Dr Tuaine Unuia has hit the ground running in his new role as the O-Tari-Kura o te Are Ariki (Clerk of the House of Ariki) earlier this week, welcomed by members of Te Are Ariki.
Tui Dewes, Aotearoa New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, had the honour of opening the new Taupare for Atupare Marae, alongside the Minister for Tauranga Vananga Ministry of Cultural Development, George “Maggie” Angene, last week.
The Cook Islands are keeping their targets high going into this weekend’s Adelaide Sevens, which kick off today. The predominantly local based player squad will want to make amends on what was a disappointing performance at the Wellington Sevens where the Cook Islands won just one game and let slip a 17-point lead against England. […]
Avatea Primary School students were honoured through a special assembly on Friday for their outstanding work during the school’s math-a-thon fundraiser. A total of $14,456.80 was raised by students with 60 of them each managing to raise over $100. Room 2 raised the most funds with $2195 followed by room 17 raising $2000 and room […]
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters is headed for London where he wants to tell the international community about the country’s vast seabed mineral reserves. Marsters, who also holds the portfolio for Minerals and Natural Resources, says the Cook Islands needs to market itself. “We want the international community to know that the Cook Islands has […]
“Tourism and government certainly got a lot of mileage from Vaka Marumaru Atua sailing off to Tahiti, and then on to Marquesas and Hawaii on this leg of the voyage,” a smoke signaller says. “One has to ask why each crew member had to pay the $55 departure tax for the privilege of leaving on […]
Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to June Hosking’s article ‘Sad farewell to Steve Barrett’. I don’t know Steve Barrett. Personally I am grateful for what he did for the people and the island of Mauke, but reading that particular news made me angry. I know for a fact that before he got the […]
Dear Editor I would like to respond to a letter presented by the Te Ipukarea Society regarding our tuna fisheries. Tragedy of the Commons This is indeed a classic “tragedy of the commons situation” and there are many challenges to unravelling the situation that we find ourselves in. Putting aside the Philippines and Indonesia, it […]
Dawn Hosking is very adept at using her laptop at the Creative Centre, but her vision made keyboarding difficult when she couldn’t see the keys clearly. The Cook Island Internet Action Group has donated a keyboard which will help her to correspond with her email contacts a lot easier because the letters are enlarged. Dawn […]
There are more benefits for Pacific island countries to reap from working together rather than individually, says Prime Minister Henry Puna. Shipping, renewable energy and communications technology are challenges common to Pacific islands which regional leaders will soon decide how to address as nations and territories. Puna is attending the Pacific ministers of Energy, ICT […]
That Tupe Short allowed Bruce Mita to speak as a guest at his Takitumu public meeting does not mean he supports the New Zealander’s philosophy. Short was unhappy about the way a CINews article painted him as a Mita supporter, and insists that while he knows Mita personally, he does not share his radical vision. […]
After doing the final rounds – of hugs, kisses and last-minute group photos – Marumaru Atua crew boarded their vessel and waved goodbye to the crowd gathered at the Avarua harbour yesterday morning. She left her anchorage near Trader Jack’s around 8 am. Crew and farewell parties arrived before 7, some bearing freshly-baked cakes and […]
Cook Islands Tourism marketing coordinator Teumere Koteka-Heather and Island Hopper chief executive Robert Skews are presently in Scandinavia meeting with Cook Islands travel package sellers and promoting the islands. They will be in Europe for a total of three weeks, and have already spent two days in Helsinki, one in Malmo, one in Helsingborg, one […]
Higher prices and fewer direct flights to Christchurch are among new changes to the Air New Zealand schedule. Until October 29 the airline will be operating according to its ‘northern winter timetable’, which features higher prices and reduced direct flights to Christchurch. Manager David Bridge says the shift is routine, and each year the company […]
Traditional sailing vaka Marumaru Atua is ready to set sail early this morning. In anticipation of their departure, her crew attended a formal farewell ceremony yesterday. The Tahiti-bound vaka and her crew were meant to leave yesterday at noon, but on account of the wind direction postponed their journey until this morning. The ceremony at […]
University of Sydney lecturers Stuart McPhail and Joanne Patching specialise in mental health, and have recently arrived to the island on a six-month sabbatical, which they intend to spend with their children, aged three and five. Stuart and Joanne spoke at the weekly Rotary meeting recently, and told those present they are keen to assist […]
Husband-wife team Dr Joanna Patching and Stuart McPhail have five months’ paid leave from the University of Sydney, and they’ve chosen to spend it educating the Rarotonga community about mental illness and how to treat it. Both are mental health experts – Stuart oversees training of undergraduate nurses, and his wife is a senior lecturer […]
After scrapping the budget committee last month Finance minister Mark Brown says he’s going to have a new budget advisory panel because it’s good to have outside opinion on how these things work. The former budget committee was made up of private sector individuals with experience in the field – they scrutinised ministry budgets and […]
More than 300 kilowatts of electricity was saved by those on Rarotonga who observed Earth Hour between 8pm and 9pm on Saturday. The amount of energy saved – 330kW – is the equivalent of about 3300 lamps, each 100kW, being turned off for an hour. Earth Hour parties and gatherings were held in villages around […]
Rarotonga farewells traditional vaka Marumaru Atua this morning. But whether or not she will leave at midday as scheduled depends on the weather. Anyone hoping to see the vaka and her crew off to Tahiti should assemble at the Avarua harbour before the start of the ceremony at 10am. “It’s a spiritual send-off from the […]
Long-term spouses of Cook Islanders should now be able to pay a reduced permit fee of $60 to remain living and working in the country each year. Under a 2008 schedule of fees used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, the annual fee for foreigners in such relationships with Cook Islanders has been […]
Dear Editor, I am saddened to read the divisions created amongst the families of Mata Pa Ariki of Takitumu. Individual families have their own version of their genealogies and their story that goes with it. I am part of the extended family that comes from Araura Enua and Manihiki, according to our genealogies and history. […]
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