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Habanero chillies – a ‘hot export’ potential
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Local, National
Paul’s Raro Hot Sauce founder Paul Lynch is looking into the possibility of local growers exporting habanero chillies to New Zealand.
Wind forces flight back to NZ
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in National, Weather
Rarotonga continued to get battered by high winds on Friday, forcing an Air New Zealand aircraft to make a dramatic aborted landing. The incident follows rough weather throughout the month that has kept emergency services busy with toppled trees, power poles and blocked roads. By Emmanuel Samoglou and Al Williams
Fun in the mud
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Education, National
Students from Apii Te Uki Ou were happy to get their hands and feet dirty yesterday and spent the day setting up and testing out the trek for the ‘Toa Extreme Mud Run’ which will be held tomorrow.
MP Akaiti Puna makes intentions clear
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in National, Outer Islands, Politics
The newest Member of the Parliament says she’s not in the House to make up numbers but for a greater cause to serve the people of this country.
Economic recovery receives ADB support
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Emmanuel Samoglou | Published in Economy, National
A two-week in-country Asian Development Bank mission to strengthen the economic recover from Covid-19 concluded this month.
Passengers offloaded ‘in error’
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Emmanuel Samoglou | Published in Health, National
Te Marae Ora Ministry of Health has apologised to passengers who were off loaded in error on an Air New Zealand flight to Rarotonga Wednesday.
Call for PM’s house a ‘tongue in cheek’
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in National, Politics
The Cook Islands Prime Minister should have a permanent place of residence paid by the government, says Prime Minister Mark Brown.
Minister proposes delaying 2022 elections
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in National, Politics
If Covid-19 means the country’s financial situation doesn’t improve, elections should be postponed in a bid to save money, says Cabinet Minister George Angene.
4900 Rarotonga dogs ‘unneutered and unregistered’
Friday 25 June 2021 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Local, National
An overwhelming number of dogs on Rarotonga are unneutered and unregistered but there is an ambitious plan to fix the problem by the end of this year.
Raro chilli chomper third best in NZ
Thursday 24 June 2021 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Local, National
Cook Islands champion Samuel Thomas finished third at the New Zealand Chilli Eating Champs Competition at Freemans Bay, Auckland last month.
$1.4m approved for Crown Law
Thursday 24 June 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in National, Politics
Leader of the Opposition Tina Browne supported the $1,405,029 allocated for the Crown Law office in Parliament on Tuesday.
Police ‘under the pump’ leads to mistakes in court
Thursday 24 June 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Crime, National
Prosecution mistakes in court down to large amounts of work and limited resources says, defence lawyer.
Parliament updates
Thursday 24 June 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in National, Politics
The Opposition Democratic Party yesterday gave up their question time to speed up the process of the Appropriation Bill debate which is now in the Committee of Supply.
TMO takes action after Wellington Covid-19 scare
Thursday 24 June 2021 | Written by Emmanuel Samoglou | Published in Local, National
Health ministry staff carried out a flash contact tracing and testing drive beginning Tuesday night through yesterday following the case of an Australian tourist who visited Wellington and later tested positive for Covid-19.
Tupuna Ngamaru the new Ngamaru Ariki
Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local, National
Twenty five-year-old Tupuna Moeroa Ngamaru arrived from New Zealand this week to assume the Ngamaru Ariki title of Atiu.
Fox appointed to Waitangi Tribunal
Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Local, National
Citing his experience and leadership in the media industry, Rarotonga-based veteran broadcaster Derek Fox has been appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal for a three-year term.
Rubbish fire alarms public
Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local, National
Two of Rarotonga’s volunteer fire brigades responded to a reported fire on Monday with three trucks and two tankers, only to find a burning heap of rubbish.
Church donation provides supplies to schools
Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Local, National
A 20 foot container filled with furniture, 150 cartons of new scholastic books and some basketball hoops were donated this month to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Cook Islands District and three schools on Rarotonga.
‘Drink driving huge problem in our nation’ drink driver told
Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Crime, National
A repeat drink driver has been jailed for three weeks and told his criminal behaviour needs to be stopped.
Bubble remains inflated
Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Written by Emmanuel Samoglou | Published in Local, National
In a late night cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Government made the decision to keep quarantine-free travel in place with New Zealand while local officials continue to monitor the situation in Wellington after a Covid-19 positive tourist from Australia visited the NZ capital.
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