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Population policy endorsed

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PM Brown vows to change law

23 January 2023

National
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Moana target 2025 World Cup

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Local

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From the river to the ocean

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Local

A hard day fishing – 9 kg tuna wins competition

It was a hard day of fishing on Saturday with a beautiful flat sea and no one claiming the $1000 heaviest tuna prize - which had to weigh in at least 20kg in the 14th Don Beer Snr Memorial Heaviest Tuna fishing competition.

Environment

New ways to grow organically to be discussed at Fiji conference

Executive members of local organics group Natura Kuki Arani (NKA) hope to bring back new lessons about organic growing after attending conferences in Fiji.

Preparations well underway for Bicentennial Celebrations in Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke

A group from Aitutaki is preparing to attend the 200th Anniversary of the arrival of Christianity on the neighbouring islands of Atiu, Mitiaro, Mauke and Rarotonga.

Art


Melvin appointed CIIC chairman

Businessman Fletcher Melvin has become the new chairman of the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC).

Economy


Rubbish, degradation concern

Tourists to the Cook Islands still travel here for its beautiful environment, but some are concerned about the rubbish and signs of degradation, according to a major survey.

Environment


PM welcomes $2b Australian funding package

The Australian Government has announced a major funding package to the Pacific totalling over A$1.9 billion (NZ$2.02b) over the next five years.

Economy


Authorities investigate Rarotonga International Airport blaze

A fire broke out at Rarotonga’s International Airport terminal midday yesterday which was swiftly contained by the Airport Authority Crash Fire stationed next door.

Economy


Try Alcoholics Anonymous, serial drink driver told

A man facing his sixth charge of excess breath alcohol has been told Alcoholics Anonymous is an option for him after pleading with the court that he wants to turn his troubled life around.

Court


Working together for the animals of the Cook Islands

As you read this I will be in Mauke, thanks to Air Rarotonga and the New Zealand High Commission, both of whom have supported our work in the pa enua.

Local


Widespread floods cause supply and cost issues

Inflation continues to skyrocket as weather events have contributed to ongoing supply chain issues in the Cook Islands.

Economy


New televisions for learning

Apii Nikao has received four smart mobile television systems which will allow their students to engage in learning in the different spaces throughout the school.

Economy


Man gets 12 months of probation supervision for assaulting a female

Aue Inangaro Tamariki Vakatini has been warned by Justice of the Peace Tangi Taoro that if he is again charged with assaulting a female, he could be facing a jail sentence.

Court


Persistent rain pounds Rarotonga

A nasty weather system affecting New Zealand is indirectly affecting the Cook Islands.

National


High breath-alcohol reading ‘disturbing’

Authorities are concerned about ongoing high breath-alcohol readings, with Cook Islands Police nabbing a motorist who tested nearly nine times over the legal limit.

Crime


Former Cook Islands resident missing in Torres Strait

The search for a popular local identity in the Torres Strait, Denne Bourke, who is a former resident of the Cook Islands, has been scaled down.

Features


Cook Islands Red Cross Society to mark 21st anniversary with ‘open office day’

Wear “red” on Wednesday and visit the Cook Islands Red Cross Society in Tupapa to mark the organisation’s 21st birthday.

Local


Enhancing, integrating climate change knowledge

The Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) is working with eight Pacific countries, including the Cook Islands, to enhance and integrate knowledge brokerage on climate change into aspects of the work they are doing in their communities.

Environment

ICI apologises for ‘accidental’ Vaimaanga backroad clearing

Infrastructure Cook Islands secretary Elizabeth Wright-Koteka says lessons have been learned in the wake of the ‘accidental’ clearing of a section of Vaimaanga Ara Metua backroad in Titikaveka.

Economy


Motorist ‘very shocked’ following golf ball incident on Rarotonga

A motorist had a frightening experience when her windscreen was smashed by a flying golf ball in the vicinity of the Rarotonga Golf Club in Nikao.

Crime


Cabinet to discuss panel’s Minimum Wage Review

Cook Islands Cabinet will discuss the findings of a report recommending changes to the minimum wage today.

Court


World Youth Day on Rarotonga

Catholics in the Pacific region will be hosting their own World Youth Day with each respective diocese leading their own programme from August 2.

Local


Agriculture ministry and NZ to sign ‘Export Plan’

Cook Islands Biosecurity Quarantine Arrangement (BQAs) signed in 1999 between New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) will be replaced by an Export Plan in a bid to boost agricultural export to NZ.

Economy


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