National

NGO comments on draft bill

Monday 4 March 2019 | Published in Environment

This week marks the deadline for submitting comments on the draft Seabed Minerals Bill 2019 before it is reviewed and tabled in Parliament.

Environment

Landfill project to attract extra workers for ICI

Monday 4 March 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Environment

The upgrade of the Rarotonga Resource Recovery Centre is expected to draw attention and get people to fill a number of vacant positions at the landfill.

Environment

Ministers return home

Monday 4 March 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Politics

All three government ministers who were out of the country on official engagements last week have returned home.

Politics

Training on reporting to UN committee

Monday 4 March 2019 | Published in Local

The Cook Islands is expected to have a face-to-face dialogue with a United Nations committee next year in relation to the rights of children.

Local

Lawyer withdraws

Monday 4 March 2019 | Published in Crime

Defence counsel Mona Ioane’s request to withdraw from a court matter was approved by the Cook Islands High Court on Thursday.

Crime

Foreign developer warned

Monday 4 March 2019 | Published in Politics

A Democratic Party MP wants the National Environment Service (NES) to regard any breaches of the Environment Act with the severity it deserves after a foreign developer allegedly proceeded with clearing a historically significant coastal section before obtaining approval from the Rarotonga Environment Authority (REA).

Politics

Internships for young Cook Islanders

Monday 4 March 2019 | Published in Environment

After the successful completion of Jessie Tepora Nicholson’s internship earlier this year, Te Ipukarea Society has now employed Charlee McLean as an intern for a two-month period. Charlee is from Vaimaanga, and went to school at Avarua Primary, spending four years of high school in Perth, Australia before returning home to Rarotonga.

Environment

Cyclone danger lessening

Monday 4 March 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Weather

Cook Islands may have escaped the brunt of a cyclone this season after latest tropical storm Pola dissipated in waters outside of Tonga.

Weather

Localising women's day theme

Saturday 2 March 2019 | Published in Local

The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) is hoping to apply the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day to initiatives for local women.

Local

Apii Takitumu appoints its 2019 prefects

Saturday 2 March 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education

Takitumu Primary school held their prefect investiture ceremony last Friday morning at the Holy Revival Church.

Education

Join in and help with Muri Beach replanting

Saturday 2 March 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Environment

Muri Environment Care (MEC) is inviting the Ngatangiia community to join in the beach-planting exercise on Monday March 4 at 4.30 pm.

Environment

Climate change video comp for Pacific

Saturday 2 March 2019 | Published in Environment

The Pacific Islands have been some of the first countries in the world to bear the brunt of damaging effects from climate change.

Environment

More cruise ships this month

Saturday 2 March 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local

Two cruise ships are scheduled to visit Rarotonga and Aitutaki respectively this month.

Local

Talbot continues walk to Lake Emma

Saturday 2 March 2019 | Published in Local

Creative Trail walker James Talbot is off to Lake Emma this weekend and is expected to be off network coverage for the next couple of days.

Local

Debt distress not China driven

Saturday 2 March 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Politics

Debt distress in the Pacific is not a result of lending by China, revealed a paper published by the Australian National University’s Development Policy Centre late last year.

Politics

Leading academic and Cook Islands Papa Ron's gravestone unveiled

Thursday 28 February 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Education

The late Ron Crocombe has been described as a man ‘ahead of his time’, a father of education for the people of the Cook Islands and the Pacific as a whole.