000 extra seats to the route each year. The flight, DJ 163, will depart Auckland on Monday at 6.30pm and return at 1.50am. The airline trialled a fourth weekly flight over the summer holiday season which attracted […]

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Quitting Manukau for Mauke

Hugh Graham, a first-term Manukau City councillor, was given a verbal serving in the New Zealand press last week by Manukau Mayor Len Brown last week over his extended absence from council, while he had been in the Cook Islands. Graham hit back yesterday saying Brown was aware of and agreed to his absence and […]

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