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Cook Islands Moana named for Rugby League World Cup

Thursday 6 October 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in League, Sports

Titikaveka Bulldogs’ Tehinnah Tatuava has been named in the Cook Islands squad for the Women’s Rugby League World Cup 2021 to be played next month.

Son leaves dad ‘in the dust’ in Boiler swim

Thursday 6 October 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Sports, Swimming

Father and son Andrew Logan and Darius Allsworth swam head to head in the Cook Islands Games boiler swim on Tuesday.

Cook Islands chef spreads the word on culinary delights

Thursday 6 October 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in National

Cook Islands chef Rangi Mitaera-Johnson is mixing it with the best in the region during a celebration of food and community in Auckland.

LETTER: Wealth, health and spiritual balance

Thursday 6 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Replying to ghost writer of 26.09.22, referencing Bishop Pere as to a Freudian’s Id, Ego, and Superego theory, hailed as the founding father of psychoanalysis, which is used in the treatment of mental illness.

Rarotonga-Tahiti route soars

Thursday 6 October 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in National, Tourism

Air Rarotonga is pleased with the uptake of flights to Tahiti with seating capacity expected to reach 75 per cent in the next quarter.

Trader Jacks staff donate their tips to fire victim

Thursday 6 October 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Local, National

Trader Jacks is the latest business to rally around a family who lost everything in a house fire last month.

Demerits points system finally up and running

Thursday 6 October 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in National

More than 300 motorists are registered on the Cook Islands demerit points system following a ‘painstaking’ review by police.

PM Brown takes stand in Pa Enua tax policy petition case

Thursday 6 October 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Court, National

Prime Minister Mark Brown appeared in the High Court in Avarua on Wednesday defending the Cook Islands Party’s policy of tax exemptions for those earning under $60,000 in the Pa Enua against accusations of bribery.

Mangaia maintains overall medal tally lead

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Sports

Mangaia has maintained their top position in the Cook Islands Games opens medal tally after day three competition yesterday (Wednesday).

Pacific news in brief

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Regional

October 5, 2022

Mosquito-borne diseases remain a significant threat to Pacific says expert

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Regional

Mosquito-borne diseases remain a significant threat to the health and socio-economic well-being of the region according to the Pacific Community's senior epidemiologist Dr Salanieta Saketa.

The Marshall Islands mini-state plot and the price of sovereignty in the Pacific

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Marshall Islands, Regional

Last month’s news of a Chinese couple’s audacious plot to set up a ministate in the Republic of the Marshall Islands by allegedly bribing members of Parliament and officials was deeply disturbing.

Kata: Secret Service

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Kata, Opinion

‘It was a bit of a baptism of fire coming here’: Departing Crown Prosecutor

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Features

It’s been an adventure. All of it. But as Crown Prosecutor Annabel Maxwell-Scott sits down over coffee, she wonders whether it’s time for a new one.

Big mountain bike challenge set to go

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Cycling, Sports

Mountain bikers look set for some rough and tumble as a Rarotonga track, overgrown during the Covid-19 period, has been cleared and prepared for racing.

Aiming for the bullseye: Cook Islands Games darts competition heats up

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Other Sports, Sports

Ten island teams are represented in the Cook Islands Games Darts competition - Emo'anga Mõmore 'Iti which started on Monday at the Tupapa Maraerenga Centre.

Cook Islands Games swim meet wraps up

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Sports, Swimming

The boiler swim and last swimming event for Cook Islands Games was held in large swells and strong winds on Tuesday.

LETTER: Everybody counts, or nobody counts

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, We are now into the seventh year of the disappearance of Lissette Gonzalez Brito, a 44-year Venezuelan woman who lost her life at sea in August of 2016.

New police inspector recognised with ceremony

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Local, National

A long-standing Cook Islands police officer has been promoted.

Cook Islands won’t ditch the monarchy, says PM Brown

Wednesday 5 October 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in National

Cook Islands leaving the British monarch is not on the government's agenda ‘at all’, says Prime Minister Mark Brown after returning home from the Queen’s funeral.