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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
13 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
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$541.7m tourism earnings
Visitor arrivals reached 170,315 last year, the second-highest number on record, just behind the 2019 peak of 171,550, contributing over half a billion dollars to the economy.
The gap between selling and buying prices
Sometimes there is a significant gap between what we believe our house or business is worth and what an investor or buyer is willing to pay. Why does this happen?
Carr sets goals for short term
Newly appointed acting financial secretary Kevin Carr has set himself three key goals as he takes on the high profile role he was previously in for almost nine years until 2007. Carr has been appointed following government’s decision to allow former financial secretary Sholan Ivaiti’s three year contract to expire in February. The position has […]
Vaka voyagers leave Auckland
Cook Islands voyaging vaka Marumaru Atua and her crew of 16 departed Auckland on Sunday afternoon (Saturday local time) along with three other sister canoes on their much awaited Pacific voyage. The four double-hulled vaka – Te Matau a Maui (New Zealand crew), Hine Moana (Western Samoa, Vanuatu, and Tongan crew), Uto Ni Yalo (Fijian […]
Toa application results in disclosure of cabinet minute
Last month Apex Agencies made an application to the court for disclosure of documents relating to its multi-million dollar out of court settlement with government. In the lead-up to the hearing before Justice Tom Weston this Wednesday and Thursday, Apex has been preparing its case in which it is seeking court orders declaring the settlement […]
Tamariki Tumeke on tour
The Tauira/Nicholas family group called Tamariki Tumeke (pictured) is reaping the rewards of hard work – a three-week holiday travelling through Australia and New Zealand. The family group of 24 has worked hard for nearly two years mowing lawns and trimming hedges to raise the funds for their big trip overseas. The team also has […]
Pacific countries to report on biodiversity targets
The Cook Islands is one of 11 Pacific island countries to meet in Samoa this week for a workshop to assist them in completing their fourth National Reports to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). The CBD is an international treaty that sets out commitments for maintaining the worlds’ biological diversity. Fourteen Pacific islands are […]
Healthy food, healthy islands
Regional food summit in Vanuatu this week Mention the Pacific, and most people think of sandy beaches, market stalls heavy with fruit and vegetables, seas teeming with fish, and happy, smiling people. Very few think – food crisis. And yet that is what is happening right now. Malnutrition, chronic obesity, sky-high levels of diabetesthese are […]
Sports grants on offer
Applications for the 2010-11 round of the Australian Sports Outreach Program (ASOP) – Pacific Sport Development Grants, are now open. ASOP has been operating since 2006 and is managed by the Australian Sports Commission. Its goal is to increase capacity to deliver inclusive sports-based programmes that contribute to social development. ASOP’s Pacific Sport Development Grants […]
Avatea kids bring books to life
Students read and studied a number of books which some students turned into a play. Other students wrote poems about their favourite book and presented these to their friends in other classes at school. The following poems are by Avatea year 3 students who read and studied the book ‘The enormous crocodile’.
Telecom feedback call prompted by CITV
Telecom Cook Islands says its call for questions and feedback played on CITV this week was an initiative of CITV chief executive Jeanne Matenga. TCI says following the recent Turama documentary programme on telecommunications, it came to light that the majority of the public was unaware of what goes on behind he scenes in the […]
Mangaia plans agriculture revival under new project
Agriculture minister Robert Wigmore has been in Mangaia since Wednesday in his capacity as chair of the steering unit taskforce for the industry revival project Te One Kura. The project aims to revitalise agriculture on the islands of Mangaia, Mauke, Mitiaro and Atiu, to cater for the tourism market, mainly on Rarotonga. Government is investing […]
CITC gives plastic the boot
To promote environmental awareness, all CITC departments are passing on plastic today. Plastic Bag Free Day marks another step in the superstore’s campaign to discontinue plastic bags altogether. Jolene Bosanquet of Te Ipukarea Society, who has been campaigning against plastic bags for over a decade, said she is “overjoyed” about the CITC effort. “Back in […]
Our culture is alive and well!
Close to 2000 people flocked to the national auditorium on Thursday night to watch Rarotonga school children showcase their Cook Islands cultural skills through song and dance. The five-hour cultural extravaganza was a huge success which many commented was the best cultural show they’d seen in a long time. 2008 was the last time the […]
An unforgettable experience
From the moment we left Rarotonga we were out there representing. We arrived in Auckland early on Saturday morning. (Note to self –remember to wear socks with my jandals on the plane. My toes were freezing by the time I got to NZ.) We got settled into our accommodation at the Waatea Marae in Mangere […]
Collapse of Australian visitor market predicted
Australian travel industry rep issues scathing criticism of tourism chair Tata Crocombe An Australian travel industry representative alleges tourism board chair Tata Crocombe has single-handedly caused “extensive damage to the reputation and credibility” of CI Tourism. The emailed statement from Christopher de Doby, a travel wholesaler, has now been sent to numerous local industry members […]
Demo leader stands by his call for PM to stand down
The Democratic Party rift remains this week and it looks unlikely to end with talk of party president Makiuti Tongia possibly filing an application for a court injunction in an attempt to stop some Demos using the party name. Last week party leader Sir Terepai Maoate remained steadfast in his view that prime minister Jim […]
No need for ministerial visit
Dear Editor, I was appalled to read in yesterday morning’s paper about Apii Piho’s trip to Atiu in his current capacity as Minister of Health. The Hon. Norman George and I along with Man Unuia, former Island Secretary for Atiu, were invited to meet with a senior hospital administrator Heather Webber-Aitu to discuss the non-infectious […]
Exercise in fresh air
Dear Editor, It seems our sense of image makes us do some non-sensible things. In many countries of the world where not many people have any option other than to walk or pedal a bicycle if they’re privileged or wealthy enough to have one the idea of ‘taking exercise’ is just not a consideration. Most […]
Keep Rarotonga clean, green and pristine
Dear Editor, After the Sea Eagles win at Muri beach rugby league field last Saturday, it came as a shock and surprised me the amount of rubbish left behind by spectators and also players. Most of the rubbish covered the parking area, and by Monday a lot of it had been blown into the surrounding […]
Netballers head to NZ trial
Netball hopefuls will be showing off their skills today (Saturday NZ time) in New Zealand at the Cook Islands national netball trials including seven local based players. The trials are being held at the Tangaroa College in Otara with a large showing of Cook Islands players from New Zealand and Australia expected to battle it […]
CIP set to announce 10th candidate
The Cook Islands Party is about to confirm its 10th candidate for this year’s elections as it rolls out its line up of 24. Yesterday the party confirmed its ninth candidate, Moana Ioane, who will run for the Tautu-Vaipae seat currently held by Demo MP and former cabinet minister Kete Ioane. The last candidate the […]
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