Tuesday 4 March 2014 | Published in Environment
Democratic Party leader Wilkie Rasmussen has blasted the response of officials after shark fins were recently discovered by police during the inspection of a foreign fishing vessel.
Tuesday 4 March 2014 | Published in Local
Ten-year-old angler Maeva Robati continues to prove he’s a chip off the old block and, maybe better than his legendary fisherman father Pupuke Robati.
Tuesday 4 March 2014 | Published in National
Motorists are one step closer to being treated to a smooth drive from Nikao to Tupapa with the commencement of a tender process.
Tuesday 4 March 2014 | Published in National
The Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has released its last quarterly catch data of the commercial and artisanal fishery for the 2013 calendar year.
Tuesday 4 March 2014 | Published in National
Services for vulnerable groups can apply for a slice of a $260,000 civil services fund.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in Outer Islands
It took two days to offload building materials for Nassau Island’s new machinery shelter, the school and the island’s clinic.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in National
Enquiries and quotes for Cook Islands tourism products are up for this year and we can expect increased sales from Italy, Spain, France and UK over the next 12 months, according to Turama Pacific’s Robert Skews who is currently in Europe helping promote the islands as part of a Cook Islands delegation.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in National
Approval is being sought by the Seabed Minerals Authority to employ an in-house GIS officer as it moves into its second year of operations.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in National
A pest expert is urging Pacific countries to move quickly to control the rapidly spreading African Tulip Tree (Ko‘i‘i) – which is common on Rarotonga.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in National
The Ministry of Health has revised down the number of confirmed cases of dengue fever in Rarotonga.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in National
New Zealand today strongly reaffirms the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) as a key partner in providing high level scientific and technical services to help Pacific Islands address key development challenges New Zealand Consul General in New Caledonia Linda Te Puni, and Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Dr Colin Tukuitonga, signed a new grant funding agreement totalling $NZ13.89 million over the period 2014 to 2016.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in National
Prime Minister Henry Puna will be on personal leave next week.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in National
Cook Islands weather forecasters are keeping a watchful eye on a cyclone that has cleared Fijian waters and passed by Tonga.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in National
Mauke’s community came together at Mauke School for the inauguration ceremony – a time to bless the new student councillors.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in National
Two men were arrested at the weekend for separate cases of assault on a female.
Monday 3 March 2014 | Published in Politics
The political saga in Murienua continues after the filing of a petition by the Cook Islands Party (CIP), which is contesting the results of the recent by-election in the constituency.
Saturday 1 March 2014 | Published in Education
Rutaki Primary School, the smallest school with the biggest heart, celebrated the inauguration of their new school prefects with singing, ei and kaikai.
Saturday 1 March 2014 | Published in Crime
The High Court on February 27 was presided over by Justices of the Peace Carmen Temata, Mata Nooroa and Georgina Williams, who made the following judgements: Metuamoeroa Tangatapoto, appeared for a charge of assault on a female.
Saturday 1 March 2014 | Written by Emmanuel Samoglou | Published in Environment, National
Shark fins were recently discovered by Cook Islands maritime police during the inspection of a Chinese-flagged longline fishing vessel.
Saturday 1 March 2014 | Published in Outer Islands
Heavy machinery has been successfully unloaded from a barge in Pukapuka, meaning repairs to the island’s runway can finally begin.
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