Rashneel Kumar
Kukis are a step closer
Saturday June 22, 2019
The Cook Islands rugby league team are a step closer to qualifying for the 2021 World Cup after their big win on Thursday night.
‘Humble’ fire victim will be missed
Saturday June 22, 2019
Jean Marie Williams will miss the weekly calls he used to get from his nephew Here Makita, who perished in a house fire in Australia’s Northern Territory on Wednesday.
$12m tax write-off; $19m tax collected in amnesty
Saturday June 22, 2019
A controversial tax amnesty has succeeded in recovering $19.4 million in unpaid tax, to the delight of the finance ministry.
MPs’ pay rise ‘obscene and outrageous’
Saturday June 22, 2019
A former parliamentarian has called the 45 per cent pay rise for MPs “obscene and outrageous”.
Athletes start Pacific Games promotion
Friday June 21, 2019
Team Cook Islands has started their Pacific Games 2019 campaign, visiting primary schools in Rarotonga in a bid to promote their participation.
Minister recovering after collapse outside Parliament
Friday June 21, 2019
Corrective Services minister George ‘Maggie’ Angene is recovering well after three days in an Auckland hospital this week.
New law will ‘avoid taking land’ by force
Friday June 21, 2019
The new water supply manager To Tatou Vai will be empowered to compulsorily purchase land, joining existing infrastructure authorities like the roading, phone and power bodies.
‘Keep customers happy’
Thursday June 20, 2019
The Vaka Cruise, an Aitutaki lagoon tour company, is hoping its big win at the A1 Meitaki Awards last week will help them cement a number one spot in the business.
War of words over minister
Thursday June 20, 2019The government and opposition are engaging in a war of words over the appointment of Toka Hagai as a seventh minister.
PM’s pay tops $152,000 as MPs get big pay hike
Thursday June 20, 2019
A 45 per cent pay rise for MPs, calculated as an average 2.9% a year since their last salary increase in 2006.
