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Longline fleet achieves new first
Thursday 30 March 2017 | Published in Local
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced the addition of yellowfin tuna to the Cook Islands EEZ South Pacific Albacore Longline Fishery certification.
Old incinerator to be replaced later in the year
Thursday 30 March 2017 | Published in Local
The Airport Authority’s outdated incinerator, used to burn rubbish from passenger jets operated by international airlines, will be replaced by the end of the year.
Early morning brawl results in two arrests
Thursday 30 March 2017 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Crime
Police are investigating an early morning brawl outside a bar area in Avarua last Saturday.
Retirement home plan is discarded
Thursday 30 March 2017 | Published in Local
Atiu MP and Cabinet minister Nandi Glassie says a plan to establish retirement housing for New Zealand expats on Atiu came from a businessman back in 2009 and sounded good at the time.
How did they miss the guns?
Thursday 30 March 2017 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
Just how did a Customs search fail to find guns and 3000 rounds of ammunition during a search of double murderer Chris Rimamotu’s container when it arrived from New Zealand in 2010?
Dedication ceremony for the RSA memorial archway
Wednesday 29 March 2017 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
The official opening of the RSA memorial archway saw a who’s who of dignitaries at the occasion.
Contest big day for hospitality professionals
Wednesday 29 March 2017 | Published in Local
Hospitality professionals will be out to impress at the eagerly-awaited Salon Culinaire competition early next month.
QR pays homage to links with NZ
Wednesday 29 March 2017 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
Quartet has them dancing in the aisles
Wednesday 29 March 2017 | Published in Local
The Modern Maori Quartet had their audience dancing in the aisles at the Empire Theatre on Monday night.
Big bird makes its final flight
Wednesday 29 March 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Air New Zealand’s Boeing 767-300ER made its final flight to the Cook Islands on Friday last week.
Fijians keen to get a vote
Wednesday 29 March 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Officials from the Fijian Elections Office visiting the Cook Islands to register Fijians living here for the upcoming elections were pleased with the response.
Female inmates 'worse off'
Wednesday 29 March 2017 | Published in Local
Female inmates at Arorangi Prison are worse off than their male counterparts, living in “inhumane” conditions and lacking equal access to rehabilitation programmes.
Atiu should lead itself, says Brown
Wednesday 29 March 2017 | Published in Outer Islands
A government of national unity would let Atiu and not the Cook Islands government, run the island, says Atiu MP and opposition coalition parliamentary leader, Rose Brown.
Warm welcome on Rarotonga for Governor-General
Tuesday 28 March 2017 | Published in Local
Dame Patsy Reddy attends a morning tea at the New Zealand High Commissioner’s residence Ngatipa
Pitt fine goes to government
Tuesday 28 March 2017 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Herald publisher George Pitt says he wanted the fine imposed on him following a judicial conference earlier this month, to go to a charity.
Japan visit a learning experience for tutor
Tuesday 28 March 2017 | Published in Education
Cook Islands Tertiary and Training Institute (CITTI) tutor Sarah Tonorio attended the Knowledge and Co-Creation programme for the promotion of non-formal education in Japan last month.
Many topics on table as G-G meets Cabinet
Tuesday 28 March 2017 | Published in Local
The Governor-General of New Zealand, Dame Patsy Reddy and her husband Sir David Gascoigne visited Cabinet last week as they conducted their first official visit to the Cook Islands and first official engagement here in her new post.
Culture excites Apii Nikao students
Tuesday 28 March 2017 | Published in Education
Apii Nikao Year 7 and 8 students are learning about cultural practices this term and last Friday they visited Highland Paradise to learn from an expert.
Pitt says sorry for content and timing of Bishop story
Tuesday 28 March 2017 | Published in Local
Publisher Gorge Pitt has been fined an undisclosed amount and has made a public apology for an article published in the Cook Islands Herald last year involving the high profile Teina Bishop case.
Tourism off to 'perfect' start
Tuesday 28 March 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Cook Islands tourism is enjoying a perfect start to the 2017 season, with visitor arrival figures trending at a growth of 17 per cent for the financial year 2016/2017.
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