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CINAT off to good start at Festival of Pacific Arts

Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local

The Cook Islands National Dance Theatre (CINAT) team has settled in well in Guam for the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts, which kicked off with a boisterous opening ceremony over the weekend.

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Fundraiser brings back memories...

Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Published in Local

The late Fraser Nooroa’s Kids Education fundraising golf contest last week was an emotional but successful event.

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Seminar focuses on climate change issues

Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Published in Local

The launch of the “Brilliant Resilient” national seminar saw key stakeholders from around the country and the region discussing and highlighting climate change issues and disaster risk reduction actions on Rarotonga yesterday.

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Bleaching linked to climate change

Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Published in Local

Coraland giant clam bleaching was one of the issues raised as an effect of climate change at yesterday’s “Brilliant Resilient” seminar held at the National Auditorium Centre.

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Mitchell clarifies emission reports

Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local

Contrary to reports that the Cook Islands is strongly opposed to control of shipping emissions, Foreign Affairs director of UN and Treaties division Josh Mitchell says the country has always backed authorities leading the charge on the prevention and control of pollution from ships.

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Checks keep dengue at bay

Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local

The Ministry of Health receives regular information from Rarotonga Hospital and keeping a close eye on dengue outbreaks in other parts of the Pacific, but no cases of the debilitating disease, spread by mosquitoes, have been discovered in the Cook Islands so far this year.

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Raro experience 'life-changing'

Monday 23 May 2016 | Published in Local

ESTHER Honey Foundation volunteer Kelsey Hayden has not regretted her decision to help out at the Esther Honey Foundation.

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College to call for tenders

Monday 23 May 2016 | Published in Local

Requests for tenders for construction of stage one of the Tereora College redevelopment project will be issued from mid-June.

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Fishing deal questions ignored

Monday 23 May 2016 | Published in Local

Questions from CI News about apparent division among cabinet ministers over the EU purse seine fishing deal have been ignored by the Office of the Prime Minister.

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Students prepared to cope in a disaster

Monday 23 May 2016 | Published in Local

Araura College students are now better equipped to help their Aitutaki community during times of disaster.

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Schools thankful for donations

Monday 23 May 2016 | Published in Local

Four Aitutaki schools have received a valuable gift from Auckland businessman Graeme Enderby – expensive high end paper cutters – a must for art education and many other uses in day-to-day school life.

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Ministers spread across the globe

Monday 23 May 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local

At least three ministers are confirmed to be on official overseas duties this week.

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Te Kainga reaches out to islands

Monday 23 May 2016 | Published in Local

MENTAL health awareness workshops will be organised by Te Kainga Mental Health on Mitiaro and Aitutaki today.

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Her kind of paradise

Monday 23 May 2016 | Published in Local

Most visitors who come to the Cook Islands are here for a well-deserved break, but for Amelie Laute, our “Pacific paradise” is something else.

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A feast of TV programmes

Monday 23 May 2016 | Published in Local

Cook Islanders can now enjoy a wider selection of quality television programmes on new channel Pasifika TV, launched under the Pacific Broadcasting Initiative last week.

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A cruel act

Monday 23 May 2016 | Published in Local

ESTHER Honey Foundation manager Jo Taylor Kupu has called for government intervention and public awareness about cruelty to animals after tourists found a sack containing two abandoned puppies.

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Racing world's most beautiful lagoon

Saturday 21 May 2016 | Published in Local

It all began on a Saturday afternoon in 2010 when a group of paddlers who lived on Aitutaki decided to paddle to Maina Island for a barbecue.

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Pitching in to help with worthy cause

Saturday 21 May 2016 | Published in Local

A steady line up of people arrived at CITC Liquor on Thursday morning to pick up a barbecued sausage for breakfast and among them, when CI News called were the president of the Cook Islands Civil Society Organisation, Ngara Katuke (second from right) and Tereahi Tearii. Cooking up a storm behind the barbecue was Mata Tamarua.

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Contest is a huge hit

Saturday 21 May 2016 | Published in Local

The Cook Islands Road Safety Council presented 11 “arty” youngsters with prizes for their standout entries in the Road Safety Awareness week colouring competition last Thursday.

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Pacific dedicates year to whales

Saturday 21 May 2016 | Published in Local

The Pacific Islands have dedicated the year 2016 to the whales to raise awareness and help in their protection.

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