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11 November 2022

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Cook Islands to benefit from new climate data project

Cook Islands will be one of the major beneficiaries of a new project, called Digital Earth Pacific, being developed to capture extensive satellite information about climate change and natural disasters in the region.

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Veterans reflect on sacrifice and camaraderie at Anzac Dawn Parade

The Anzac Day Dawn Parade, held yesterday morning at the cenotaph by the Ministry of Justice building, drew a large crowd of hundreds including the visiting Vietnam veterans from Aotearoa New Zealand.

New fish shop opens at market

Kia Moana opens its doors this week. Agnes Armstrong and her husband Tony have been selling fresh fish out of the wooden fisherman’s market at the start of Punanga Nui market for the last 18 months. But the success of their business means that they can now expand and have moved into a bigger shop […]

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Give peace a chance today

Around the world, millions of people are today celebrating peace, not as a utopian and unattainable ideal, but as a real and achievable goal. Today is International Day of Peace, a holiday established by the United Nations in 1981 and observed by people in every corner of the globe. It’s a day to recognise the […]

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Peace day

“I te mea e te vai nei te AU i roto i teia nei ao Te vai katoa nei te Au i roto i te iti tangata I te mea e te vai nei te AU i roto i te iti tangata Te vai katoa nei te AU i roto i te taoni I te […]

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Health warning

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the Pacific is facing an epidemic of lifestyle diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory disease, all of which are linked to common risk factors such as an unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use and alcohol abuse. More than 2.4 million people in the region […]

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Group looks at health impacts

A recent visit from a group of experts from Auckland could help improve health according to the Ministry of Health. Three specialists in monitoring and evaluation from the Pacific Health team at the University of Auckland have recently left the island. They were helping the ministry find out if their work to improve public health […]

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New pet?

The Esther Honey Foundation has some cute and cuddly feline and canine friends for anyone looking for a new addition to the family. The animal clinic in Nikao has animals young, old, large and palm sized needing a loving home and affectionate family to belong to. Director of the animal clinic Gregg Young is also […]

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Aussies give thumbs up

Articles have appeared in three Australian newspapers praising the Cook Islands after four Australian journalists flew in on first direct Sydney-Rarotonga Air NZ flight in July. Their trip was sponsored by the tourism industry in an attempt to raise awareness of the Cook Islands. Newcastle, a city 160 km north of Sydney with a population […]

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Tsunami hit Mangaia: expert

Professor says island struck by small, nasty wave in April Professor James Goff, director of the Natural Hazards Research Laboratory and Australian Tsunami Research Centre, has been studying and chasing tsunamis all over the world for years – it’s fair to say he knows a tsunami when he sees one. Goff visited Mangaia this week […]

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Miss CI stands out from the crowd

Demitra Tavioni-Neophitou has been representing the Cook Islands at the World Expo in Shanghai in the Miss Expo 2010 competition. She has won her heat and is now through to the finals, which was due to take place today. Fellow delegate to the expo, Elmond Numanga said: “Under the guidance of Kura Taruia-Enua, Demitra has […]

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Reform debate evolves at forum

Debate on reform moved on from the first forum organised by the Group for Political Change (GPC) when the second forum was held last week. Talk went from reducing seat numbers at the first forum to a fairer and more cost-effective representation for all at last Wednesday’s meeting. Discussion at last week’s forum focused on […]

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2 stolen

Tikioki based inventor Ken Kingsbury is baffled at the disappearance of two newly built bird nest boxes from his property this week. Kingsbury built 54 special bird nest boxes for Gerald McCormack of the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Project to help with the lorikeet or kura populations on Atiu and Mitiaro. When he and his […]

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Local bird boxes to help lorikeets

Specially designed and locally built bird nest boxes will be shipped to Atiu and Mitiaro late next month to help the lorikeets or kura population on the two islands. The 54 bird nest boxes have been built by local inventor Ken Kingsbury based on designs by Gerald McCormack of the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Project […]

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Cabinet 'gatekeepers' identified

Manual introduced on procedures for Cabinet by PM’s office New rules for the weekly meetings of the Prime Minister and his ministers have been adopted just a week after alleged scammers were able to put a proposal to them. The need for more responsible decision making at the Cabinet level has prompted government to introduce […]

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Broadband deal extended

Telecom Cook Islands has announced it will be extending its recent broadband special, that offers high and frequent broadband users the opportunity to go over their internet cap, use more internet time, and surf and download more for less. In September broadband customers will receive 50 per cent off any excess charge. This extended special […]

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Tav targets debt

Ellena Tavioni of Tav Ltd said her business has been aggressively marketing its product overseas to pay off its tax debts. Tavioni has recently been to court to defend her business against being wound up by the tax office over unpaid taxes. She said new deals have been struck with the Japanese market as well […]

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Henderson off to ADB

Garth Henderson, manager of the ministry of finance’s aid management division has been nominated by government to take up a three year role as an advisor to the Asian Development Bank based in Manila, Philippines. Minister of finance Wilkie Rasmussen said cabinet decided to recommend Henderson as the Cook Islands nomination to be an advisor […]

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Ministry aware of crop complaints

Agriculture secretary Anthony Brown says the issue of crop theft is one of food security. He says the ministry is aware of complaints that some people are now selling stolen produce. Brown didn’t address the question of what might be done about it other than to say perhaps security cameras could be installed. Upper Tupapa […]

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Whey to go

Winners of the 12-week Raro Whey Group Loss Challenge (from left) Robati Sosene, Tim Sosene, Gina Williams, Tani Mussell and Daniel Sosene show off their brand new bodies. The group lost a total combined weight of 65kg at the end of the 12-week challenge through healthy eating and exercise. The team not only walked away […]

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Penrhyn students share their work

Students at Omoka High School were given a writing assignment where they had to write about the magnificent motu’s of Penrhyn using the theme ‘most interesting places’. Also every Wednesday the students have 40 minutes of bible reading and the pastor asked the students to write a short story with the theme of ‘Promised Land’. […]

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Te Uki Ou views on apartheid

Year 7-8 students at Te Uki Ou School were recently studying the Fifa World Cup and were researching the period of apartheid in South Africa. The students wrote poems about whether South America would have been able to host the World Cup had the apartheid not ended. The apartheid began in South African in 1948 […]

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