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Kata: Tapaitau

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Netball shifts focus to Pacific Games

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Netball, Pacific Games, Sports

The Cook Islands netball team returned home with a bronze medal from the Mirxes Nations Cup competition in Singapore, and their eyes are now set on retaining their gold medal at the Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands next month.

Avatiu FC and Puaikura FC draw in thrilling senior women’s match

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

Avatiu FC battled Puaikura FC in an exciting Senior Women’s match of the week for round 12 over the weekend.

Partnership approach to security service delivery

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in National, Pacific Islands Forum

Security coordinator for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM52), Tereroa Pumati, has appealed for cooperation and assistance from residents and visitors as the country prepares to host Pacific Leaders and their delegations in Rarotonga and Aitutaki from November 6-10, 2023.

A reel deal: Participants get hooked on fun at Annual Reef Fishing Competition

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features, Fishing, Sports, Weekend

Despite unfavourable weather conditions, 74 participants took part in the popular Mama Reef Annual Bamboo Rod Fishing Competition held a week ago on Saturday, October 21.

Money transfer agency meets with Fijian Community in Rarotonga

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local, National

An agent from the money transfer agency KlickEx met with the Fijian Community on Thursday to highlight the benefits of using their services.

Letter: ‘Times have changed, so should you’

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Tina (Browne) and Selena (Napa), if you think what was said or done 30 years ago is relevant now, back then the Demos were against the road proposal so you should be too.

Growers collaborate with NZ company to develop business plan for farmers’ co-operative

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Environment, National

The Kai Natura Taokotai (KNT) group is moving ahead in their co-operative mission to establish a Cook Islands growers’ company (Farmers Co-op) to support, upskill, manage risk, and innovate our primary producers’ farm businesses.

Legal aid bid continues for assault accused

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Court, National

A man facing assault charges is struggling to get his case heard as he awaits legal aid.

$1.7m Hyundai Ioniq EVs charge up for the Pacific Islands Forum

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in National, Pacific Islands Forum

A motorcade of brand-new Hyundai Ioniq electric vehicles, valued at $1.7 million landed cost, purchased by the Cook Islands government for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting next week, underwent its first drive trial around the island last week.

Tapaitau reinstated a second time as charges still pending

Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Court, National, Politics

Robert Tapaitau has been reinstated as Deputy Prime Minister for the second time after suspension amid criminal charges, but a leader of an Opposition party says the reinstatement is ‘unfair’.

Young and experienced players shine in round 12 football

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

The latest round of football matches saw exhilarating games across various age groups. Young and experienced players alike demonstrated their skills on the field, creating memorable moments for both the teams and the spectators.

Mother and daughter head to Pacific Games

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Pacific Games, Sports

Not many parents get to compete alongside their children at an international tournament, but for Julieanne Westrupp, it is a privilege to have her 15- year- old daughter Tashi Kopu joining her to the Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Letter: MPs travel details

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I read with interest the travel details of our Government MPs. Would it be possible to ask that the powers that be, not lump all the expenditure into one pot. If some of this travel is by invitation i.e. sponsorship for the fares and accommodation, it is not very transparent when its treated as a tiopu.

Letters: What’s up with the water?

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, To Tatou Vai Board Chair Brian Mason claims that using taxation revenues to pay for the operation of the water authority "...would mean the Pa Enua would subsidise those residing on Rarotonga" ('Water Meters are on their way to homes', Aug 25).

Kata: Medical minerals

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letter: Confirming our cannabis status

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, With reference to recent opinions penned and stories published in Cook Islands News. I want to confirm that it is against the law to bring any form of cannabis product into the Cook Islands including CBD – cannabidiol – which is an ingredient in cannabis and has some therapeutic uses, without providing the ‘high’ that some cannabis users seek.

Ruta Mave: Friends and family sharing what we should remember

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion

Happy Day of the Dead tomorrow, it is Halloween, the time when the veil between those living and those departed souls is the thinnest, so communication can be made with loved ones, or as the movies tell it, with those in the past who have a grudge against you.

New pilot programme to provide in-homecare support to elderly and vulnerable in Rarotonga

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features

Rarotonga Home Healthcare ‘Toku Nei Ora’anga Ora – My Health, My Life’, a local privately owned health care service provider on the island is pleased to announce a recent new partnership with Pacific Homecare, a Charitable Trust organisation providing home-based health care and Whānau Ora services in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Te Ipukarea Society welcomes legal personhood of whales in international waters

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Environment, National

Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) has welcomed the recent news on Maori and Pacific Leaders proposing legal personhood of whales in international waters to the United Nations.