An inspiring collection of artwork by the Nukutere College inclusive education “superpower” art students is now on display.
Thirteen days after the Infrastructure Cook Islands (ICI) public notice to notify the community about the new 30 km/h speed zone along the main road at the St Joseph’s Cathedral, the road signs has finally been erected.
Wednesday 15: Deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate has left for New York where he will be lodging the Cook Islands submission for its extended continental shelf claim of over 400,000 square kilometres, at the United Nations headquarters. This is in preparation for the formal presentation of the Cook Islands claim to the United Nations […]
Thursday 9: Today public servants will be out in force taking part in a dengue tutaka clean up of Rarotonga. To date there have been over 70 reported cases of probable dengue. Seven more were reported yesterday, two of which appear to be people who have been re-infected with dengue fever. Acting director of public […]
Wednesday 15: Pukapuka-Nassau MP Vai Peua says that he doesn’t understand the action being taken by the Opposition against him, because he hasn’t left the Cook Islands Party. “Kare au i te Demo – I’m a CIP,” says Peua. “I haven’t left the CIP.” Peua says he has received comments from constituents, friends, church ministers […]
Wednesday 15: Team Café Salsa has once again taken out the Easter fishing competition which it has sponsored for the past three years. They won the same competition in 2007 with a 194kg marlin and this year the team hooked a 57.6kg sail fish (of the marlin family). The team was aboard fishing charter Akura […]
Wednesday 15: Some leaders in Pacific nations are calling for more dialogue with Fiji’s interim government, reports Radio New Zealand International. But they say input from New Zealand and Australia won’t be helpful, and the failure of the two countries’ foreign policies in bringing about a return to democracy needs to be taken into account. […]
Wednesday 15: Contractors thinking of tendering for road and drainage cleaning on Rarotonga will now get an extra week to put in their tenders. Tenders were supposed to have closed off yesterday but will now close on Tuesday April 21. Rarotonga community beautification programme coordinator Nga Teao says that the third meeting for prospective contractors […]
Wednesday 15: Former Auckland CI Tourism office manager Albert Numanga is due to appear in the Auckland District court on May 22 to face four charges relating to an alleged fraud totalling just over $1 million. Numanga’s case was adjourned in February and then again last month due to him needing to obtain a new […]
Tuesday 14: Prime minister Jim Marurai has sent a congratulatory letter to former NZ prime minister Helen Clark on her recent appointment as administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in New York. According to Marurai’s office, the letter was forwarded on behalf of the government and people of the Cook Islands, and best […]
Tuesday 14: The Pacific islands News Association ( PINA) has called on the newly established interim government of Fiji to leave the media alone to continue to perform its role of information dissemination to the people of Fiji and the region. President Joseph Ealedona says the actions are deplorable and is an indication of a […]
Saturday 11: Chief health inspector William Taripo says the dengue clean up campaign carried out by public servants on Thursday identified even more mosquito breeding areas on the island. Taripo says public health hope to collect all the data together from the tutaka and surveillance work they began a week ago and use it in […]
Saturday 11: An information evening for those thinking about attending Brigham Young University in Hawaii will be held tomorrow. A graduate in information technology, William Numanga, says the evening will be for prospective students, those who may not have fully completed their studies, and former graduates from BYU. Numanga says numbers from the Cook Islands […]
Tuesday 7: A workshop for new school principals is being held this week by the Ministry of education in partnership with NZAID. The workshop is being held at the Avarua school library under the theme ‘learning for life – effective leadership’. The new principals taking part are mainly from the outer islands and include Mitiaro […]
Friday 3: Aitutaki vehicle owners were left queuing at Aquila Rentals petrol pumps (above) over the weekend as fuel was being rationed to customers due to a shortage caused in part a fuel pricing issue. Aitutaki businessman and MP Teina Bishop says although he has reopened his petrol pumps since a new price order took […]
Tuesday 7: A Rarotonga clean up (tutaka) campaign has been activated this week in response to a growing number of probable dengue cases. Six tutaka teams from public health are heading out into the main village areas and residences of the 63 probable dengue cases have been identified. Public health are asking all residents of […]
Friday 3: Akavaine Joey Mataele, transgender mother of five, will entertain at tonight’s Miss Cook Islands Pageant She’s performed in front of a United States president, royalty and international celebrities and tonight she’ll grace the stage of the Miss Cook Islands Pageant. Joey Mataele of Tonga has had a whirlwind career that has seen her […]
Tuesday 7: It’s World Health Day today – this year’s theme focuses on the safety of health facilities and the readiness of health workers who treat those affected by emergencies. To commemorate the day this year, the World Health Organisation is advocating a series of best practices that can be implemented, in any resource setting, […]
Thursday 2: While the Rarotonga schools oe vaka programme wrapped up at the weekend with the CITC Vaka Iti Champions, junior paddling doesn’t end there. All three canoeing clubs on Rarotonga are still recruiting paddlers, especially for the junior category in the under 14, 16 and under 19 grades. The Vaka Iti Champions was a […]
Tuesday 7: The first of a fleet of 28 canoes for the 2009 Pacific Mini Games – designed and built locally – was given a test run on Saturday with local paddlers giving the new fibreglass canoe a big two thumbs up. The prototype was christened ‘Patu’ and the brand name of the new boat […]
Thursday 2: Ellena Tavioni is showcasing 25 of her Tav’s creations this week at a music and fashion show in Belgium. Her colourful island-inspired dresses will be sashaying down the catwalk to the sounds of traditional Cook Islands music. She says she will be using this opportunity to secure international buyers and promote her country […]
Monday 6: The New Zealand show Celebrity Treasure Island set to be filmed in Aitutaki this May will be a celebrity showdown between NZ and Australia. CI Tourism board member Kevin Iro says it won’t be aired on the Discovery Channel as tourism minister Wilkie Rasmussen had believed, but will probably be aired in Australia […]