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'Starting an airline like jumping off a cliff'
Wednesday 5 June 2019 | Published in Local
COOK ISLANDS aviation stalwart Ewan Smith has spent his life getting Cook Islanders airborne – whether as pilots or air travellers – and it’s to them he has dedicated his Queen’s Birthday honour.
Day 128: Talbot walks into storm, end in sight
Wednesday 5 June 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Just a week to go and Creative Trail walker James Talbot will be reuniting with his family.
'Because we love our people'
Wednesday 5 June 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Politics
Two hundred and ten million dollars. That is the big number the government has committed to spending in the 2019/20 Budget.
Government claims Beijing aid deal as world-first
Wednesday 5 June 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Politics
Local companies can now bid for projects funded by China, in what the government says is a world-first.
Chlorine in water: the big call
Wednesday 5 June 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in National
IF SCIENCE shows chlorination is the safest way to disinfect Rarotonga’s drinking water, the government says it will make that call.
Tupapa MP Maggie grateful for donations
Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
Minister George (Maggie) Angene in his capacity as the member of Parliament for Tupapa-Maraerenga, recently put a call out to businesses to assist in a drive for new equipment and machinery to help with the cleaning and maintenance of the village.
Talbot: 10-days to complete walk
Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
James Talbot has less than ten days left to complete his mission of raising $300,000 for the Creative Centre in Rarotonga.
Call to strengthen border control
Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in National
Cook Islands traditional leaders are calling on authorities to strengthen border control in a bid to curtail methamphetamine (meth) coming into the country.
Barge to be sold
Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Published in Local
It is understood Cook Islands only barge, the 46-metre Layar Mas, is currently in the process of being sold to a buyer from the Bahamas.
Infrastructure investment focus of Budget
Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in National
Investment in infrastructure will be one of the key priorities in the 2019/2020 Budget which will be tabled in Parliament today.
Cook Islanders receive Queen's Birthday Honours
Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in National
Businessman Ewan Smith received one of the highest New Zealand honours after becoming a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Reoffender pleads for leniency
Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A young man who has been remanded in police custody cried out seeking leniency at the High Court on Thursday.
Opera singers wow local crowd
Tuesday 4 June 2019 | Written by Anneka Brown | Published in Local
The National Auditorium dome came alive on Friday night as 10 talented Pasifika Opera singers put on a moving performance to mark a decade of the BCI Opera in Rarotonga.
Blackrock lets kids choose activities
Saturday 1 June 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education
The Blackrock Api’i Potiki Early Childhood Education Centre (ECE) located in Nikao has been running since the early 1970s.
Arrest warrant for Nicholas still active
Saturday 1 June 2019 | Published in National
New Zealand Police have confirmed that an arrest warrant for Cook Islands politician Albert Nicholas is still alive and the Avatiu member of parliament will be arrested when he enters that country.
Caregivers and pensioners to get more
Saturday 1 June 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in National
Increases in the caregivers allowance and old age pension are appropriated in the 2019/2020 Budget, confirmed Finance minister Mark Brown.
Cooks to host regional immigration meeting
Saturday 1 June 2019 | Published in National
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) will next week host the annual regional meeting of the Pacific Immigration Development Community (PIDC).
Deadly flu virus detected in Cooks
Saturday 1 June 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in National
Two cases of influenza A which has caused deaths in Australia and New Zealand have been reported in the Cook Islands.
Foreign Affairs works to extricate girl
Saturday 1 June 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in National
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working closely with both New Zealand and the United States government officials to resolve the controversial detainment of a nine-year old Cook Islands girl in the US.
Meth doco screening on CITV
Saturday 1 June 2019 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Television is this weekend lending its support to the “Meth Menace” campaign against methamphetamine.
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