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Niue community to have their own hostel
Monday 16 December 2019 | Written by Moana Makapelu Lee | Published in Local
Niue’s recorded history in Rarotonga goes as far back as 1800s. After almost 200 years of the small community living in Rarotonga, they are finally receiving their own hostel.
'You have to be able to lead from the front' – Puna's spokesman quits
Saturday 14 December 2019 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
When Thomas Wynne was a young boy growing up in Auckland, his grandmother used to sit down with him and the other children in his anau and say: “right one of you is going to be a doctor and one of you a lawyer…”
Late pay is an early Christmas
Saturday 14 December 2019 | Written by Moana Makapelu Lee | Published in Local
Staff left unpaid after working the 2015 Te Maeva Nui festival expect to finally see justice in the coming week.
World's 'richest' Cook Islander is returning home
Saturday 14 December 2019 | Written by Moana Makapelu Lee | Published in Local
Cook Islands real estate mogul Mike Pero will be a regular face in Rarotonga.
Positively blooming in parliament
Friday 13 December 2019 | Published in Local
Four MPs from the Opposition Democratic Party proudly wore their ei katu to Parliament’s sitting at the Crown Beach Resort yesterday, in protest at a ban on the headwear.
Diving operator disputes tourist drowning verdict
Friday 13 December 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
The death of a Canadian tourist in Aitutaki last week has been ruled to be a drowning.
Teau speaks out: 'No sympathy'
Friday 13 December 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
· Police lay drug charges against Sam Capper, founder of building firm that’s taken families’ money and gone bust. · His former girlfriend, left to clean up the mess, tells of her pain: ‘Sam has managed to damage many lives, my own included.’
Tropical Santa
Friday 13 December 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
Father Christmas has arrived!
Who's taken Santa's seat?
Friday 13 December 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
Rotaract’s Christmas at the Zoo event attracted a cheerful noisy crowd of kids with their parents and guardians to the National Auditorium last night.
Red Cross elects first Islander
Thursday 12 December 2019 | Written by Moana Makapelu Lee | Published in Local
First Pacific person on leadership commission promises ‘courage’.
Taking food inspiration, from the air, land and sea
Thursday 12 December 2019 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
They look different, they cook different, they took different paths to get where they are today – but new food-writers for Cook Islands News agree on one thing: they want people to think about the food they’re serving their families.
Secretary picks up the call
Wednesday 11 December 2019 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
Secretary of Justice Tamatoa Jonassen has answered the call of Cook Islanders frustrated by issues with the Ministry of Justice’s phone lines.
Festival staff unpaid for 5 years
Wednesday 11 December 2019 | Written by Moana Makapelu Lee | Published in Local
Te Maeva Nui is the highlight of the cultural calendar – but its security officers and kitchen workers are owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages.
Temata's family tells of sense of morality, human justice and dogged determination
Tuesday 10 December 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Local
Funeral for New Zealand High Commissioner this week, followed by a final memorial service in Cook Islands.
Free kids' movie for Christmas!
Tuesday 10 December 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
The Tropical Christmas business community has banded together to bring extra joy, sparkle and island spirit back into the festive period.
Protesters deliver water petition
Tuesday 10 December 2019 | Published in Local
More than 1500 signatures opposing government’s chlorinated water project were delivered to Parliament yesterday. If approved, the petition will be tabled by Democratic Party MP Selina Napa.
Ring, ring ... locals call for answers
Tuesday 10 December 2019 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
Kia orana, is there anybody home at the Cook Islands Ministry of Justice?
NZ leader granted entry
Monday 9 December 2019 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
Combined effort see Cook Islands overturn entry refusal decision.
For god and country
Monday 9 December 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Tributes have continued to flow for “clever, inspirational, and courageous” New Zealand diplomatic Tessa Temata.
Water authorities agree to sign-off for chlorination
Saturday 7 December 2019 | Written by Anneka Brown | Published in Local
Government will apply for an environmental impact assessment for the long term disinfection of Rarotonga’s water supply, expected to be with chlorine.
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