Several businesses and households across Rarotonga participated in Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off their lights for an hour.
A repeat offender received a 12-month probation sentence with community service for stealing lemons and failing to report to the police station.
The Cook Islands is less than two weeks away from the biggest political gathering to transpire on its soil in decades. The Pacific Islands Forum has been micro-scheduled, down to the last detail, and the organising committee has this week released the itinerary it has been working in past months to prepare. Logistical coordinator Jaewynn […]
The Royal New Zealand Navy has sent the Cook Islands a new technical advisor as part of its ongoing naval commitment to the country. Chief petty officer Tony Francis will replace chief petty officer Del Bewg as technical advisor to the Cook Islands maritime police. Francis, originally from the Waikato, joined the navy straight from […]
The new publishing arm of the University of the South Pacific – USP Press – was launched recently with the release of five new books. Two of the books – Ancestry, by Albert Wendt and Mystery Islands by Tom Koppel – were winners of the USP press prizes awarded last year following an international competition. […]
Prime Minister Henry Puna’s mugshot features this month on the cover of Islands Business, a regional publication that highlights current affairs and is distributed throughout 22 island countries. The cover story, written by Cook Islander Lisa Williams-Lahari, explores the cultural crisis the Cook Islands is undergoing. The country is in the regional spotlight, as it […]
It may look more like an art work than a piece of medical equipment, but the birthing stool that was recently donated to Rarotonga Hospital has only practical purposes. Deon Rossouw, one of the duo that makes up local business Rima Toa Ltd, originally made the birthing stool for his wife. As it turned out […]
A re-stocking mission has seen Hawaiian shipping vessel Kwai dock at the Avatiu port ahead of another big trip north. Fresh from voyaging to Pukapuka, the Cook Islands-registered ship is docked and is currently re-stocking ahead of trips to Manihiki and Penrhyn before further endeavours to the three islands of Kiribati before arriving at the […]
Vaka Marumaru Atua needs several able-bodied Cook Islanders to be with her during the last legs of her voyage. Cook Islands Voyaging Society president Ian Karika says he needs two crew members to sail with Marumaru Atua from Fiji to Tonga, and two more to sail from Tonga to Rarotonga. He advertised the vacancies within […]
Rarotonga hospital has received a healthy dose of new equipment from two Australian medical students. The medical goods were purchased with $2100 (AUD) donated by the Hervey Bay Hospital in Brisbane and include valuable tools such as stethoscopes and thermometers and top-of-the-line scalpels for the surgery wards. The two students, Leo Hermans and Eranthi Hettiarachchi, […]
New skincare range Te Tika wants to clarify that they do not use moringa oleifera in their beauty products. Ken Matheson is a director of Matheson Enterprises, which manages the CIMTECH extraction facility and produces the Cook Islands bioactive oils used to make the Te Tika skincare range. He says the oils are extracted from […]
What began as a ”very tense“ conference ended, six hours later, on a positive note, dissolving into a kaikai and celebration of the Democratic Party’s renewed spirit. An observer said that while the 2012 party conference began with some criticism of the way the party has handled certain processes and procedures, it transitioned into a […]
Former journalist Trevor Pitt has returned to his post behind the prime minister’s megaphone. Last Wednesday Pitt was again appointed to the full-time position of media advisor to the prime minister. Formerly he handled Jim Marurai’s media obligations in his capacity as executive advisor to the prime minister, and he is now doing the same […]
The police officer who stole almost $9000 from a crime scene was charged almost six months after the theft occurred. Davinia Webb was part of the police team investigating the yacht Bonny, found drifting about 20 nautical miles from Rarotonga and towed in and searched by police on January 4. US$5220 and NZ $220 – […]
Former police officer Davinia Webb escaped prison for stealing money from a crime scene partly due to her young age. Webb stole US$5220 and NZ$220 – altogether with the value of about NZ$9000 – from the Bonny crime scene on January 4. She admitted her guilt in a police interview on June 12 and resigned […]
Prime Minister Henry Puna met with the Tongareva Mayor Tini Ford yesterday morning to listen to the concerns of those who chose not to travel home at the weekend, and to open the door to constructive discussion. Puna said ‘side-line critics’ have not understood the circumstances at the time and it was important that he […]
Cook Islands Tourism is seeking expressions of interest from those wanting to help showcase the Cooks to a group of visiting tourism managers. Tourism has invited 10 Australian product and marketing managers to the Cooks between November 17 and 23. The trip will be educational, allowing the corporation to showcase the best of Cook Islands’ […]
Cook Islands conservationists can now apply for a fellowship position in New York at an environmental organisation with a focus on islands. The Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) assists islands in addressing one of the world’s greatest challenges – to conserve and sustainably use invaluable island natural resources that support people, cultures and livelihoods. Earth’s 175,000 […]
Half the world’s population is under 25 years of age. Specific figures are not available for the Cook Islands, but last year’s census confirms that just under half the local population is under 44 years of age. This week, that section of the population has reason to celebrate (other than the myriad perks of youthfulness) […]
Six Australian RMIT University students recently completed a four week trip of a lifetime, visiting the small but beautiful island of Atiu. This is the fourth year that RMIT University students have visited Atiu. The group spent a month establishing themselves in the community, getting to know the locals and experiencing life in the Cook […]
A lack of short-term specialist trainers is leaving the Cook Islands Trades Training Centre (CITTC) clutching at straws ahead of its second outer-islands training course of the year in September. After a short three-week course earlier in the year, next month’s eight-week course is looking to provide 10 outer islands students from throughout the northern […]
The Cook Islands Government is very close to setting up a fisheries office in American Samoa, but still needs funding. The Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has confirmed it has been investigating setting up an office in American Samoa, as part of its strategy to improve monitoring, surveillance and control over Cook Islands fishing vessels […]
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