LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, January 29, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- CEO Insight has just released its latest Cook Islands Special Report, offering an in-depth analysis of how this South Pacific jurisdiction has become a world-class centre for wealth...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (18 December 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of the Cook Islands have signed a $30 million loan agreement to support the Cook Islands in building resilience and spur sustainable growth. The...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (13 December 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $2 million grant agreement with the Government of the Cook Islands to boost support for an ongoing project, which is improving Cook Islands resilience to...
15 August 2024, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Island nations face daily challenges from various invasive animal and plant species, which significantly threaten biodiversity, climate resilience, and island ecosystems. These invasive species can also...
12 August 2024, Rarotonga Cook Islands – Over 70 invasive species professionals and practitioners from across the Pacific region have converged in Rarotonga as part of the Pacific Invasive Learning Network (PILN) sixth meeting hosted by the...
SAMOA, February 18 - Taumeasina Island Resort, Tuesday 18 February 18:30pm Talofa lava and good evening to you all. I am happy to join you this evening to bid farewell to Mr. Themba Kalua, who has served with dedication and commitment as the...
DPM Tovosia attends Pacific Water Forum in Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Mines, Energy, and Rural Electrification, Hon. Bradley Tovosia is representing Solomon Islands at the 8th Pacific Water & Wastewater Forum and the 15th...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon Solomon Islands signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. at the margins of...
SAMOA, October 3 - 03 October 2024 Apia, SAMOA – Seventy-six electric vehicles (EVs) were handed over to the Government of Samoa earlier today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), thanks to a major regional project that Samoa is...
MFAET Minister and delegation joins PIF Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka and delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade including the...
Luduina Williams, far right, and other members of the Cook Islands World Day of Prayer committee visit the grave of Akaiti Ama with her son in January 2025. Ama founded World Day of Prayer in 1972. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Mr Editor An internet search suggests that Israel established diplomatic relations with the Cook Islands in 2008. Tuesday’s Kata cartoon surely must be one of the artist’s most brilliant and most cutting. CINEWS, in this writer’s view, showed...
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand co-leader Marama Davidson. SUPPLIED/25071741 Marama Davidson, co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand and breast cancer survivor, will visit Rarotonga from Thursday, 31 July to Tuesday 5 August at...
During the ceremony, Collins – New Zealand’s first female Minister of Defence – was seated next to the Chief of Army Major General Rose King, the first woman to lead New Zealand’s armed forces. The parade concluded with a stirring rendition of the...
Opposition MP and Cook Islands United Party leader Teariki Heather. LOSIRENE LACANICALU/25052306 New Zealand’s top political leaders skipping the Cook Islands’ 60th Constitution anniversary, seen as a rebuke over closer ties with China, has...
Adrian Orr quit as RBNZ governor in March after a dispute over future funding of the bank. Photo: Former Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr has become a member of the Cook Islands National Superannuation Fund (CINSF) board. Orr has family links to...
How many of our senior public servants are on the travel train? HOMs from many Ministries/Government bodies seem to be constantly on Travel Duties … and seldom here in Rarotonga. And unsurprisingly their offices seem to be achieving very little! A...
The Cook Islands warriors will debut at the Heiva Tahiti Tu'aro Maohi Traditional Games in Papeete, Tahiti. They departed Rarotonga yesterday. MELINA ETCHES/25071016 A group of 10 proud Cook Islands athletes has made history as the nation’s...
The minimum wage up slightly from NZ$9.50 to $10 (around US$6) on 1 July. Photo: 123RF A Cook Islands MP is accusing the government of taxing low-wage earners more by not adjusting the tax-free threshold with a minimum wage increase. The changes...
Beijing is increasing military activities and economic influence in the Indo-Pacific and transforming the regional security landscape. April 25: A Chinese warship spotted in the West Philippine Sea. Beijing has been growing its military ambitions,...
