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15 February 2025
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10 February 2025
No debt in China deal
8 February 2025
Thomas Wynne: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the dragon?
8 February 2025
‘Paedophile’ gets 13 years in prison
22 January 2025
Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
25 January 2025
$541.7m tourism earnings
25 January 2025
Cook Islands passport proposal
6 January 2025
Top cop position advertised
7 December 2024
Police need numbers and bigger budget
9 December 2024
Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
10 December 2024
DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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Cook Islands voyagers share skills, strengthen ties in Hawai’i
Cook Islands Voyaging Society crew members are visiting Hawai’i to enhance, teach and explore their navigational skills and seafaring techniques, as well as to strengthen ties with the Polynesian voyaging community.
Crown Law Office on track for record number of lawyers
The Crown Law Office is on course to have its highest number of lawyers ever, a significant improvement from just five lawyers in August last year.
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 […]
Political deals and terms explained
Dear Editor, In response to your journalist Helen Greig’s questions, I answer as follows: all 24 seats contested at all elections belong to the party and not to the incumbent MP as stated on our radio hour today. Kare te nooanga e no te mema. Kare ite taoonga kopu tangata. E taoonga ikiia ra, e […]
Govt still seeking views on welfare
Members of the public have less than two weeks to submit their views for this year’s review of the social welfare system. The ministry of internal affairs announced last month that government is undertaking a preliminary review of the system and has identified a number of issues for broader public discussion. A public discussion paper […]
First fundraiser for Tupapa meeting house renovations
The Tupapa Nui meeting house fundraising committee will launch its first fundraiser this Saturday – a barbecue that should kick off around 8am at the Maraerenga Meeting house next to the Convenient Shop. A plate of food will cost $10 and all proceeds will go to the meeting house renovation project. Fundraising committee chairman Juinor […]
Classic liner cancels tour
The latest in a line of cruise ships to cancel shore visits to Rarotonga this year because of ‘sea conditions’ was the European liner Princess Danae yesterday. Destination Management Cook Islands cruise ship coordinator Marlene Cuthers says their company had been talking with the ship’s agents for two years in the lead up to its […]
Tsunami plan expected today
Emergency management met with police, MOIP, Red Cross, met services, Ports Authority, ministry of health, ministry of tourism, Telecom, BRET (Betela-Rutaki Emergency for Tsunami) and the airport authority yesterday to draft a comprehensive tsunami response plan. Willie Tuivaga of EMCI said that the plan has been submitted to cabinet for review and will be released […]
Time to renew liquor licences
All liquor licences will expire on the 31st of this month. Businesses intending to serve liquor in the coming months will need to apply to have their licence renewed. According to Harriet Williams, secretary for the Liquor Licensing Authority, 210 licences had been issued as of December last year and will be up for renewal […]
Evacuation successful
Police patrol boat Te Kukupa is due to return this morning from its emergency evacuation mission to Nassau. Tetava said that the pick-up was successful and the two patients are reported to be in good health. The operation was expected to encounter Cyclone Sarah, but the commander and his crew were advised by maritime adviser […]
NZ law change extends student loans to Cooks
Interest-free student loans will be available to borrowers in the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency under law changes passed by New Zealand parliament last week. The loan requirement is that they have to be present in one of these countries – known as the ‘Realm of New Zealand’ – for at least […]
Fairly 'quiet' weekend for crime and crashes
Police reported three motor vehicle crashes at the weekend. On Friday evening, police sent an ambulance to attend to a 25-year-old male who had fallen off his motorbike at Avatiu. Later that night, a 47-year-old man crashed his motorbike into another motorbike. The driver and passenger, both female, were rushed to hospital but sustained just […]
CITC explains tsunami day problem
Dear Editor, I am sure there were a lot of disappointed customers at the CITC Supermarket on Saturday afternoon (February 27) who were wanting to buy supplies, after everything being closed in the morning due to the tsunami warning. First there was a power failure and with no working power backup system in place, the […]
Tonga advocate steps up for Pacific on key issues
Tonga’s Emeline Siale Ilolahia is eyeing new strategies to engage Pacific Commonwealth networks in achieving the vision of the Gender Plan of Action. Ilolahia is the executive director of Tonga’s Civil Society Forum and took on a new hat this year, representing Pacific civil society networks to the Commonwealth Gender Programmes Monitoring Group (CGPMG). Ilolahia, […]
Photo comp
Your eye and talent is needed to create awareness and help ensure the Pacific can continue to benefit from the wealth of its fisheries. The Secretariat of the Pacific Community has launched a photo competition in which the winner receives US$1000 and gets their photos published in a book that compiles the work of 70 […]
CI News accredited
Cook Islander Lisa Williams-Lahari is in New York this week under Cook Islands News accreditation to report on the 54th meeting of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women. Williams-Lahari co-founded Pacific WAVE Media Network and is in a joint project with UNIFEM Pacific and UNESCO Pacific to provide media coverage on Pacific […]
Raro comes out top in Google travel searches
Rarotonga came out on top in Google’s travel-related searches by New Zealand last year. The NZ Herald reported this week that recent stats on google.co.nz and Statistics NZ reveal that Queensland’s Gold Coast may be slipping in its appeal as a Kiwi holiday destination. When the world’s most-used search engine provided details of the 10 […]
UN summit told of Cooks' gender stocktake
The United Nations on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was told this week that the Cook Islands is one of the six regional countries that have undertaken a stock take of gender mainstreaming capacity. Gender mainstreaming is the public policy concept of assessing the different implications for women and men of any […]
PM denies 'fence sitting'
Prime minister Jim Marurai’s office has issued a statement insisting he is not ‘on the fence’ about government ending Telecom Cook Islands’ monopoly. A statement from his office yesterday said, “The prime minister made it clear (to the media) that the government policy on telecom reforms has not changed. It remains that cabinet has approved […]
Life insurance rates to rise
The New Zealand government will be imposing a new tax on life insurance companies, effective July 1, and insurers intend to cushion the financial blow by increasing rates for policy holders. “Insurance companies are going to be taxed like they’ve never been taxed before and individual companies have to decide how to deal with that,” […]
Peka wrestles in Hawaii
Local secondary school student Peka Fisher (pictured) has fast-tracked her way into competitive wrestling. Peka, 16, the daughter of Brent and Annie Fisher of Nikao, has been an exchange student at Kamehameha College in Hawaii for the past six months. The bubbly and creative student is well known for her outgoing personality and her enthusiasm […]
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