Cook Islands News

Update: 10:01AM A series of workshops on infection control and exercises to test avian and pandemic influenza preparedness for Pacific Island nations will be run in Rarotonga until Friday.

ONE of the things we know to be true about all languages is that they all have words for certain concepts and things, like mother, water and moon.

Cook Islands Foreign Minister Wilkie Rasmussen is set to meet U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a high level meeting of Pacific foreign ministers in Apia, Samoa on July 26, reports Cook Island News.

The Cook Islands government has asked international donors and development banks to better coordinate development projects, the Pacnews reported on Monday.

Southpac is pleased to have assisted in the drafting of this important legislation.

An overwhelming majority of the Cook Islands Koutu Nui, or traditional leaders, have backed the work of the Manganese Resource Advisory Committee, reports Radio New Zealand International.

Angry residents of the Cook Islands protest against the introduction of Sunday flights, as they disrupt the peace of the tropical, Polynesian haven With its turquoise-blue lagoons, beaches of dazzling white ...

Avarua Cook Islands: A three-day sexual minority group workshop on MSM , Transgender and HIV facilitated by the Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation ended on June 25 in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

The Rarotonga Queens, one of the Cook Islands' best known stage acts, are famous for their flamboyant cross-dressing antics.

Although they appear to be just a speck on the map, the fifteen Cook Islands , which lie between Tahiti and Fiji , are spread across more than a million square miles in the South Pacific.

Marooned among all this beauty, there was precisely nothing to do. HOW DO you get to Rarotonga? Swim to Tahiti, then turn left.

' Fears are growing in the Cook Islands over the use of a proclamation signed by traditional chiefs announcing a political takeover, reports TVNZ.

Gavman blong Cook Islands i tok wanpla plen blong ol 'traditional lida lain' blong ples long kisim ol wok lukaut blong ailan, bai bagarapim turis bisnis blong kantri.

Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister Terepai Maoate says eight chiefs seeking to dissolve Parliament and seize control of the country risk being charged with treason.

A government spokesman in the Cook Islands says traditional leaders who have declared themselves the country's new rulers may end up being abolished themselves.

The Cook Island Government has dismissed a move by the country's noble clans to take control of the island group.

Eight of the Cook Islands' 15 Ariki or High Chiefs say they are dissolving the government and taking over leadership.

A proposal by the Cook Islands government to introduce Sunday flights on the island of Aitutak,i igh-tooh-TAH-kee has angered church leaders and the community.

The Cook Islands' adventure and luxury make it an ideal destination By Alex Palmer One of the first responses you will likely get when telling someone you just returned from the Cook Islands will be an initial ...

Gearing up to welcome Rarotongan canoe The American Samoa voyaging society, Aiga Tautai, is planning a traditional welcome in Manu'a for the Rarotongan voyagers who will be sailing there in a double hulled ...