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Lighting up gallery with 6000 stars!
Wednesday 30 November 2016 | Published in Local
COOK ISLANDERS have woven more than 15,000 stars as part of the Cook Islands Star Weave Challenge.
Candle caused fire in Muri
Wednesday 30 November 2016 | Published in Local
A CANDLE is said to be the cause of fire for a home in Ngatangiia.
Nine months prison for assault
Wednesday 30 November 2016 | Published in Crime
A MAN who has had his case drag on since last year was sentenced to nine months imprisonment in the Cook Islands High Court.
'Two years to save lagoon'
Wednesday 30 November 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
A MARINE expert has says that if our lagoon is not cleaned up in two years it may be too late to save it.
Maths contest points way to promising future
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Published in Education
IT IS NOT often that I get the privilege to speak to a room filled with so many academics as I did at the Cook Islands Maths Competition earlier this month.
They're making music on Mauke
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Published in Outer Islands
AT MAUKE School 7 to 9 school pupils began Term 3 with formal music classes, and they are certainly catching on with the youngsters, says teacher June Hosking.
Church service launches Miss Pacific Islands
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
THE 2016 Miss Pacific Islands Pageant officially opened over the weekend with a special church service for the eight Pacific Islands representative.
Teen escapes conviction on arson charge
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Published in Crime
A TEENAGER who was arrested this year and charged with arson over a fire that occurred at Tereora College in 2013, has been sentenced with no conviction and fined a $300 reparation fee.
We're leading the world in solar power
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Published in Local
Representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) visited the Cook Islands last week and one of the things they were told about is that preliminary work has begun on an ADB-funded project to take solar power to the southern Cook Islands.
Call to oppose purse seiners
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Published in Local
BRING YOUR mana as a Cook Islander to the fore and tell the European Union and the Spanish: our country doesn’t want a purse seining agreement with them or Spain’s monster fishing boats harvesting our waters.
Former comedian out to change lives
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
Former comedian, now mental-health campaigner, Mike King loves change.
Boat capsize claims second Cook Islander
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Published in Local
A SECOND Cook Islander has been named as a victim of the fishing boat disaster that took the lives of seven men on New Zealand’s Kaipara Harbour on Friday (CI time).
More would-be students check out scholarships
Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Local
TE REINGA Akataungaanga, the Ministry of Education’s new scholarship scheme is gaining popularity amongst Cook Islanders who wish to pursue further education.
Party celebrates another great Vaka Eiva
Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Local
Vaka Eiva is an iconic Cook Islands celebration where competitive paddling and oe vaka culture draw in enthusiasts from all walks for a week of on and off the water action.
Doctor gives $7500 for vaka carving event
Monday 28 November 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
WHEN DR Wolfgang Losacker read in the CI News about a lack of funds preventing master carver Michael Tavioni putting on a vaka-carving exhibition during the Vake Eiva festival, he decided that shouldn’t happen again next year.
Trawler operators talk sustainability
Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Local
Representatives from the two companies operating Cook Islands flagged trawlers fishing for deep-sea fish species alfonsino and orange roughy were in Rarotonga last week to meet with the Ministry of Marine Resources.
PM in Vanuatu this week
Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Local
PRIME minister and USP Chancellor Henry Puna attended the University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Alafua Campus graduation ceremony in Samoa on Friday November 25.
Cook Islander dies in NZ fishing boat tragedy
Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Local
Cook ISLANDER Frederick Marsters has been confirmed as one of eight people who died after a fishing boat capsized in Auckland’s Kaipara Harbour on Friday (CI time)
Unremorseful Pitt seeks legal aid
Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Local
The CONTEMPT of court case against multimedia corporation owner George Pitt is scheduled to come up for mention in the High Court tomorrow.
Two events raise funds for mental health
Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Local
IF YOU’D like to enjoy breakfast, a bit of a laugh and help a very worthy cause, don’t miss today’s breakfast with Mike King at the Islander
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