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Kata: Election Promises

Thursday 28 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Mauke ready to rock at Te Maeva Nui 2022

Thursday 28 July 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local, National

Mauke is going all out this year participating in all five items – choir, Imene Tuki, Ute, Action Song and Ura Pau – at this year’s Te Maeva Nui cultural festival which starts with the float parade tomorrow.

Opposition parties call CIP promise ‘desperate attempt’

Thursday 28 July 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in National, Politics

The Cook Islands Party is promising major tax relief to citizens in the Pa Enua (outer islands), but opposition parties are criticising it as a ‘last-minute’ grab for votes ahead of the 2022 General Election to be held on Monday, August 1.

Netball gears up for showdown

Thursday 28 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Netball, Sports

In the repeat of last year’s final, Titikaveka will take on Avatiu in the 2022 Rarotonga Netball Club competition premier final this Saturday.

Ready for the Games!

Thursday 28 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Commonwealth Games, Sports

Team Cook Islands is all excited and looking forward to the much-anticipated official opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games this morning.

Tokelau itching to get its people home again

Wednesday 27 July 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Regional, Tokelau

Plans are underway to help Tokelauans stuck abroad, mostly in New Zealand and Samoa, to return home.

Pacific news and sport in brief

Wednesday 27 July 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in French Polynesia, Pacific Islands, Regional

PNG monkeypox warning, Tokelau leaders meet again, and honour for Tahiti MP.

Kata: Strategic Plan

Wednesday 27 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

LETTERS: Reducing use of plastic bags

Wednesday 27 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion

Dear Editor, as a business owner and regular visitor to Rarotonga it is wonderful to have the freedom to come and go again and to welcome our visitors back.

Mangaia records over 100 Covid-19 cases

Wednesday 27 July 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in National, Outer Islands

An outbreak of Covid-19 in Mangaia has occurred over the weekend, with Te Marae Ora Ministry of Health expecting about a quarter of the island’s population to be infected with the virus.

Record vendors for popular BCI Trade Days

Wednesday 27 July 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Business, National

A record number of 64 vendors will feature in the popular three-day BCI (Bank of the Cook Islands) Trade Days event which starts this morning from 9am to 2pm at the Punanga Nui market.

Pacific News in Brief

Tuesday 26 July 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional

America is sending high ranked diplomats to Solomon Islands.

'Deafening silence' on democratic deficit in Pacific

Tuesday 26 July 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Fiji, Regional

A Fijian political leader is calling out the Australian and New Zealand governments on their "deafening silence" on human rights issues in the region.

Kata: Muri Lagoon

Tuesday 26 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata

Cook Islands receive warm welcome from Frampton on Severn Bowls Club

Tuesday 26 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Bowling, Sports

An international bowls team has been preparing to compete in the Commonwealth Games by training at a village club in Gloucestershire.

Bowling pair named Team Cook Islands’ flagbearers

Tuesday 26 July 2022 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Commonwealth Games, Sports

National bowlers Aidan Zittersteijn and Nooroa Mataio have been announced as Team Cook Islands’ co-flagbearers for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Keeping busy to beat the ‘winter blues’

Tuesday 26 July 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local, National

School students Tarani Omao (left), Pati Estall, Gina Vaine Keu, Adyn Paige (NZ-based rugby player), Paige Anguna and little Cassius Anguna, who likes to be part of the family team, keep busy at the start of their holidays working part time “devanning” boxes.

LETTERS: Support for cannabis referendum

Tuesday 26 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Dear Editor, in Monday’s edition of the Cook Islands News (18-7-22), Teariki Heather, the leader of the United Party, put out a lot of misleading and misinformed comments regarding the upcoming referendum on medicinal cannabis.

Muri Lagoon the 'best it's been since 2017'

Tuesday 26 July 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Environment, National

The large swells that left a trail of destruction two weeks ago have cleared the Muri Lagoon of seaweed with one tourist operator saying it’s the best he’s seen it in five years.

'Smallest nation with biggest heart' set to keep pace with bigger nations

Monday 25 July 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Niue, Regional

Affectionately dubbed the 'smallest nation with the biggest heart' Niue's 15-strong team have set off to Birmingham to face some of the mightiest nations in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.