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Ministry of Health confirms additional isolation facilities

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Health, National

Tourist accommodation in Aitutaki and Rarotonga will be turned into Covid-19 isolation facilities if the Ministry of Health is in need.

Cooks embrace underdog tag

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

As the only unranked nation attending the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ OFC preliminary competition, Cook Islands head coach Alan Taylor says he’s happy for his squad to remain under the radar ahead of their attempt to qualify through as Oceania’s representative for the intercontinental play-off.

Break the bias

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion

The mixed messages girls grow up with are relentless - don’t mess with bad boys, find yourself a nice boy.

A prayer for Ukraine

Saturday 5 March 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, Weekend

Far from the ruins of the war, people in Rarotonga rally together to support Ukraine following the invasion from Russian forces.

‘Ka mua, ka muri’: Walking backwards into the future

Saturday 5 March 2022 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in On the Street, Opinion

When western thinking arrived in what would soon be called the Cook Islands in 1903, Missionary advanced the way we saw the world, the way we saw ourselves and the way we saw time had already begun to unfold as we unravelled all our traditional knowledge, customs and ways of knowing and put them in a box handed to us by our colonisers with the word “etene” on it.

The ongoing costs of Covid-19 pandemic

Saturday 5 March 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Features, Weekend

Cook Islands continues counting the cost of Covid-19 with increasing numbers entering quarantine.

Grieving from a distance

Saturday 5 March 2022 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local, National

A Rarotonga family in quarantine after contracting Covid-19 last week was unable to give a proper farewell to their fallen wife, mother and grandmother.

Queen’s Baton Relay reaches Raro

Saturday 5 March 2022 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Other Sports, Sports

The Queen’s Baton Relay has reached the Cook Islands and will be formally welcomed at special ceremony at the Queen’s Residence in Titikaveka this afternoon.

35 cases from more than 4000 tests: PM

Saturday 5 March 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Health, National

Eleven more Covid-19 community cases were detected in Rarotonga yesterday bringing the total to 95.

Cook Islands resort bans Russians

Friday 4 March 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional

A Cook Islands resort owner says he is standing by his decision to ban all Russians as a protest against the Ukraine invasion.

Tributes pour in for Shane Warne following shock death

Friday 4 March 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Australia, Regional

The cricket world is in shock after the sudden death of Shane Warne, one of the greatest players of the sport.

In brief: News from around the Pacific

Friday 4 March 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional

Solomon Islands police have launched an internal investigation into allegations that officers patrolling the PNG border assaulted fishermen from Bougainville.

Wenda likens Ukraine crisis to that of West Papua

Friday 4 March 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Regional, West Papua

A leading West Papuan activist is comparing the plight of his region to that of the crisis in Ukraine.

Baudinet eyes history with Pacific Oceania

Friday 4 March 2022 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Sports, Tennis

Top local tennis player Brett Baudinet is spearheading Pacific Oceania’s campaign against Estonia in the first round of the World Group II playoff this weekend.

‘I will be with you always’

Friday 4 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features

The disciples would never have come together for a philosophy or mythology after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

LETTERS: Te Kukupa’s final hurrah

Friday 4 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, can the Minister of Police and PM Mark Brown explain how much did the big booze up for the Kukupa at the Avatiu wharf last Friday evening cost the tax payers of this country?

Covid cases up to 84, close contact quarantine ends

Friday 4 March 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Health, National

As of yesterday, close Covid-19 contacts are no longer required to spend seven days in self-quarantine.

Further border opening will be in line with NZ, says PM

Friday 4 March 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Economy, National

Cook Islands is planning to open its border to the rest of the world and ‘get back into business as soon as possible’ regardless of Omicron.

KATA: Mass testing

Thursday 3 March 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Kata, Opinion

LETTER: Prevention is better than cure

Thursday 3 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I write to ask people like Mr Nubono, who came on TV the night before last, not to glibly say things like “Covid is not dangerous”; “not to worry”, “that it’s just a flu”, etc. Tell that to the families of about six million people around the world so far who have died from it.