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Local tech company launches food delivery service
Cook Island News
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August 1, 2025
Smartie managing director Brett Baudinet is launching Smartie Food, a brand-new food delivery and pickup service available across Rarotonga, today. SUPPLIED/ 25073162 Cook Islands tech company Smartie will officially unveil Smartie Food, a...
Pa Enua brings island culture and delicacies to Trade Days
Cook Island News
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July 31, 2025
The Mangaia stall on day two of the BCI Trade Days. Tangimama Harry, on the far right, with crafted items to sell. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25073071 Vendors from the Pa Enua showcased their unique traditional foods and crafts on day two of the BCI Trade...
Rarotonga museum aims to reshape Pacific storytelling and entrepreneurship
Pacific Media Network
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A co-founder of Te Ara Museum of Cultural Enterprise in Rarotonga says the museum’s purpose is to reshape how Pacific stories are told. Co-founded by Stan Wolfgramm and Julie Smith in February 2017, Te Ara serves as a cultural hub, showcasing the...
BCI Trade Days: Henry emphasises support for local businesses and young entrepreneurs
Cook Island News
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July 30, 2025
A vendor at the 2025 Trade Days at the Punanga Nui Market. TALAIA MIKA/25072942. Bank of the Cook Islands (BCI) chief executive Jennifer Henry officially opened the Trade Days at the Punanga Nui Market yesterday, calling it ‘a true testament to...
Kaukare Teaurere and Nakura Maretu dazzle at BCI Trade Day
Cook Island News
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July 30, 2025
Pictured is Nakura Maretu. TALAIA MIKA/25072945. Bank of the Cook Islands (BCI) Trade Days have become an essential part of business for Kaukare Teaurere, 71, and his partner, Nakura Maretu, 63. “We sell a variety of crafts here at our stall,...
Kumul Petroleum renews sponsorship of PNG Kumuls
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 20, 2025
Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited (KPHL) has announced a three-year renewal of its sponsorship for the Papua New Guinea national men’s rugby league team, the PNG LNG Kumuls. The K3.3 million platinum sponsorship will support the Kumuls’...
Ports Authority upgrades fleet to boost efficiency and safety
Cook Island News
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August 18, 2025
Cook Islands Ports Authority officially welcomed the arrival of its newest addition to its fleet of heavy equipment, a 45-tonne SANY reach stacker at a special blessing ceremony held in Avatiu on Friday afternoon. PORTS/25081706 The Cook Islands...
Sri Lanka’s Seylan Bank net up 20-pct in June
EconomyNext
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July 30, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – A tsunami warning has been issued for Russia, Pacific Islands and South American costs after an 8.7 magnitude earquake off the East Coast of Russia. Waves as high as 3 meters could hit some coasts, the warning from the Pacific...
A record: 139 stalls set for BCI Trade Days at Punanga Nui
Cook Island News
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July 29, 2025
Larry Tumai, pictured at the 2024 BCI Trade Days is a talented craftsman and jewellery designer and is a judge for this year’s Te Maeva Nui. LOSIRENE LACANIVALU/24080103 The highly anticipated BCI Trade Days kick off this morning at the Punanga...
KPHL renews three-year K3.3mil sponsorship for Kumuls
The National
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the PNG LNG Kumuls have received a significant boost ahead of their upcoming international fixtures, with Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited (KPHL) confirming a K3.3 million platinum sponsorship renewal over the next three years. The announcement...
Ports Authority to host 47th Pacific Maritime Transport Alliance meet
Cook Island News
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August 18, 2025
The Cook Islands Ports Authority (CIPA) will welcome port leaders, industry partners and maritime experts from across the Pacific to Rarotonga this week for the 47th Pacific Maritime Transport Alliance (PMTA) Conference, taking place from August...
Competing With China in the Gray Zone
The American Spectator - Virginia
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Former Senator and Navy Secretary Jim Webb recently wrote a powerful article in The National Interest advocating that the United States support resistance to the illegitimate and genocidal military junta that now rules Myanmar (formerly Burma)....
Letters to the Editor | August 20, 2025
The Fiji Times
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August 19, 2025
Schools cadet program It’s nice to see various schools now participating in the cadet program. I have also noted rural-based schools partaking in the same program. The program itself teaches about punctuality, respect, understanding, adherence to...
ADB encourage Pakistan’s economic growth, deflation in fiscal year 2024-25
Associated Press of Pakistan
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July 23, 2025
- Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Jul 23 (APP):The Asian Development Bank has encouraged Pakistan’s economic growth in fiscal year 2024-25, with food and non-food prices declining and inflation under control in the first eleven months of the last...
GSTC and Content With Purpose create new digital travel series on sustainable tourism
Travel Daily News
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August 19, 2025
GSTC and Content With Purpose launch Travel Redefined, a global digital series showcasing sustainable tourism solutions through films, case studies, and expert interviews. Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), in partnership with Content With...
Fisheries forum receives K248mil under assistance agreement
The National
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THE Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has received the US$60 million (about K248.7 million) payment for 2024 under the Economic Assistance Agreement (EAA) – associated with the Treaty on Fisheries with the United States of America. FFA...
Henry Puna wants another crack at Pacific Islands Forum top job
Pacific News Service
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The current Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) wants another term in the job. “I thought being Prime Minister of the Cook Islands for 10 years was the ultimate. But this is more demanding, and in many ways, more pleasurable and...
Letter: MFEM defends role in shipping
Cook Island News
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August 18, 2025
Dear Editor, In response to the Letter to the Editor in CINews dated August 12th titled “Centralising Power at MFEM”, MFEM (Ministry of Finance and Economic Management) provides the following: MFEM, through its management of the domestic shipping...
Mana Tiaki: Our heritage, our stand, our future
Cook Island News
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August 16, 2025
Mirella and Katoa of Arataki Organic Tours, an example of successful eco-tourism and regenerative agriculture. (Photo used with permission)/25081511 The Cook Islands’ recent agreements with China and the United States to conduct deep-sea mining...
Paving the way for young Pacific athletes
Cook Island News
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August 14, 2025
Cook Islander Sharne Pupuke-Robati against the Australia Opals. Photo/Jeremy Ward/Photosport/25081348 Despite the financial hurdles faced by many Pacific families in New Zealand, the 25-year-old Cook Islanders rise in basketball showcases the...