Cook Islands News

The $ 1 coin issued by Cook Islands in 2006 to commemorate 80 years of the invention of TV.

FAMILY is often the backbone to one's success. Heroes often attribute their success to their loved ones and Kavita Maharaj is one of them.

Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 3:29 pm Press Release: Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands 3rd November 2009 A condition that to be eligible for permanent residency, applicants must be able to speak conversational Maori has been approved by Cabinet.

Rarotonga , Cook Islands: FIJI'S Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has erased his own credibility with 'delusional' notions that Fiji has a free media, says regional media watchdog Pacific Freedom Forum.

SPEECHES: 29 October 2009 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY TUILOMA NERONI SLADE SECRETARY GENERAL, PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT AT THE 13th FORUM ECONOMIC MINISTERS' MEETING Rarotonga, Cook Islands 27 October 2009 Remarks by SG Tuiloma Neroni Slade at FEMM 09 Content : SPEECHES: 29 October 2009 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY TUILOMA NERONI SLADE SECRETARY ...

MARIA Liku was Fiji's best performer at the Commonwealth Senior and Junior Championship which ended in Malaysia earlier last weekend.

The World Bank and the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding today to strengthen cooperation in the Pacific.

The forests are full of Java plums, mahogany, teak and acacia trees, hanging oranges, lychees, coconuts, pineapples and tea-tree shrubs The Rev John Williams of the London Missionary Society arrived in the Cook Islands in 1821 Photo: GETTY The Rev John Williams of the London Missionary Society arrived in the Cook Islands in 1821 and told the ...

Tinian triathlete Joshua Manglona will be on a mission, as he debuts in the 2009 XTERRA World Championships in Makena, Maui, Hawaii this Sunday.

Friday, 23 October 2009, 1:01 pm Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party 23 October 2009 Media Statement Hayes needs to apologise The attack on the Governments of three Pacific territories associated with New Zealand by a senior National MP is unprecedented and must be condemned by John Key, Labour's Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Chris Carter said ...

The Government has engaged a Queen's Counsel to examine the entire state of affairs surrounding TOA Petroleum and the Government's position and provide advice on the best way forward for the country.

A government politician has spoken out about New Zealand's Pacific neighbours, saying their people are fleeing after experiments in self government have gone wrong.

Persons with disabilities in the Pacific will be the focus of a Pacific Islands Forum ministerial meeting that will be held in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands on Oct.

The Cook Islands are no cattle ranch. But that didn't stop born- and-bred rancher Rondo Perkins from investing in a hotel there in 2000.

ONE of the beauties vying for the Miss South Pacific crown is 24-year-old Melanie Amanda Gosselin.

THE top six castaway escapes, according to the Travel and Indulgence team of island-hoppers. Beautiful beaches and sparkling lagoons make Rarotonga the most popular of the Cook Islands.

You may have noticed that Auckland's Sky Tower is lit a lovely shade of pink to show support for this month's Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The fate of athletes hoping to represent the CNMI in the 2011 Pacific Games in New Caledonia hangs in the balance for now, as proposed changes on eligibility rules were referred to a charter review committee.

Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 9:43 am Press Release: Pacific Tsunami Warning Center SOURCE URL THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

Athletes returned to action in the 2009 Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga, Cook Islands on Monday and with seven events playing only elimination games, Fiji kept its hold to the top spot in the overall medal tally.