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More charges to come for fight pair
Tuesday 16 May 2017 | Published in Crime
Two men appeared in the High Court last Friday charged with injuring with intent.
Tip-offs help clear burglaries
Tuesday 16 May 2017 | Published in Local
Police last week successfully cleared 34 per cent of the burglaries that have been committed on Rarotonga since February.
Art show celebrates 'ei katu culture
Tuesday 16 May 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Auckland-based contemporary painter and artist Tabatha Forbes will be giving a tribute to the ’ei katu culture in the Cook Islands in her latest exhibition at the Bergman Gallery tonight.
Attack on cow brings warning on dog problem
Tuesday 16 May 2017 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
Three roaming dogs attacked a tethered cow near the taro patches on the airport end of Tongatai Rd on Sunday evening.
Broadcast legal, say Demos
Tuesday 16 May 2017 | Published in Politics
The Democratic Party has rejected claims by the Cook Islands Party that a broadcast made last Wednesday on Radio Cook Islands by Demo leader Tina Browne and the party’s RAPPA by-election candidate, Teina Rongo was in breach of the Electoral Act.
Just Play brings fun activities to villages
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Local
Sunny weather on Wednesday last week brought just under 80 children to the Nikao Field, to participate in the fourth Village Festival for this year organised by the Just Play programme.
Global vibe enriches Red Cross gala event
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Local
The world came to The Islander Hotel in Nikao on Saturday night for the annual Cook Islands Red Cross charity gala in what was a colourful night of giving and sharing with the local humanitarian Society.
School project brings closer ties with China
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Local
New ground has been developed in the partnership between the People’s Republic of China and the Cook Islands government as the foundation stone is laid for the new Apii Nikao today.
Apii Nikao rebuild starts at last
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Local
The staff and students of Apii Nikao, along with Project Co-ordinating Committee and the Project Management Unit, held a Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony on Friday last week.
Sunnies after cataracts op
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Local
Every year Hospital Comforts sponsor the sunglasses for recovering cataract patients during the annual eye doctors visits. This is just one of the projects that is unique to Hospital Comforts – one intervention that adds comfort to patients.
Seabed deal hauling in $1m
Monday 15 May 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Cook Islands have already earned more than $90,000 from one deep sea minerals agreement signed in 2016 with an American company to give them reserved rights in certain deep seabed areas within the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
Popular Just Play Festival does it again
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Local
This week’s Just Play Festival was another successful event for the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA).
Demo Party: 'Where we stand on purse seining'
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Local
Talk to any of our local fishermen and they will tell you our tuna resource is in danger of collapse. Purse seining is usually blamed, and there is huge public opposition across party lines to the Spanish super seiners now fishing in Cook Islands waters under the EU agreement.
Human rights discussed
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands was represented at a Regional Human Rights Workshop in Fiji from May 1-3 by acting secretary of Internal Affairs Paul Allsworth and director of Social Policy and Services Nooroa Numanga.
Conservation in our ocean
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Environment
In the article about our oceans in CI News on Tuesday May 9, prime minister Henry Puna is quoted as saying, “the future of the Cook Islands and its people is in the ocean that surrounds us”.
Liza wins surprise holiday
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Local
Prime Foods has announced the winner of the Punjas Fiji Holiday Promotion.
July start for car parking system
Monday 15 May 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Airport Authority Cook Islands will put its new automated car parking control system into operation at the Rarotonga International Airport on July 1.
Book dumping 'unfortunate'
Monday 15 May 2017 | Published in Local
The dumping and burning of large quantities of usable Ministry of Education resources on Rarotonga this week was due to an “incredibly unfortunate” mistake, says MoE head Gail Townsend.
In politics for the community
Monday 15 May 2017 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Politics
That tree beside your house, the hedge that is so high you cannot see your neighbour, the leak in your roof. They affect lives every day.’
Nurses celebrate their achievements
Friday 12 May 2017 | Published in Local
International Nurses Day (IND) is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.
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