Supplied – Cook Islands News https://www.cookislandsnews.com Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:27:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Letter: What are we celebrating? https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-what-are-we-celebrating/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-what-are-we-celebrating https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-what-are-we-celebrating/#respond Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:27:55 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275756 Dear Editor,

In January 2024, a year ago now, on a beach at Mauke, two older teenaged girls kicked and bashed a younger teenaged girl with intellectual disabilities, while the third girl (friend of the other two) filmed it and put it on the internet.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-what-are-we-celebrating/feed/ 0 Positive trends in the Cook Islands property market https://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/features/business/positive-trends-in-the-cook-islands-property-market/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=positive-trends-in-the-cook-islands-property-market https://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/features/business/positive-trends-in-the-cook-islands-property-market/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:32:34 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275706 November’s 2024 visitor arrivals and migration numbers are continuing on a positive trend, driving a solid economic recovery in the Cook Islands. Visitor numbers reached 13,419, showing a 7.7% increase over last year, with notable rises from Australia, Europe, and the USA. Beyond tourism, the return of 732 Cook Islanders and a net gain of […]

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/features/business/positive-trends-in-the-cook-islands-property-market/feed/ 0 Letter: Leave the Blackrock Preschool where it is! https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letter-leave-the-blackrock-preschool-where-it-is/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-leave-the-blackrock-preschool-where-it-is https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letter-leave-the-blackrock-preschool-where-it-is/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:08:43 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275730 Dear Editor,

Kia Orana. Why is CIIC (Cook Islands Investment Corporation) evicting Apii Potiki from their really fit for purpose premises where they have been for so long, and moving them to House #52 on the corner of the main road?

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letter-leave-the-blackrock-preschool-where-it-is/feed/ 0 Letter: Focusing on ‘growth’ in 2025 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-focusing-on-growth-in-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-focusing-on-growth-in-2025 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-focusing-on-growth-in-2025/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:07:31 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275728 Dear Editor

Good on the Prime Minister for focusing on “growth” in 2025. May this writer humbly suggest that the government begins with truly aggressive growth in the number of vehicles on our uncrowded and under-utilised roads?

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-focusing-on-growth-in-2025/feed/ 0 Roi appointed vice-chair of Asian Shipowners’ Association https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/local/roi-appointed-vice-chair-of-asian-shipowners-association/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roi-appointed-vice-chair-of-asian-shipowners-association https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/local/roi-appointed-vice-chair-of-asian-shipowners-association/#respond Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:31:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275666 The Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) has acknowledged the recent
resignation of Eleanor Roi from the CIIC Board, effective December 1, 2024.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/local/roi-appointed-vice-chair-of-asian-shipowners-association/feed/ 0 Mauke celebrates Christmas with traditional sports and festive cheer https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/sport/local/outer-islands/mauke-celebrates-christmas-with-traditional-sports-and-festive-cheer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mauke-celebrates-christmas-with-traditional-sports-and-festive-cheer https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/sport/local/outer-islands/mauke-celebrates-christmas-with-traditional-sports-and-festive-cheer/#respond Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275684 The people of Mauke celebrated Christmas with a week of festivities, including traditional sports, netball, touch rugby, volleyball, a night market and a string band competition, culminating in a fireworks display last night. Nicolea Mateariki reports.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/sport/local/outer-islands/mauke-celebrates-christmas-with-traditional-sports-and-festive-cheer/feed/ 0 Touch Deez, Vonnias Vikings claim Boxing Day Touch titles https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/sport/touch-rugby/touch-deez-vonnias-vikings-claim-boxing-day-touch-titles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=touch-deez-vonnias-vikings-claim-boxing-day-touch-titles https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/sport/touch-rugby/touch-deez-vonnias-vikings-claim-boxing-day-touch-titles/#respond Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275698 The Vonnias Boxing Day Touch wrapped up 2024 for Cook Islands Touch with Team Touch Deez crowned champions in the competitive category and Team Vonnias Vikings taking the title in the social category.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/sport/touch-rugby/touch-deez-vonnias-vikings-claim-boxing-day-touch-titles/feed/ 0 Moana trio join Warriors NRLW squad https://www.cookislandsnews.com/rugby-league/internal/sport/moana-trio-join-warriors-nrlw-squad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moana-trio-join-warriors-nrlw-squad https://www.cookislandsnews.com/rugby-league/internal/sport/moana-trio-join-warriors-nrlw-squad/#respond Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:34:31 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275658 Three Cook Islands Moana internationals have been confirmed in the One New Zealand Warriors’ 2025 squad.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/rugby-league/internal/sport/moana-trio-join-warriors-nrlw-squad/feed/ 0 Church Talk: Let Christ’s light shine all year long https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-let-christs-light-shine-all-year-long/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=church-talk-let-christs-light-shine-all-year-long https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-let-christs-light-shine-all-year-long/#respond Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:29:35 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275654 As we wrap up the Christmas season and look ahead to the new year, let’s take a moment to think about the true meaning of Christmas – the light of Jesus Christ that came into the world that night in Bethlehem, writes Kayla Kaimarama-Willie of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-let-christs-light-shine-all-year-long/feed/ 0 Bystanders aid driver after truck plunges into stream https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/local/bystanders-aid-driver-after-truck-plunges-into-stream/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bystanders-aid-driver-after-truck-plunges-into-stream https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/national/local/bystanders-aid-driver-after-truck-plunges-into-stream/#respond Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:17:18 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275641 The driver of a truck that collided with a bridge at Tupapa and entered the stream early yesterday morning is lucky to have escaped more serious injury, police said in a statement.

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