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Senior citizens new internet 'addicts'
Wednesday 21 November 2012 | Published in Technology
A group of nine senior citizens are now internet savvy and raring to email family after completing a computer literacy course at the University of South Pacific’s Rarotonga campus.
Opposition: Power discounts 'deceptive'
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Politics
Opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen has hit back at the prime minister’s Friday public statement that power company Te Aponga Uira (TAU) has cut power charges by five percent, saying these claims are just a public relations spin that misleads the public.
Proper animal care urged
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Politics
The temperature is rising in the Cook Islands and the Esther Honey Foundation wants to remind everyone of the minimum requirements to keep animals healthy and comfortable.
Ene family bids farewell
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Economy
A foreign language isn’t the only thing the Ene family will have to adjust to when they trade the Cook Islands for the Chinese city of Kunming.
Large Pacific nations can learn from small
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Environment
Speaker for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Lynette Breuer said parliamentarians gathered from all parts of the Pacific in Rarotonga to learn from each other.
Dire predictions for small islands
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Environment
Tuvalu is predicted to be fully submerged in just 50 years time, says the country’s minister of foreign affairs Pelenike Isaia.
How old are these fish?
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Environment
Six Pacific Island fisheries officers now have the skills to figure out how old fish are.
Australia gives over $4m
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Environment
Australia has committed to give over $4 million to climate change and education projects in the Pacific, as part of its partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
Conference pulls together identity
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Local
Pacific nations need to work on a collective identity to pull together the region, parliamentarians were told during the opening address of a regional conference in Rarotonga.
Voyaging meets Vaka Eiva
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Local
The voyages of Marumaru Atua are not yet over!
Smoking leads to fire
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Local
Careless smoking was the cause of a fire in Pokoinu that saw a house destroyed in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Brown refutes allegations of 'treating'
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Outer Islands
Finance minister Mark Brown says opposition leader Wilkie Rassmussen’s comments in yesterday’s CI News that the government must be wary they are not “treating” the people of Mangaia ahead of the Tamarua by-election are false allegations.
Humour enhances Cowley's story
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Outer Islands
The name Charles Frederick Cowley might not ring a bell with Cook Islanders today.
Missionary's memoir enriching
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Outer Islands
Cook Islanders today will be enriched after reading Rev. William Wyatt Gill’s ‘Jottings from the Pacific’.
PM Puna's absence deemed 'appalling'
Tuesday 20 November 2012 | Published in Politics
Opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen believes Cabinet’s lack of presence during the biggest annual gathering of Commonwealth parliamentary members could affect the Cooks’ international relations.
Grab bags for emergency at sea distributed
Monday 19 November 2012 | Published in Outer Islands
The Cook Islands Fishing Association (CIFA) executive has distributed safety grab bags on behalf of the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR).
Opposition suspicious of 'treating'
Monday 19 November 2012 | Published in Politics
Opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen warns the government must be careful they are not seen to be illegally “treating” when offering to put Mangaia’s water needs before other outer islands.
New diploma in human rights
Monday 19 November 2012 | Published in Politics
A new course at the University of the South Pacific will provide training and a recognised qualification in leadership, governance and human rights for people throughout the Pacific region.
Conservation key to fishing
Monday 19 November 2012 | Published in Technology
The western and central Pacific tuna fishery is the world’s biggest tuna fishery – worth US$5.5 billion in 2011.
Opposition: Too many foreign fishing vessels
Monday 19 November 2012 | Published in Economy
Pacific Islands are finally waking up to the fact there are too many foreign fishing vessels in Pacific waters, says opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen.
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