National

Demos want 'secret' costs

Monday 1 August 2016 | Published in Politics

For OVER 20 years the costs taxpayers have to carry for travel by politicians have been kept secret by successive administrations, both the Cook Islands Party and the Democrats.

Politics

New treatments meet with success

Sunday 31 July 2016 | Published in Local

UNTIL recently, the most common treatment for hepatitis C was a sometimes unpleasant combination of weekly injections of pegylated interferon and twice-daily tablets of ribavirin.

Local

'Silent killer' infects millions

Sunday 31 July 2016 | Published in Local

THE OBSERVANCE of World Hepatitis Day around the world on Thursday this week put a spotlight on the fact that around 400 million people around the world are infected with hepatitis B and C.

Local

'Fab Four' giving back to others

Sunday 31 July 2016 | Published in Local

WHAT do a mechanical engineer trained in India, a yacht mast and rigging manufacturer, a woman who’s successfully marketed products to the middle east, and a man who’s successfully run companies in New Zealand and Australia over the last 35 years, have in common.

Local

Children kept fully occupied

Sunday 31 July 2016 | Published in Local

THE FIRST week of school holidays have had a great start, especially for the children at Royal Kids Cook Islands.

Local

Mana Tiaki programme underway

Sunday 31 July 2016 | Published in Environment

EARLIER this month, Te Ipukarea Society staff and executive committee hosted the Mana Tiaki – ‘Protect a Little Paradise’ official launch night at The Islander in Nikao.

Environment

Reconnecting on Rarotonga

Sunday 31 July 2016 | Published in Local

The MAORI of the Cook Islands and Aotearoa New Zealand have long acknowledged their ancestral connection with Aotearoa Maori, recognising Cook Islanders as their tuakana or elder sibling.

Local

Bishop verdict 'short, sharp shock'

Sunday 31 July 2016 | Published in Politics

Member of parliament Teina Bishop says hearing the guilty verdict handed down by a jury of Cook Islanders was like an electric shock – short and sharp, a brief, nasty feeling that’s gone very quickly.

Politics

Cook Islands seen as a great example

Sunday 31 July 2016 | Published in Local

PAPUA New Guineans can learn a lot from the Cook Islands, according to a Papua New Guinea website

Local

Plenty of fun on Mangaia

Saturday 30 July 2016 | Published in Outer Islands

MANGAIA is celebrating this year’s Constitution Celebration in style.

Outer Islands

Rose Brown breaks her silence

Saturday 30 July 2016 | Published in Politics

PARLIAMENTARY opposition leader Rose Brown has made an impassioned plea to be able to state her position regarding the recent political upheavals.

Politics

CIP actions 'shocking' says Brown

Saturday 30 July 2016 | Published in Local

OPPOSITION coalition parliamentary leader Rose Toki Brown says she is shocked by the actions of the CIP government who continue to employ people when they know that there are already more than 2,000 people on the government payroll.