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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.
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 […]
Sir Terepai calls for PM to resign
Democratic Party Leader Sir Tarepai Maoate now joins the clamour of voices calling for the Prime Minister’s resignation and speaks candidly about how he believes he has been treated by the current cabinet. He was fired from the post of Minister of Finance by Jim Marurai last December following public outcry over the Toa scandal. […]
Morris apologises for rescue mission
Amid suggestions that the boat the Gypsy Trader was not fit for sea travel and prompted an unnecessary and expensive search and rescue mission, Pastor Alfred Morris has issued an apology to the people of the Cook Islands for any inconvenience that he and his crew might have caused. Crew member Morris also thanked police, […]
Agriculture awards open
Nominations are being called for from the Cook Islands for people who have made an outstanding contribution in the agriculture and forestry sector. The Facilitating Agricultural Commodity Trade (FACT) project, which is implemented by the land resources division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), will present awards to five outstanding Pacific persons. This […]
Are Pa Metua calls all senior citizens
Are Pa Metua numbers are dwindling, and board of trustees member Pauline Napa encourages senior citizens to come around to the centre in Nikao for socialising and a hot meal. From 9am to 3pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the centre opens to accommodate elderly people who gather to read, play cards, watch videos and […]
Canine census on island dogs
Esther Honey Foundation (EHF) clinic director Gregg Young says volunteers are again out in the community conduction a census, counting the number of island dogs. EHF has de-sexed more than 5595 dogs since establishing the clinic in 1995 and the purpose of the census is to confirm that the percentage of Rarotonga dogs sterilised remains […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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