Politics
Wigmore at food biodiversity talks
Friday March 08, 2019Ministry of Agriculture’s director for crop research William Wigmore launched the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture Report at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters recently.
Parliament to sit this month
Thursday March 07, 2019The opening parliamentary sitting for the year is expected to be held sometime this month.
Browne attends seabed minerals workshop
Wednesday March 06, 2019Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority geographical information systems (GIS) officer Rima Browne attended the first-ever “Abyssal Initiative” workshop held in Nuku’alofa, Tonga.
DPM backs name-change body
Tuesday March 05, 2019A committee in the Cook Islands tasked with finding a new name for the country has received tentative support from the government, ahead of a possible referendum on the issue.
Ministers return home
Monday March 04, 2019All three government ministers who were out of the country on official engagements last week have returned home.
Foreign developer warned
Monday March 04, 2019A Democratic Party MP wants the National Environment Service (NES) to regard any breaches of the Environment Act with the severity it deserves after a foreign developer allegedly proceeded with clearing a historically significant coastal section before obtaining approval from the Rarotonga Environment Authority (REA).
Debt distress not China driven
Saturday March 02, 2019Debt distress in the Pacific is not a result of lending by China, revealed a paper published by the Australian National University’s Development Policy Centre late last year.
QR to be drawn into Hagai row
Tuesday February 26, 2019Democratic Party head and Opposition Leader Tina Browne is looking for Vice-Regal support in a bid to stop the government appointing Toka Hagai as a 7th Cabinet minister.
Group slams lack of democracy
Friday February 22, 2019The integrity of the current government has been challenged by Group for Political Reform (GPC) founding member Lynsay Francis saying it is failing to deliver democracy to the Cook Islands people.
