In promoting the wellbeing and nourishment of infants, the Cook Islands Child Welfare Association (CICWA) has received a generous donation of cooking utensils from Te Marae Ora Ministry of Health.
Calls to restrict or ban access to e-cigarettes or ‘vaping products’ in the Cook Islands have intensified, as Australia announces major restrictions on the products.
The Covid-19 pandemic left many Cook Islands resorts empty
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Depopulation has long been an issue for the Cook Islands, but those numbers have shot up in the past few months, mostly tied to the loss of jobs in the tourism industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Api I Tumutoa used to work for Air Rarotonga, the domestic airline which shuttles people across the Pa Enua - the outer Cook Islands.
But when Covid struck and the tourists left, his work hours disappeared. The government wage subsidy wasn t enough to support his young family. I just had to find a secondary job, and I was lucky enough to get into a job in government, he explained.