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PM-led delegation returns
Monday 9 April 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Politics
The prime minister Henry Puna-led delegation to New Zealand on a state visit was scheduled to return home yesterday.
Updated Saab will arrive here in May
Monday 9 April 2018 | Published in Technology
AIR Rarotonga will soon replace its Saab 340A aircraft with a later model Saab 340B Plus, due to arrive in the Cook Islands in May.
Bishop renews reform calls
Monday 9 April 2018 | Published in Politics
One Cook Island’s (OCI) leader Teina Bishop is on a crusade to have the Constitution Amendment (No 29) Bill tabled once again in parliament.
Honour to represent 'little paradise'
Monday 9 April 2018 | Published in Culture
New Zealand Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Awards finalist Fe’ena Syme-Buchanan said that it was an “absolute honour” to represent her “little paradise”, the Cook Islands, at the awards dinner last month.
Cook Islands represented in Nepal
Monday 9 April 2018 | Published in Environment
Te Ipukarea Society is a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and is currently the only member in the Cook Islands.
Agriculture minister off to Fiji conference
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Published in Politics
Agriculture minister Kiriau Turepu will leave for Fiji this weekend to attend the 34th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific.
Keynote speech also highlights ties
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Published in Politics
Prime minister Henry Puna delivered a keynote address to a full house of more than 100 people at an event hosted by the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA) on Tuesday (CI time).
Te Mato Vai discussed in NZ
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Politics
The multi-million dollar Te Mato Vai project was one of the issues discussed by the Cook Islands delegation at the Joint Ministerial Forum in New Zealand on Thursday (CI time).
PM likes NZ approach, but...
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Politics
The Cook Islands will continue to foster and develop relationship with other international partners including China, despite New Zealand’s new approach to foreign policy on the region.
'Solar Mamas' now qualified engineers
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Written by Jaimie Keay | Published in Technology
Three Cook Islands women can now proudly describe themselves as qualified solar engineers.
Maori speeches focus on healthy living
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Written by Jaimie Keay | Published in Education
Titikaveka College held their Maori speech competition in the school hall on Thursday last week.
Schools focus on autism awareness
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Written by Jaimie Keay | Published in Education
Apii Nikao, Tereora College and Aitutaki’s Apii Vaitau showed their support for Cook Islands Autism Awareness Day with a mufti day yesterday.
New tool for environmental reporting
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Published in Environment
To better manage environmental information, the Cook Islands National Environment Service (NES) has introduced a new portal that can store and share datasets, reports, images and other files that examine current environmental conditions.
New tool measures disaster losses
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Published in Environment
An online tool has been launched by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Mangaia pupils learn from TIS visit
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Published in Environment
Te Ipukarea Society’s project officer Alanna Smith has worked on two projects with school students on Mangaia recently as well as starting a sea bird survey project on the island.
Pupils get serious about climate change
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Published in Environment
Since the start of the 2018 school year, Avarua Primary School pupils have been engaged in a flurry of activity studying the topic of climate change.
Sediment removal gets the green light
Friday 6 April 2018 | Published in Environment
The Rarotonga Environment Authority has given the go-ahead to a sediment removal project at the Vaiterenga Stream, near the Pacific Resort in Ngatangiia.
New deadline for confidence workshop
Friday 6 April 2018 | Published in Local
The deadline to apply for the two-day confidence workshop beginning on April 18 has been extended past the original March 30 date, and is now next Friday.
Art, craft and food at versatile market stall
Friday 6 April 2018 | Published in Local
On yet another beautiful sunny Rarotonga Saturday morning I visited Punanga Nui Market in downtown Avarua.
Strong opinions on deep-sea mining
Friday 6 April 2018 | Published in Environment
Cook Islanders have been quick to air their opinions about deep-sea mining, following the recent visit to this country of Ocean Minerals Ltd. (OML)
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