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Tribute to well-loved educator the late Lionel Brown

Tuesday 18 January 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Go Local

Lionel Brown, a fun-loving teacher, storyteller and leader to the countless number of students who passed through his classrooms, and a mentor to his work colleagues, passed away in Auckland Hospital on December 7, 2021 at the age of 82.

Stranded Tongans better off in NZ, says RSE scheme official

Monday 17 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Regional, Tonga

A group of Tongan seasonal workers stranded in New Zealand because their flight home this week has been cancelled are better off staying in Aotearoa, says an RSE scheme official.

Sun, sand and plenty of fun

Monday 17 January 2022 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Other Sports, Sports

The 2022 Cook Islands Beach Games has reached the halfway mark with some interesting and intense matches in beach handball and football events at Nikao courts.

Kata: Strong Winds

Monday 17 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Tropical depression brings gale-force winds and heavy swells

Monday 17 January 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Environment, National

Yesterday’s strong winds and high seas caused by a tropical depression near Mauke caught residents of Rarotonga and other southern group islands by surprise and the Met Office says more damaging winds and rain are expected this week.

Defending champs on track

Saturday 15 January 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Football, Sports

Defending men’s champions Black Wolves remain on track in the 2022 Cook Islands Beach Games beach football competition.

Cops raid Aitutaki properties in big cannabis bust

Saturday 15 January 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Crime, National

A commercial sized cannabis operation has been busted on Aitutaki following a year-long investigation, resulting in eight people arrested and charged.

Emotional reopening to Cook Islands

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Zealand, Regional

Some families are reuniting, some are celebrating and others are making fresh starts as the Cook Islands travel bubble reopens with New Zealand today

Underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupts again

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Regional, Tonga

Underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai has erupted again sending ash, steam and gas 20 kilometres into the air.

Flosse accuses France of causing his 'political death'

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in French Polynesia, Regional

French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse says he is in mourning because the French state has signed his political death by banning him from political office for five years for abusing public funds.

Kata: Preventative Medicine

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Handball impressed with beach comp

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Other Sports, Sports

The 2022 Beach Games got off to a perfect start with an impressive three-day beach handball competition that concluded on Wednesday followed by the beach football competition yesterday.

Family members and vaccinated travelers arrive in Rarotonga

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in National, Tourism

The arrival terminal at the Rarotonga international airport was a flurry of activity yesterday afternoon for the first flight to mark the border reopening from Auckland, with masked tourism operators and families waiting to welcome guests and their loved ones back.

Cook Islands reopens border with vaccinated New Zealanders

Thursday 13 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Zealand, Regional

The Cook Islands has reopened its borders to fully vaccinated New Zealanders, but with less fanfare and more trepidation than last year's kick-off.

Cooks versus Tonga in OFC preliminary match

Thursday 13 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

The match schedule has been confirmed for March’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 OFC preliminary competition, which will be staged in Qatar.

Kata: Masking up

Thursday 13 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

300 passengers scheduled to touchdown in Rarotonga

Thursday 13 January 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in National, Tourism

Cook Islands is preparing to welcome its first flight of international visitors in nearly five-months despite ongoing concerns surrounding the developing Omicron variant.

US Army Commander apologises to Marshall Islands

Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Marshall Islands, Regional

US Army Commander Col. Thomas Pugsley offered his personal apology to the people of the Marshall Islands for last week's "breakdown of established protocols" for Army repatriation groups arriving at the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll.

Kata: Vaccine Certificate

Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion