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Five months prison for Aitutaki indecent assault, other charges
A man who was convicted for 12 separate offences including indecent assault has been sentenced to five months imprisonment.
Probation for repeat offender
The fourth accused in a Nikao brawl incident on January 28 this year has been sentenced to 12 months’ probation.
CI seeks to combine loans, make savings
A Cook Islands delegation attending the Asian Development Bank (ADB) annual meeting in the Philippines has met with representatives of the ADB Treasury to discuss the possibility of combining $63 million worth of outstanding loans the Cook Islands has with the bank. Currently, the Cook Islands has 16 loans with the Asian Development Bank which […]
Pacific ADB members form new group
The Cook Islands and other Pacific members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have outlined their future ambitions for development in the region ahead of the bank’s annual meeting in the Philippines this week. Representatives from the bank’s Pacific constituents – including Cook Islands Minister for Finance and Economic Management Mark Brown, financial secretary Richard […]
Press freedom: It's your right
One of our most basic human rights – up there with the right to education and the right to freedom – is the right to information. It’s true – the UN said so. In 1946 the general assembly recognised the right to know as the foundation of all other rights. This was the starting point […]
'Press freedom, a delicate flower in the Pacific'
Pacific media, for the most part, is free to actively debate and discuss issues and express opinions, unlike media in some regions of the world where journalists face life and death decisions in pursuing certain stories. However, the region is by no means immune to restrictions on press freedom. The situation for some journalists in […]
One of our most precious rights
Joint message by UN Secretary-General and UNESCO Director-General on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2012: Freedom of expression is one of our most precious rights. It underpins every other freedom and provides a foundation for human dignity. Free, pluralistic and independent media is essential for its exercise. This is the message of World […]
Flow of local information not so free in Cook Islands
This opinion piece by staff journalist Eric Parnis talks about press freedom in a local, Cook Islands context. When asked what institutions they think are central to holding up the modern Cook Islands nations, our leaders typically give three answers – the government, the traditional leaders and the church. Rarely or never do they include […]
41-strong CI team to London
Forty-one Cook Islanders depart Rarotonga today for London, where they will represent the country at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration. Organised in commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 60-year reign, the Jubilee will comprise performances and parades put on by all countries affiliated with the British Commonwealth. The Cook Islands was the only Pacific Island country […]
Total pitching for fuel supply
Multinational energy company Total Ltd considers the Cook Islands part of its long-term plan to increase its presence in the Pacific. Two executives from the company’s Fiji office were this week on Rarotonga to meet with government officials and with Brett Porter, director of Apex Agencies, operators of Toa Petroleum, in anticipation of the government’s […]
Indian envoy keeps the tie
The Cook Islands has watched on with keen interest at the economic advances and growth of India in recent years, Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin said while accepting the credentials of Indian High Commissioner to the Cook Islands Vinod Kumar. Sir Frederick said the Asian giant, which is home to $1.2 billion people, had shown […]
T&M Heather accused of 'unfair priority'
Opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen has raised concerns that government is giving infrastructure company T&M Heather – infrastructure minister Teariki Heather’s family business – unfair priority over other contractors. Rasmussen says T&M rivals have filed complaints with the Office of the Opposition, alleging that contracts are being awarded to T&M without being publicly advertised first. Such […]
PM takes renewables call to UN
Prime Minister Henry Puna will bring the Cook Islands’ renewable energy and sustainable development priorities to the United Nations via a conference in the Caribbean next week. Puna, the champion and Minister of Renewable Energy and Environment, will represent the Cook Islands at two high-level meetings in Barbados next week. The Cook Islands and other […]
Head students represent Cook Islands in Taiwan
For head boy Robert Heather and head girl Maruia Willie of Tereora College, learning about eco-friendly sports was the highlight of the sports and leadership forum they recently attended in Taipei, Taiwan. University students, sports and physical education students from over 200 countries joined them at the forum. The forum was funded by FISU (International […]
Tribute to Sobati Solomona
The minister responsible for the Office of the Public Service Commission, Henry Puna, today paid tribute to the life and work of Aitutaki Island Secretary Sabati Solomona who passed away on the weekend after a long illness. “Sabati had a long and unblemished career in the public service having worked in various positions in the […]
'Social impact fund' created
A new fund is being created to support civil society in the Cook Islands. Current support from the New Zealand government has been delivered by the New Zealand Aid Programme through core funding to non-government organisations (NGOs) and through the Community Initiatives Scheme (CIS). The Ministry of Internal Affairs also manages support to civil society […]
Brown presses ADB for support
Just hours after landing in Manila yesterday, Finance Minister Mark Brown met with the president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Haruhiko Kuroda to discuss a number of issues of mutual interest to both the ADB and the Cook Islands. The discussion centred around a number of themes: Consolidating the debt portfolio of the Cook […]
India renews diplomatic ties with Cook Islands
India and the Cook Islands will renew their political relations today when the High Commissioner designate of India Vinod Kumar presents his credentials to the Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin. The Cook Islands established relations with India in 1998 and will use the Fiji-based Indian High Commission as its main port of call in the […]
MP calls for Atiu mayor to quit
Teenui-Mapumai member of Parliament Norman George has accused Atiu mayor Taoro Strickland Brown of obtaining the mayoralty “through the back window”. George explains the basis of his allegation here: “On my recent visit to Atiu, I received information that Atiu mayor Taoro Strickland Brown had resigned from the position of mayor for Atiu, in writing […]
Rotaract raises $821
Rarotonga Rotaract Club raised $821 at a garage sale for the Mangaia Junior Red Cross. As soon as the garage sale sign was erected, garage sale enthusiast bustled to get first dibs on the household items, clothing, jewellery, shoes and bags that Rotaract had on offer. Mangaia Junior Red Cross founder Sue Ngatokorua was also […]
Medal ceremony for woman serving in kitchen
Margaret Dwane has been added to the list of Cook Islands residents to receive the New Zealand Defence Service Medal in the last week, after she was presented with the medal at a special ceremony on Monday. Dwane, Creative Centre assistant manager, was due to receive her medal alongside seven other people at the RSA […]
Mentoring growing in popularity
Pacific Business Mentoring Programme country manager Kerry Burridge urges medium- to large-scale businesses to take advantage of New Zealand mentoring services, which are becoming increasingly popular amongst the local small business community. “These mentors are very experienced and very knowledgeable,” Burridge told Cook Islands News. “The calibre of these people is such that they can […]
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