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Six-year-old diagnosed with diabetes in Cook Islands
A six-year-old child has become the youngest person to be diagnosed with diabetes in the Cook Islands, highlighting a growing public health crisis and the urgent need to address the country’s high rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Celebrating 130 years of faith and education
As St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School commemorates its 130th anniversary, the occasion brings with it a rich history of faith, service, and education - rooted in the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny.
Can we afford 2012 leaders forum?
The planned hosting of the leaders forum next year by the Cook Islands will cost the taxpayers big time; where do all the $$$s come from? a smoke signaller asks. So Prime Minister Puna is negotiating to host the annual Pacific Islands Forum meeting in 2012; is this a good idea? Why is no other […]
Police commissioner at regional talks
Cook Islands Police commissioner Maara Tetava has travelled to the Federated States of Micronesia to help develop a Pacific-wide response to reduce transnational crime and increase cyber safety in the region. Tetava represented the Cook Islands at the 40th Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) annual conference in Pohnpei, the Federated States of Micronesias capital […]
Nukutere principal furious at court report
Nukutere College principal Donna Nahu is furious with the article printed in Cook Islands News on Saturday and the statements made by the justices of the peace regarding the expulsion of two students. She has asked for a right of reply, as this was not given prior to the article going to print. She says […]
Assault blamed on the Jimmy
A mother and daughter involved in an alcohol-fuelled birthday bash have reconciled, giving the daughter six months to prove she is not deserving of a criminal conviction for assault. Melanie Pare, a 37-year-old Ruatonga resident, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua for sentence last week, having previously admitted slapping her 61-year-old mother […]
Qualify for Zumba
Zumba continues to grow in popularity throughout the Cook Islands and for the first time local class teachers are being given the opportunity to become officially licensed instructors on home turf. Top Australian instructor Maria Teresa Stone will be taking a Zumba Fitness Basic 1 training session at the Top Shape Fitness gymnasium in Rarotonga […]
Bronze follows heartbreak
Cook Islands oe vaka paddlers went from absolute heartbreak to elation in the span of just a few hours on day one of the Pacific Games outrigger canoeing competition. With only six competing womens teams registered for the oe vaka V6 1500m sprints there was not time for the Cook Islands squad to ease into […]
New basic account launched
Westpac Bank Cook Islands is targeting new customers with the launch of a transaction account called Choice Basic. Choice Basic has been designed to meet the needs of customers who have low transaction volumes and want a simple transaction fee structure. Choice Basic offers customers the protection of a bank account for their money, with […]
Airline not expected to fly here
While American Eagle Airlines has been granted approval by the US Department of Transportation to operate in the Pacific, it has not yet announced any plans to fly into and out of the Cook Islands. Cook Islands Tourism Corporation chief executive officer Carmel Beattie says she has no knowledge of whether the company actually intends […]
Exploratory fishing, yeah right
The naivety of our politicians is exceeded only by their inability to take remedial action once they find out that we have had, in my opinion, our pockets picked by offshore sharks, a smoke signaller writes. The Chinese company that has sweet-talked their way into a three year exploratory fishing expedition will have to make […]
Pearls and beer in Showcase
Avaiki Black Pearls, Matutu Breweries and Cook Islands Tourism have been invited to represent the Cook Islands at the Pacific Showcase in Auckland early next month. Organised to coincide with the Pacific Islands Forum, the Pacific Showcase will bring together dozens of Pacific businesses, artists and performers for three days (September 6-9) at The Cloud, […]
JP gives students a second chance
Schools should not be so quick to turn away troubled youth, Justice of the Peace John Kenning says. He made the comment in relation to the sentencing of two 16-year-old boys who appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on Wednesday. Ellis Solomona and Ammon Mitiau, both Tereora College students, have admitted their […]
Tax will hit the north more
Governments withholding tax is an unfair burden on Cook Islanders already struggling financially with the recession and relying heavily on every penny saved, deputy opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen says. In parliament on Tuesday evening Rasmussen criticised finance minister Mark Browns comments that government was forced to impose a new tax to balance its books. Rasmussen […]
Im pleading bear with us
In an effort to deflect negativity about its controversial withholding tax, government is highlighting all it has done to the countrys benefit since gaining power in last Novembers election. Finance minister Mark Brown spoke in parliament on Tuesday evening, highlighting government achievements in the last nine months. His comments came in relation to a controversial […]
Filipino fun day at Muri
A family fun day and miniature Olympics is being held at Muri tomorrow as a celebration by Club Philippines Raro (CPR) of its inaugural foundation day anniversary. CPR president Henry Ereno says the day will comprise various sporting events and fun games for members and their Cook Islands friends. He expects a crowd of more […]
Odds not good
Odds are against anglers in this weekends 15th annual Gary Parlour fishing competition, which has grown to be the largest event between the Cook Islands and Aitutaki game fishing clubs. This year Rarotonga hosts the tournament, which began in earnest at 6am yesterday. By 2pm just four fish had been weighed a 9.8kg wahoo, 16.2kg […]
Theyre back in support!
The Laughing Samoans cant get enough of Rarotonga. Pictured here, Miss South Pacific Cook Islands contender Uirangi Bishop, Miss Cook Islands 2009 Engara Gosselin, Laughing Samoans Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepuleai and Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association president Clee Marsters march into Rarotonga yesterday ahead of this weekends show at the National Auditorium. Last here […]
Photo comp gets museums backing
Budding photographers will have the chance to get their work on the walls of the Cook Islands National Museum in the first photographic exhibition to be held at the complex. The Alliance Francaise de Rarotonga will judge the national leg of an international competition looking at the spirit and inspiration of women in the community. […]
Nation building and national parties
My sons under 13 rugby mates have been meeting after school behind our house. For the last three weeks theyve been building a tree house in the kuru tree. I enjoy watching all the construction work going on. When they started I watched them have a meeting to decide on the plan and design and […]
Tsunami exercise drives upgrade
New tsunami signs will be erected around Rarotonga in the coming weeks in anticipation of a Pacific-wide tsunami response exercise to be held in November. The new roadside signs will provide directions to village tsunami safe zones right around the capital island. They will be put in place before the regional disaster response exercise Pacific […]
Atiu trust fund up for discussion
Atiu landowners whose assets were once bound up in the Enuamanu Lands Incorporation are meeting this afternoon to discuss the future of their trust fund. Teenui-Mapumai member of parliament Norman George estimates the dissolved incorporations trust fund contains about $100,000. He says the money has been sitting for over 30 years. George says stakeholders moved […]
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