Politics
Forum team keeps tabs on polling process
Tuesday June 19, 2018A Pacific Islands Forum Election Observer team was on Rarotonga last week to observe the Cook Islands 2018 elections on Thursday.
Napa has support for PM job
Tuesday June 19, 2018An online campaign has started on social media website Facebook in support of a bid to appoint the country’s first female prime minister.
Confident Demos adopt ‘wait and see’ attitude
Monday June 18, 2018The Democratic Party met last Friday morning for a prayer and debriefing following the preliminary results of Thursday’s election.
Youth council welcomes Te-Hani’s election win
Monday June 18, 2018Cook Islands National Youth Council (CINYC) has welcomed Te-Hani Brown’s historic election win in Thursday’s general election.
Tapaitau ready to be island voice
Monday June 18, 2018Independent candidate Robert Tapaitau says the people of Penrhyn will now have a voice through him.
OCI could choose next PM
Monday June 18, 2018One Cook Islands (OCI) leader Teina Bishop says he is feeling “better than ever” following last Thursday’s general election.
Captain Tama on course for another term
Monday June 18, 2018Democratic Party candidate Tamaiva “Captain Tama” Tuavera has retained the Ngatangiia seat he won off the Cook Islands Party in 2014, pulling in 254 votes to his opponent Tukaka Ama’s 211.
Questions over who will lead nation
Monday June 18, 2018The 2018 General Election is not over yet, with negotiations between independents and both major parties beginning yesterday.
By the numbers: How constituencies voted
Monday June 18, 2018The 2018 general election has come and gone and preliminary results have given the Democratic Party (Demos) 11 seats in parliament. The Cook Islands Party gained 10 seats. One Cook Islands (OCI) won one seat and two independents also gained seats in parliament. CINews analyses the results from each constituency, and looks at results that may change after special and postal votes have been accounted for.
